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platonicphoenix · 1 month
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Like brother like brother.
They most likely had an influence on eachother, I feel Sceptre was also kind of insane 💀😭
Other versions beneath the cut vv
I made this awhile ago but i forgot to post it 💀💀💀
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FUCK I POSITIONED THE THUMBS WRONG 😭😭😭
I HATE DRAIWNG HANDS OH MY PRIMUS (that was in my autocorrect🤕🤕)
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transingthoseformers · 7 months
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Came up with this
THE SERIAL KILLER!SG RUNG AU FOCUSING ALSO ON SG FROID IS A MURDER MYSTERY WITH FROID AS AN UNOFFICIAL ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE
SG Sunder and Froid (maybe Sceptre too?) being semi unofficial detectives to try and solve murders that they KNOW the authorities will let slide under the rug
Dunno if I should add more to their team or no
I'm tempted to suggest Sceptre plays a very minor role
Dunno how much I should change Sunder's personality because I'm tempted to characterize him more like him in TCATC or like some of the fics I read with SG Sunder
SG Froid is an absolute wet cat though
He's just a mostly obscure psychiatrist who's still rather fresh in his practice in a functionist world that finds it easier to practice mnemosurgery then get to the root of the actual problem
Wet cat man
This would be a pre-war or no war au I feel like the decepticons definitely should be around by this point though
WAIT THIS IS AN ALTERNATE WAY TO FROID AND SUNDER MEETING
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parched-poko · 2 months
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More Sunder art vomit !!
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Also uh, i drew Sceptre or smth—
I'll draw him again but better I promise, but for now— silly guy :D
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hikikomorialice · 4 months
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Pangu Toys PT-11 Loki
Another mecha, this time a transformer type too.
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The model is 7.5 inches tall, with it's alt. form being a bird.
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The pack contains: 1 x PT-11 Loki Figure, 1 x Gemstone Scepter, 2 x Katanas, 2 x Scabbards, 1 x Cube, 1 x Exchangeable Hand Panel, 2 x Exchangeable Wrist Frost Hands, 2 x Ice Daggers, 2 x Frost Effects, 1 x fabric Cape, 1 x character Card, and instructions.
I like the dabble of Jotun Loki represented here too.
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Approximately $52 / £46.
Original release in China (I believe) was the end of Jan 2024 and cam be bought one ebay etc now, while US import stores are looking at a March 2024 release date.
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nevis-the-skeleton · 1 year
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Sentinels are the other "Autobot" faction, their leader was Sentinel Prime, after that he leave Optimus' Autobots. If the purpose of Optimus was to stop the war, and took away the cast system, Sentinel Prime goals was totally different.
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winxbutbetterimo-ovo · 4 months
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Unique abilities per winx
each fairy has something they can do without transforming that not many other fairies can. for the winx:
Bloom - healing
Flora - ability to "ask" any plants what happened before
stella - transportation (with her sceptre)
Techna - data analysis and having basically all digitalised knowledge ever at her fingertips
Musa - echolocation
Aisha - morphix, which is able to be shaped into like actual things she can use, and dissolves when shes done with them.
roxy - speaks to animals telepathically
daphne - control the beast of the depths
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A pretty distraction
When Gale transforms into a woman during a mission, Tav and Astarion can’t keep their dirty thoughts at bay. Poor Karlach and Wyll get caught in the cross fire.
(Trigger warning (18+): graphic description of sex, smut, threesome, body worship, cowgirl, fellatio, fingering, polymorph spell)
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Karlach’s and Wyll’s faith is based on this fic.
"The Staff of Authority. What's that thing again?"
"It's the sceptre that the Council of Four passes onto their successors during the ceremony," Wyll explained a second time, slightly irritated. "It's a meaningful and important artefact of the Baldur's Gate nobles."
"How boring," Astarion retorted. "They have no imagination. They should have come up with something more fun. Like a butt plug. That would be more enjoyable than the stick those nobles have up their asses."
Wyll almost frothed at the mouth.
"Have you no respect? These noble families play an extremely important roles to keep Baldur's Gate the flourishing city it is!"
"It still can't hold a candle to the City of Splendors," Gale chimed in, smirking smugly.
