Apr 11, Xi'an, China
I made a mistake with the dates on the prev two posts, I went to Beilin Museum on the 11th, not the 10th......I think it's because my phone was still stuck in NA time, which would explain why my phone thought those pictures were taken on the 10th.
Anyway, a random doorway in an alley in Xi'an that looks very traditional:
Traditional embroidery painting sold on the street. There were artisans, painters, calligraphers, and seal-crafters selling commissions in stalls. I couldn't think of a cool phrase for a commission, so I didn't spend any money there. This was one of my biggest regrets from this trip lol
Stuff from a souvenir shop, I thought these little monk figurines were cute
Xi'an city scenery, taken right in front of the Xi'an Museum/西安博物院
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what's your favorite spider suit in the insomniac games?
I love love LOVE Miles' boricua suit!! The bodega suit is my second fave
I assume you meant my fave miles suit cuz of my recent tags, but just in case anyone cares, my favorite Peter suit is the advanced suit 2.0 in black!
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As much as I enjoy Neo, I think she was the wrong villain to drop into Wonderland with the squad. Her conflict with Ruby doesn't thematically lend itself to the current arc of self-doubt and weight of responsibility (plus any resolution of Neo's revenge arc will probably end up with her dead since the writers have no idea what to do with her)
Even if Neo calmed down long enough to somehow communicate her grievance of losing Roman, nothing would really come of it. He was an enemy who died in front of Ruby, not because of her. His death is a footnote at best considering two of her friends died in front of her within like, an hour. So, if Ruby tells the truth of Roman's demise, then there's only two outcomes. Neo either thinks she's lying (which would be dumb. There's literally nothing to gain from it) and keeps attacking her until one of them is dead/left behind in Wonderland or Neo believes her and...???
(Seriously where can Neo go after this conflict is resolved? She doesn't care about Salem's cause, there's no one who cares about her, and she probably can't return to her previous life of crime since she was based in Vale. Neo's entire existence revolves around Roman; take that away and you have even less than a ghost)
You know who would be able to excel in a chaotic world and take advantage of Ruby's mental instability? Tyrian
This guy is able to bypass the barriers that keep someone safe, both literally with his ignore-aura seblance and metaphorically. When the writers aren't playing up the "woohoo wacky crazy psycho" schtick, which gets real old real fast, Tyrian is one of the most adept psych-analysts in the entire show. This guy read Mercury and Emerald like the morning newspaper even though they kept their distance from everyone but Cinder
In her current state, Tyrian could pick Ruby apart petal by petal until not even a bud remains. Or better yet, try getting her to align with Salem
"It's so sad, isn't it? You put in all that work, did all that planning, and Atlas still fell. The relic lost. Your friend died.
"I know you did your best. But it wasn't good enough. You weren't good enough.
"Such a big burden placed on such young shoulders isn't right. You tried so hard to save everyone, but no one has ever tried to save you, have they? Everyone has failed you. Ozpin, Ironwood, Qrow, even your friends down here. Too wrapped up in themselves to notice your struggles.
"But you don't have to do it anymore, Ruby. No more fighting, no more betrayal, no more dying. All you have to do is help Mistress get two itty bitty relics, and it will all be over.
"After all, you didn't ask for this."
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YOU ALSO HATE BRADFORD PEARS??? We have Callery Pears on my campus (very similar) and they smell SO BAD in the spring. 0/10 tree. 0 stars.
THEY’RE TERRIBLE I HATE THEM I’m allergic to them and they’re all OVER where I live I can’t escape them 😭
There’s even one in my yard (though technically only half of one now since part of it blew over last week). I don’t know if that one is a true Bradford pear, but it’s something similar for sure since it has the weak limbs and the nasty-smelling flowers. It also has murder thorns too that make it very hard to move dead limbs so basically it’s just a terrible tree all around.
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enjoyed my first painting session in a while and used it to finally work on kritza! one of my favourite models and character concepts like, ever. i adore you, nasty vampire rat man.
sticking pretty standard with my soulblight colours- whites, greys, some nice royal looking burgundys. I thought about giving him red eyes, but I actually like the black a little better. lemme tell ya my decision to do all of these fully assembled came back to bite me when I had to get into the coat behind his legs, lol... huge pain in the ass. but with a little brush gymnastics I got there in the end
also I got to use my nice red moss! I was excited about this, and I think it looks very cool. the intention was moss but it also kinda looks like fallen autumn leaves, which fits the intended tone too.
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