#shield islands

[ryssbelle]

N2 au Brucey babe!! He really doesnt change much tbh, it's mostly just an outfit change plus his gropes about his brother would be a bit different in that they're extended to all of them and not just JD, theyre just mostly centered around JD.

Cuz from his side he knew all of his brothers were alive at least Floyd, JD, and Branch. He just couldn't leave Vacay island, at first due to fear, and then he started a family there (first kid was accidental).

He'd heard rumors about JD and the others due to JD traveling all over the place and hed sent put the postcard as a way of extending an olive branch and then nobody showed up :/

Also Bruce's outfit change is purely for me I hate drawing his canon vest lmao

#my art #trolls #dreamworks trolls #trolls 3 #trolls bruce #n2 au #trolls au #not the only one au #bruce didnt really need to be changed #but i did want to add a bit to him #when he left the first place he went was vacay island #he only planned to stay for a little bit and then head back #but days turned to weeks which turned to months and then years #eventually he met and fell in love with brandy #they were planning on leaving vacay island together to visit his brothers #brandy had volunteered to essentially be his shield in case bergens showed up #but then bruce jr happened #and then the restaurant happened as a way to support the new family #so bruce felt stuck #so he was like if i cant go there ill bring them here #and sent jd a postcard which got very misinterpreted #so both sides thinks the other just doesnt want to see them #and then 20 years later his brothers do show up but only because they need something #and theyre doing it on behalf of jd who he assumes for like the first 30 sec was too much of a coward to say it himself #then he finds out the details and hes like oh shit okay- #and theyre fine but the anger and salt is still festering #idk if there would be a climatic argument like there was in the film #if anything it would just be them trauma dumping on eachother #i dont think theyd split up though #or what would spark it since jd isnt there to be bossy

[st-hedge]

I think I can manage one more totk painting before 2024

#in my venture to glue everything to the weapons/shields I’m reminded of how pretty the islands are

[zeb-z]

I'm actually unbelievably unwell about Etoiles character you don't understand. He's always been a sword, protecting by attacking first, by fighting back, offense as the best defense. He jokes a lot about dying for the island, dramatic and half sarcastic, but there's truth in his jests. He would kill, and he would die, for his daughter, for the rest of the eggs, for the safety of everyone on the island. He does not hesitate, for what good would that do him?

Then he gets the shield, and it changes the entire game. And while he can still kill to protect the island, he can no longer truly die for them.

His role is functionally the same - he draws attention to himself, he's just as ready for a fight as he's always been, he fights the codes to protect the island - but its the difference between a sword and a shield, because of his literal shield.

He's the only solid defense between the codes and the island, and all the eggs. The only one who can tank the hits and negate the effects of their crazy powerful swords.

A sword cannot hesitate, but a shield must consider it - he cannot take risks when he’s fighting in the Colosseum, because if he dies he’d lose the shield. He cannot risk attacking the fake Pomme without hesitation, not until he’s sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that it’s not his real daughter.

A shield must be sturdy. It must hold up under pressure. It must stay strong and reliable, no matter the circumstance - as the eggs go missing and everyone else crumbles, Etoiles cannot follow suit. He will play his part and defend the island, shouldering what the others cannot, because who else will do what he does?

To lose the shield would not only mean to lose himself, but to lose his family. He cannot fall without failing the entire island, his loss would mean disaster, for who is he if he’s not standing between the ones he loves and the monsters that threaten them?

He's as much a shield as the one he carries.

#he’s a thrill seeker a fight chaser and he paints a target on his back because he can tank the hits and better him than the eggs #he’s a shield in steady hands he’s the protector of the island - an apt comparison yknow #if he loses his shield they’re fucked because it’s their only defense. HE is their only defense. Ugggh #he’s so. like. atlas coded yknow. weight of the world and whatnot. because who else can shoulder the weight of the sky and keep it #from crushing the earth??? #I dunno man. the fact that he’s gotta be the level headed steady reassuring one now too. it’s just fucking with me #my fave my bestie his lore makes me want to rip things with my teeth #mcyt #qsmp #etoiles #q!etoiles #qsmp meta #z speaks

[burnt-cookii]

Anon that requested a shadow milk drawing: I didn't release you already drew him OOPS- In that case, if you want to, could you draw your favorite cookie when you first starting playing CRK?

decided to draw them both insteaadd :'> its alright to ask for the same character