"Stop encouraging Astarion's bad manners!" the warlock hissed.
"Calm down, sunshine. Gale's clearly teasing," Karlach chuckled and wrapped an arm around her lover.
Wyll grumbled unintelligible, but was glad for the grounding touch.
"But the Staff of Authority got stolen and your father tasked us with getting it back," Tav finished the conversation.
The vampire spawn wrinkled his nose.
"I never liked playing the hero."
"Stop complaining, love. We all know, deep down, you're a softie," the bard teased him lightly, kissing his cheek.
The addressed pursed his lips and tried to look more pissed than he actually was – and failed.
"At least, we know where the item is," Gale sighed. "I'm glad we're done drinking our way through every seedy tavern of the city. The watered-down beer was repelling. Downright vile."
"Oh, shut up, darling. We all know you prefer the finer things in life. Something full-bodied and red."
"Like me!" grinned Karlach and winked.
Tav burst out into laughter and the tiefling was pleased with herself.
"Anyway, we must hurry to get the Staff of Authority back because it'll be auctioned off via the black market tonight," Gale brought the conversation back to the original topic. "So, here's the plan; Tav will wear her best red dress, heading towards the building. The security guard will be distracted by her beauty and, with a weaponized smile and wink, she'll get pass them. After walking down the hallway, she'll enter the buffet room and open a window, complaining about the stuffy air inside. While everyone will move to the auction hall, Astarion will squeeze through the window, cloaked in an invisibility spell, make his way backstage to the storage room, and boom; we'll get the Staff of Authority back."
"You know that won't work, right?" remarked Astarion, eyeing the wizard judgingly. "Nobody would let Tav in, not to mention that she doesn't own a single dress in the first place."
"Well, we could make it work," replied the wizard, miffed.
"Let me do it then. I look smashing in red," beamed Karlach, already planning her sneak attacks.
Tsking, the vampire spawn rolled his eyes, annoyed of all the bullshit.
"I hate to be the one to say it, but Astarion's right," chimed Tav in. "Neither you nor I are what men typically desire in a woman."
Karlach pouted, fussing with her braids.
"We could really use Shadowheart right now," said Wyll.
"Mhm, but she can't neglect her duties as a high priestess of Selûne. They're really busy at the temple at the moment because the Moon Festival's near," Tav replied, looking wistful.
"Hm... I have an idea," Gale announced.
He waved about his arms elegantly, reciting a magic spell, and right before his friends' eyes, he turned into a beautiful, shapely woman.
"Gods, you're gorgeous!" Astarion blurted out.
Immediately, Gale turned crimson.
"You think so?" he muttered with a warm, singsong-y, sultry voice.
"Fuck," Tav breathed, enraptured.
"Indeed, darling. 'Fuck'," the vampire spawn snickered, licking his lips.
"Can you two stop eying your lover like a dish on the dinner table?" Wyll asked, uncomfortable.
"Oh, we'll eat him right up, don't you worry," Astarion purred and Gale hid his heated face behind his hands in embarrassment.
Wyll was thankful that his skin colour concealed the blush which would have been visible all across his face and neck otherwise. Karlach laughed and pulled him against her chest.
"Gale does look hot though," she smirked.
"Hold that thought," Tav told Astarion who grinned, "but first we must complete our task."
Instead of squeezing through a window, they used an invisibility spell to sneak into the building. Gale didn't even have to enchant the guards, all he needed was a sultry blink of his big, brown eyes, a coy smile, and the plunging neckline of his deep blue dress. Stealing back the Staff of Authority was easy – especially when being accompanied by someone who had nimble fingers like Astarion. Within five minutes, they were in and out of the building, and when the black market merchants realised that the item was gone and chaos broke out, Tav and her friends were already halfway across the city.
"That was easier than expected," grinned the bard. " Ulder Ravengard will be pleased."
Wyll's father was delighted about their successful deed, thanking them profoundly in the name of the Baldur's Gate population. Tav wished they would have received coin instead of praise, but beggars can't be choosers.
"Thank you for helping to keep a decades-old tradition alive," Ulder beamed. "It would have been an absolute devastation to lose such an important and meaningful historical artefact."
"No problem. It's our job to help people in need," Tav lilted, hoping to remind the Grand Duke to finally pay them with actual money. "And it's wonderful to see Wyll and Karlach again. We hadn't found the time to meet up since they'd left Waterdeep two months ago. I'm dying to find out what they'd been up to."
"About that... There's something Karlach and I want to tell you," replied Wyll, clearing his throat. "Well... we've decided to extend the hunting lodge in the nearby forest that belongs to the Ravengard family. There, we want to raise our future children. Of course, guests are always welcome. And I'll take on the offered position as General of the City Guard."
Tav raised an eyebrow and asked: "You'll be a part of the Flaming Fists? The guys who made our lives harder when we fought the Absolute?"
"No, no," Wyll explained hastily. "The City Guard is a new faction. It was founded after we destroyed Gortash's Steel Watch. They're a separate group and have nothing to do with the Flaming Fists."
"Unfortunately, the latter aren't what they once were," sighed Ulder. "Back when I was a marshal, the Flaming Fists were in their prime."
Tav bit her tongue to keep herself from giving a cheeky reply. One look at Astarion revealed that he was doing the same.
"Finally!" the vampire spawn exclaimed, slamming the door of their rented room shut. "I thought Ravengard would never shut up! He didn't even pay us, that cutthroat!"
"Yeah, it's a bit disappointing," Tav agreed.
"An understatement. But... we can finally devour our wonderful wizard."
Astarion locked eyes with Gale, licking his lips hungrily, and the latter shuddered in anticipation. The wizard hadn't dropped his magic disguise yet, still presenting himself as a busty woman. Astarion stalked closer to him, truly looking like the predator he was.
"I want to devour you, darling," he purred, stroking Gale's cheek. "Take your dress off."
The addressed blushed, but snapped his fingers and was stark naked in an instant.
"You're beautiful this way, but I would miss that lovely cock of yours if you'd stay like this forever," the vampire spawn revealed.
The wizard cleared his throat, flustered.
"Well... I can change my uhm… 'appearance'. Down there."
"Hmm, Gods, yes." Astarion bit his lip and felt arousal shoot through him like lightning.
With a heated face, Gale mumbled a spell and his genitalia changed back to its original form. Both the vampire spawn and the human bard stared at him hungrily.
"Gods, darling, let me. Please," Astarion begged, almost whined, and before he got an answer, he was on his knees and swallowed Gale's member down. The latter gasped, one hand immediately flying to his lover's head and stroking his pointed ear. Astarion moaned around him and the wizard shuddered.
"You look so beautiful together," Tav remarked.
She moved closer, petting Astarion's hair with one hand while pulling Gale in with the other. They kissed tenderly, a sensual slide of their tongues. The wizard moaned lowly into her mouth.
"Astarion," he warned. The addressed hummed, rolling his balls in one hand. "Stop, please. I - I don't want it to end yet."
The vampire spawn drew back, panting and with his pupils blown wide. Gale gasped for air and desperately tried to gain control. Tav kissed his cheek and asked: "Everything alright?"
The wizard nodded, still slightly out of breath. A bit unsteady on his legs, Astarion got up. Tav reached for him and kissed him hungrily. When she finally let go of him, Gale gave him a peck too. They moved over to the bed, laying the wizard out like a feast. Tav started to kiss his collarbones, then, his breasts. Astarion nibbled on his neck. Gale trembled with pleasure, panting erratically. The few, low noises he made sounded foreign to his own ears. He wasn't used to the female voice that left his mouth.
The wizard still struggled to accept being at the receiving end of pleasure instead of giving it. Tav had realised his reluctance, how it had been hammered into him by Mystra to be the worshiper, and, since then, the bard showed him over and over again what it means to be worshiped for once. Gale was still slightly uncomfortable with it, but got better at enjoying it each time, no longer feeling so terribly guilty for taking instead of giving.
Now, it wasn't any different, and Gale let the pleasure wash over him guilt-free, panting and trembling under the gentle affection provided by Astarion and Tav.
"Beautiful," the vampire spawn whispered, petting the wizard's long, sweaty mane.
"Can I ride you?" the bard asked, looking desperate.
"Please do," whispered Gale and almost choked on a moan when his lover sunk down on him.
Tav was always so soft, wet, and hot around him. She felt amazing and wasn't afraid or ashamed to voice her desires. He loved it.
Astarion fondled Gale's big breasts, sucking on his nipples, and the wizard's hips bucked up with a gasp.
"That's it, darling. Show us how good you feel," the vampire spawn purred and kissed him sloppily.
Gale's breath hitched when he climaxed, trembling all over. Tav moaned loudly and shamelessly, grinding her hips down. It was too much and the wizard whimpered.
"Apologies, love," the bard panted and got off of him.
As always, she'd interpreted his body language correctly. Gale sighed a breath of relief. Tav crawled closer and started to blow Astarion who moaned against the wizard's lips.
"Slow down, darling."
The vampire spawn's plea fell on deaf ears and he mewled when Tav slipped a finger into his hole. Astarion's head fell back as he panted open-mouthed, exposing the long line of his neck. He lifted his right leg up over Tav's shoulder to give her better access. Gale littered the vampire spawn's neck with kisses, making him pant even harder. Suddenly, Astarion whined, digging his nails into Gale's shoulders.
"Yes! Right there, darling, right there! Aah!"
Tav hummed pleased and kept sucking him off while stroking his prostate. Astarion almost screamed when he came, covering Gale's soft stomach with his seeds. A bit roughly, he grabbed onto Tav and hauled her up to smash their mouths together.
"Gods..." Astarion felt dizzy.
Smiling at him, the bard caressed his cheek.
"Alright?" she asked.
The vampire spawn nodded, sighing contently when Tav kissed his forehead and Gale his temple. The latter finally dropped his polymorph spell, feeling incredibly drained and tired.
"I need sleep," mumbled Gale into Astarion's shoulder.
He curled up against the vampire spawn while Tav scooted closer to Astarion's other side. The latter smiled contently and sated.
"We must do this again," he remarked and his lovers hummed agreeingly.
Snuggled close together, they fell asleep.
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sonicjustbecause · 15 days
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A though on skills (Sonic and the others)
One thing I don't like about Sonic is that all character seems to have about the same skills and downfalls, and this make them less unique. Maybe an approach in the right direction was made in Sonic adventure 2, but that was all.
Considering that I only like few characters from Sonic (In short a little more than all those appeared in Sonic Prime, who luckily were all characters I already like), I only will talk about them and not even all of them.
Sonic and Shadow
(the twins.... not literally, but they truly have twins vibe)
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I think they should keep their iconic skills. High speed, spindash etc. With a slight difference though. Surely the spindash and all related rolling into a ball thing should be identical, no difference.
In particular circumstance and for short amount of time thy both can reach the speed of light.
About speed, I like to think Shadow is sligtly slower than Sonic without his shoes. Anyway those two are the fastest and the difference between them and all the rest should be noticeable.
Physical strenght and stamina favour Sonic. Shadow is tied to his inibitor rings. Without them he is way stronger than Sonic but his stamina decreases fast. Also Shadow can't hold the super transformation as long as Sonic.
Shadow, unlike Sonic, can swim, but I don't see him having a particular tecnique.
He also can perform chaos control better and easily and has full control of the chaos power. Sonic can do chaos control, but it looks diffcult when he does that.
Being left handed can also be one of his advantages. Most people are right handed so unless you aren't a trained warrior (see Knuckles), Shadow attacks may be more unpredictable.
Tails
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I really like his flight abilities thanks to his two tails mutation (do you know that the two tails mutation is real?)
Although annoying in game, I appreciate the fact Tails can't fly forever. Foxed aren't supposed to fly after all. But he can fly long enough to make his level easier to finish. He also can swim but he lacks tecnique.
I like that in SA2 he uses mechanics. But I like more if he uses custom made weapons.
I don't like Tails being as fast as Sonic or using the spin dash. Foxes don't have a mantle and quills. They're like dogs who have a convergent evolution toward cats, so they tend to have typical cat skills rather than dogs skills. I like when he attacks his enemies with his two tails, that look strong.
Knuckles
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I don't see Knuckles as particularly fast, but he is strong and a skilled warrior enough to nullyfy Shadow's left handed advantages and to force him to fight without inibitor rings. He can also free climb easily. I remember in Sonic OVA he just fly just like Goku or Superman, but I don't like that as I'm not fond on his gliding ability. He also can swim, and unlike Shadow and Tails he has a tecnique. Like overall a warrior but pretty much well trained in overall all sports. Of course he should not be able to roll up. But he has quills, he should be able to use them in some creative way.
Amy Rose
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I like her skills actually. The Piko Piko Hammer is a nice touch. Plus she can summon it like magical girls can sum their sceptre, as seen in Sonic X. One thing she should do more is rolling up and the spin dash. She should not be able to do all the attack Sonic and Shadow can do, but she is still a hedgehog so she should be able to roll up.
She can swim, too. Not as good as Knuckles but better than Tails and Shadow.
The tarot card doesn't count. This is a think she likes to do for fun, but I don't see it as a part of her fighting skills.
Rouge
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One thing is obvious, Rouge arms and legs look really thick, like Knuckles', and this does means she is muscular, so she is a good fighter. Plus she is a natural flyer, being a bat. This does means she is supposed to be able to fly as long as you want, unlike Tails and this gives her the ability to go everywhere, without limits. Plus she can swim as well as Knuckles.
Eggman
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I think, since he is a human, our specie, it was somewhat easy to enhance the typical human skill, intelligence, but at the same time is harder to run with creativity in other skills. Suspension of belief is harder when we are familiar with something. All Eggman skills come from brain indeeed and his mechanics is very creative and dangerous. Eggman is able to swim (apparently only Sonic can't swim), but mostly he floats. He possess quite a good strenght and athletic abilities considering how out of shape he is.
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wicked-witch-for-hire · 5 months
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The Artifacts of Karsus and the Crown Of Horns
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This post was inspired by several things:
- u/lookitsnichole 's question: if Mystra is melding together with Midnight, why don't we say that Karsus is melding with Gale
- what are the tasks of archmages and Chosens, which made me think about eldritch artifacts thanks to u/Valetheera
- and I would lie if I would say that the situation with Anders & Justice or rather Vengeance was not also in my mind.
What I posit is this:
The idea of Ascension may have been planted in Gale by the Orb & the Crown when he was in close proximity to both of them.
The changes in GodGale are just partly due to ascension and shedding humanity - he is at the minimum greatly influenced by these artifacts. It is possible that they are slowly melding together, or that in time the "Karsus" part can take over completely.
First what are the orb and the crown, and what became of Karsus?
Karsus became a god for an infinitesimally short time, and is considered to be a demi-god. Mystryl sacrifised herself, thus cut all magic and stopped Karsus's spell in the process, and transformed Karsus into stone. Karsus died but he did not go to the Fugue Plane (where souls normally go), but stayed on the Material Plane. His vestige can be called upon by powerful magic users. (Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide).
From the Annals of Karsus
My great spell of transcendence is mine alone, not to be committed to ink and parchment, but I have also forged three supreme enchanted items that are the physical embodiments of my wizardry, and of them I shall make record.
There is a Crown, an Orb, and a Sceptre, each night-alive and with its own power and purpose, and these I call the Regalia of Karsus.
The Crown of Karsus: to attract and absorb magical knowledge, and give the wearer dominion over himself so that he remains his own entity apart from the Weave.
The Orb of Karsus: a storage device or battery that condenses mystic power, ever-gathering so that it must be syphoned at intervals of its excess.
The Sceptre of Karsus: an instrument of projection, a focusing utensil for the precise wielding of unimaginably vast forces. (in Mystra's possession)
Know of these items you must, for if I fail to achieve immortality, they will persist, and I dare say, 'live' on beyond me.
The next question is do we have any other example of something created by a god for nefarious purposes, an evil & intelligent artifact which was capable of corrupting and even transforming the minds of its wearers? Even after the death of its forger?
Say hello to the Crown of Horns!
It was very likely forged by Myrkul (or reforged by him from an ancient Netherese artifact).
This artifact is possessed by Myrkul, sentient and it is capable to interfere with the minds of its wearers.
Following the god's destruction, the vestiges of Myrkul could strongly influence the actions of whomever wore the Crown of Horns, making suggestions within their consciousness, possessing them outright, and even altering their moral and ethical outlook to more closely resemble his own (this is fancy D&D talk for "this artifact will change your alignment to neutral evil"). No individual could remove their crown unless Myrkul's essence wished for his artifact to find a new host.
Laeral Silverhand was one of the Seven Sisters - one of the mortal daughters of Mystra (2.0), who was also a Chosen of Mystra. She was an incredibly powerful mage, and she was specifically gifted in creating artifacts, until she donned this Crown. In her own words:
"We found an artifact, the Crown of Horns, and I in my pride decided that my powers of will and magic were sufficient to counter the evil I sensed within it. I wore the Crown, and it claimed me as its own. Years went by, terrible years during which I lost Laeral and became the Wild Woman, the Witch of the North. I remember little of those years, which in many ways is a blessing."
Theorycrafting time & conclusion
When I look at GodGale I see remnants of Gale in him - he comes back for his love - but I mostly see the terrible, unsatisfiable hunger of the Orb personified as a God of Ambition. HumanGale had ambitions yes, but these ambitions had served a purpose, he wanted to achieve something, he had an endgoal in his mind. GodGale might help a follower to achieve something but that follower won't feel any satisfaction - they will endlessly run after the next thing like a little hampster in their wheel until exhaustion & death.
And I don't think this is truly Gale - this is a vestige of Karsus. The Crown was influencing and corrupting Gale from the moment Gale has got close enough. The Orb would act like a homing beacon to the Crown, and it could amplify its effects.
These artifacts are both capable of being sentient, containing the remnants of their forger - we have precedents for this in the lore, and the Annals of Karsus can be interpreted as proof (see the bolded part.)
And when he ascends? I see an amalgamation of them. I think the Gale part of GodGale is still mostly in charge, but this can change.
There is an interesting thought - we know that Raphael can have an ominous monologue about Mystra if she has the Crown. In that case Mystra had the Sceptre & Crown, and possibly the orb too (we don't know if she simply destroys it or pulls it out of Gale - it might still be intact.) I don't think this will bode well for her for the long run, but we'll see...
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vbnhuet · 5 months
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might as well post my other fic here too. It's unfinished and on hiatus at the moment, but for what it have, I am proud of it. I will continue it after my current fic is finish.
Rating: General Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandom: Super Mario & Related Fandoms, Mario and Luigi Series (Video game)
Relationships: Bowser/Luigi (Nintendo), Luigi & Mario (Nintendo)
Characters: Bowser (Nintendo), Mario (Nintendo), Luigi (Nintendo), Princess Peach (Nintendo), Kamek | Magikoopa (Super Mario), Bowser Jr. (Nintendo), Koopalings (Super Mario)
Additional Tags: Fluff and Humor, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Attempt at Humor, Falling In Love, Idiots in Love, Love Potion/Spell, Curse Breaking, Travel, Brotherly Love, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Friends, Protective Mario, bowser is goofy, luigi is goofy, everyone is goofy, personalities closely base on the rpg games, mario is not homophobic hes bowserphobic, kamek being the no1 bowuigi shipper, Temporarily Unrequited Love, Good Sibling Mario (Nintendo), Digital Art, english is not my first language
Language: English
Chapters: 5/? (Incomplete) Summary:
Bowser’s plan to cast a love spell on Peach went very wrong when he accidentally cast it on Luigi instead. Now burdened with a love-crazed Italian man who always cling to his side, Bowser is less than happy, and Mario is even more so.
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isabellehemlock · 1 year
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Cross posting my contribution to the IWTV Tarot mini project from Twitter.
Image descriptions and all the symbolism behind Louis' can be found under the cut:
Image descriptions:
1. Lestat's card features him in his Mardi Gras costume, looking on cheerfully as he rides the float through New Orleans. It has been transformed into a chariot to represent the card (the font at the bottom reading "The Chariot" and "@ isabellehemlock") and he is bathed in shadows and light to represent the evening. The border flanked around him is the fleur de lis symbol for his heritage and a cord overlay for the "there is a cord between us" canon nod.
2. Louis' card is him reclining on a chair/throne wearing traditional altar boy garb, poised in front of his church from childhood. He is holding his cane in one hand, and his other is up turned in a to bless pose - but the tips drip with blood. His border includes heavy red drapes that reveal stained glass windows. The font at the bottom reads "The Hierophant" and "@ isabellehemlock".
Religious Symbolism:
1. Red is for both the Passion of Christ, but also for Martyrs - many martyrs end up becoming Saints of the Church, so tie in with the whole St. Louis label
2. In the first episode, Grace mentions that Louis and Paul were altar boys together (at her wedding reception), so I clothed him in the traditional altar boy garb (which is sometimes white and black, but some do red, too) - circling back to point number one ;)
3. The Hierophant page says (in part) this about the card composition:
"The Hierophant is a religious figure sitting between two pillars of a sacred temple – though this temple differs from the one in which the High Priestess sits. [ ... ] In his left hand, he holds the Papal Cross, a triple sceptre that signifies his religious status. He raises his right hand in a religious blessing, with two fingers pointing towards Heaven and two towards Earth."
- so I used Louis' church as the backdrop for the Sacred Temple. The place where his faith says he receives a taste of Heaven at every mass <3. The hand position is still used today offer blessings - a benediction - and though it looks like two fingers pointing up, it actually is supposed to include the thumb as well to represent the Holy Trinity. But also, priests receive a special blessing at their ordination over those two fingers that hold the Eucharist - so yeah lots of symbolism when it comes to that hand position BUT ALSOPLUSALSO the blood . . .
4. The blood as the life force, but also the Blood of Christ - the Sacrament he was raised to believe is given at every mass. And yet it is the Apostle St. Thomas - doubting Thomas who is also told to stick his fingers in Christ's wounds - bloody fingers for the doubting disciple.
5. Even though the card description mentions the Papal Cross - I replaced it with Louis' cane to equally represent his own personal "stick of power" if you will
6. I didn't go with a religious crown, and instead focused on bathing him with a crown of light to represent the light of faith - but it's draped around him, encompassing and connecting him to the building that surrounds him - but he is immune to it personally - a little nod to the conflicting feelings around the traditions of his faith (while still not being totally segregated from it).
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platonicphoenix · 7 months
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SOMEONE GIVE MY BOY SCEPTRE SOME LOVE
(his ass has no head, no lines, is dead, and litterally nothing is said about him only like a few lines or scenes.)
Also I found someone's design of him and I used that because I loved it :3
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transingthoseformers · 7 months
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Just to add.
Orion Pax is wringing his hands over all this because Pharma does not give him the grace Ratchet even did in their friendship and is more akin to Rodimus calling him out to his face and publically, but he has decided he needs to be involved in his life "to honor Ratchet" and becomes more and more exasperated by Pharma's line of shady bastards: Trepan, Sunder and Sceptre (Orion likes to point out in arguments "THEY WERE SERIAL KILLERS PHARMA!"), Mesothulas, Deadlock, Rung (though that's a different story since OP thought Rung was a serial killer for awhile), etc.
Orion Pax is the most busybody person here and Roller, who Pharma makes a point to be perfectly polite and friendly to when he visits with "Pax" thinks it is hilarious, drink his juice box while Pharma and Orion have a row about Pharma's life choices and "being careful", while Pharma is pushing and raging and gotten very into burning the government and Orion regrets, just a little bit, encouraging him to read the Decepticon Papers.
When Orion becomes an outlaw, Pharma is insufferably smug, and Orion comments he just knows Pharma won't let him live this down. He does not.
(He is very proud about Pharma's progress, though, and absolutely adores Wrench.)
Oh Ori
He's so worried about Pharma
since OP thought Rung was a serial killer for a while
since OP thought Rung was a serial killer for a while
On one hand, you just gave me an interesting idea for SG Rung. On the other hand, Orion dude WHAT
Pharma's line of shady bastards is so fascinating yes yes. And apparently Rung counts as one of the shady bastards, and that's hilarious.
The return of Roller, yes
Letting Pharma read the Decepticon papers has gotta give us interesting results. It's just gotta. It's just gotta
Yessss on Smug!Pharma. Pharma won't let him live this down yes yes
Naturally speaking yep Orion cares for Wrench yes yes
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In the pronaos of the temple are some ancient statues of the Charites, on the right the couch of Hera, and the dedication of a shield that Menelaos once took from Euphorbos at Troy. The great statue of Hera is seated on a throne of gold and ivory, the work of Polykleitos.Its crown has the Charites and Horai worked into it; in one hand she holds a scepter, in the other a pomegranate. As the story of the pomegranate is not to be spoken , I shall omit it. But they say a cuckoo sits on her sceptre because, when Zeus first loved the blossoming Hera, he changed into this bird and she hunted him for a pet.... They say that there stood beside Hera's statue one of Hebe, this too chryselephantine, a work of Naukydes. But on a column beside the (Polykleitean] statue is an ancient statue of Hera. This oldest of statues, made of pear wood and dedicated at Tiryns by Peiras son of Argos, was brought to the Heraion when the Argives captured Tiryns. I myself saw it there, a small seated figure. Interesting dedications include an altar into which the legendary marriage of Hebe and Heracles is worked and the emperor Hadrian's dedication of a peacock of gold and precious stones.
(Pausanias 2.17.46 Rocha-Pereira 1981).
- The Transformation of Hera: A Study of Ritual, Hero, and the Goddess in the lliad
Joan V. O'Brien
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Same Anon who asked about Transformers as dogs. Since your response focused mainly on TFP, it got me wondering what the characters in your AU, "The Polar Star", would be if they were dogs. What do you think? (Personally, I think Skyfire would be one of those big, fluffy, Northern breeds.)
So here the video ^^ I will not put the characters I showed in the first video, because it will be the same thing, The Polar Star is still in TFP vibes. But, I'm then going to show others characters that we can saw in my story ;).
Decepticon:
Steve the Vehicon : Labrador Retriever
Predacons:
Skylynx : Pitbull
Darksteel : Chocolat Labrador
Autobot:
Prowl : Akita
Skyfire : Tatra sheepdog
Sentinels:
Sunder : Husky
Sceptre : Shar-peï
Froid : Mini Pinscher
Getaway : Pekingese
Chromedome : Yellow Labrador
Trepan : Dashund
Pharma : Airedale Terrier
Slingshot : German Shorthaired Pointer
Neutrals:
Overlord : Tibetan Mastiff
Unicron : American Pitbull Terrier
Primus : Poodle
Part 1
(it's The Polar Star too in fact ;3)
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the last looks for the guys! the former Specialists’ armamancer attire and then the morpher magi’s transformations. Helia’s in Altheix, Nabu’s in Onyrix, both gotten during AUS4 and AUS4.5 as y’all might remember (and if not go read them). Below are the thoughts for the designs of the other 5 dudes!
Armamancers, as a fairly new caster class thanks to Saladin taking his sweet time lmao don’t have as much of a defined aesthetic/look like the other classes, but what has become a constant is having a couple pieces of armor of some kind combined with a sort of adventure-esque or warrior-esque clothing, but what is the mainstay is having your own weapon as an accessory in the outfit itself, which is later summoned during battle or magic usage.
They’re all designed based on each guy’s personality - Nex and Brandon are the flashiest of the 5, and so their designs are more a bit more ornate. Nex settled on the sash to showcase his fire magic, while the open shirt is to better showcase the pooling necklaces (and the top surgery scar). Brandon meanwhile was definitely influenced by his girlfriend and so went for a more fashionable look, fluttering shirt and all. Nex’s weapon is a pair of axes that he wears as bracelets over his gauntlets, while Brandon’s is a spear that he wears as a ring, as a nod to how Stella’s sceptre’s hidden form was originally a ring as well.
Timmy is the only one of the 5 guys that understood the assignment and went for clothes that actually protect him. He focused more on leg protection as he’s not the best runner or kicker and knows they’re a weak point of his, and went with a sash stylized like a lightning bolt for similar reasons as Nex’s. His weapon is a sniper rifle, disguised as an earring.
Sky and Riven designed their outfits together as a pair, with matching shoulder guards and brooches in opposite sides, mesh in the upper body and lace-up boots, but still matched to their usual fashion styles and tendencies. Their weapons are swords held as pendants in their chokers, each wearing the other’s sigil as a gemstone alongside their sword.
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