#{ ☆ Sweet Tower of Queue ★ } #{ ❥ request } #milk cookie #shadow milk cookie #[✧] #moo's art #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #{ : dont mind the inaccurate shield handle lmao brain was not workin and it was far too late to fix it } #{ : some lore: i pampered the FUCK out of milk cookie and made absolutely sure he was in top form for everything } #{ : he was the ONLY defense cookie i used for so long and only swapped him when needed } #{ : now he's behind everyone and I only use him for tropical island stuff :( } #{ : im so sorry milk. i promise to catch you up with my other faves }

[gatzbright]

george as max from:

GeorgeNotFound & Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

#i love this book and movie with myentire heart it s just so damn beautiful n comforting n the movie soundtrack as well is SOOOOOOO LOVELY #george is so max to me in his crazyisms n wildness n lack of fear to just go out and LIVE. full of love he moved across the world for peopl #g is very inspiring to me in his daily insistence to just be himself n do whatever he likes n radiate his inner childish joy n adventurisms #just like max !!!! who sails away to an island full of wild things and has a blast. and i just think that is Very georgie and our dteamies< #theres so many moments in the film i was going oHHFHGFHUGHRUGH MY GOD at like. the script n dialogue bc so much Extra than the kids book #liek the yelling laugh match betbween max n judith is SOOOO SNF. LIKEIHRGIR maybe i do another post. who knows #if anyone enjoys this ..... hugs to u :') #i'll eat you up i love you so .............. “i have a sadness shield that keeps all the sadness out”-- george to dream ACHHH ..... #my webs #georgie #where the wild things are #web weaving #compilations #georgenotfound

[weneedatdcharacterwho]

There's was an idea of a contestant who befriends all of the interns already, but I have another execution

We need a td character who somehow becomes friends with one of the interns. They start spend a lot of time together outside of challenges (possibly because they share some interests and maybe struggles with communication with others) and grow closer (it may work either platonic or romantic, I enjoy both variants but gotta admit that the idea of the romance between a contestant and an intern sounds more interesting to me). The contestant doesn't have any strong connections with any other contestants (they just being the friendly yet lonely one) because of it but they manages to go far because they just do a great job during challenges and often win immunity for their team or themself after the merge, so everyone just thinks they are a good player. But the truth is that the intern was secretly helping the contestant all this time without contestant's awarness of it

Bonus points if the contestant suddenly being eliminated by Chris because of "cheating" without specific explanation so everyone thinks that the contestant was playing dirty all along. And only the intern knows the truth and feels super guilty about it but too afraid to tell this to the contestant because they think it may ruin their relationships

Bonus bonus points if the contestant finds out about this whole thing and it causes a conflict between them and the intern and they go through the arc where they learn to trust each other again (and maybe trying to become more separated and find another friends they may rely on)

(btw, sorry if I send too many suggestions, I just have a lot of thoughts)

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#it is a lot longer than I usually like but I'm really invested in this concept! #like I can imagine there being a situation where a 'everyone loves him' guy gets favours from contestants and interns #like when courtney helped alejandro in the china episode #but the idea of them not even knowing it happening... it interests me #like small things like giving them a slightly better weapon in a paintball game on manipulating the shields #total drama #total drama island #eugene da potato

[massivewaffle]

I'm just sayin' when Etoiles downed the first code in the arena, the corpse had bloody bones on it. Who recently had their leg bones (presumably) replaced with code?

How this all connects I am unsure but I feel like there's something going on with this, plus the fact that the book code!pomme dropped said "why did you do this to me, i just want a peaceful life", and the message left at Etoiles' base said, "Protect people" in binary code. I'm so intrigued.

#QSMP #it's just me theorizing but i think the codes are islanders who have been transformed somehow #and at least one of them still has some type of consciousness #hence leading him to the shield and the note telling him to protect people #but i haven't fleshed out all of the idea yet it's just THERE'S SOMETHING TO THIS

[sonicasura]

A Pokemon Trainer gets dropped into the Godzilla/Kong Monsterverse, how much chaos will that one person cause?

People from the Pokemonverse is guaranteed to make any normal person's headspin upon comparing the differences between both worlds. Sure the kaijus close a lot of damage but they are like tidal waves about it. It happens yet not all the time. Meanwhile Pokemon are so common that getting zapped by a electric rat or your neighbors fire breathing dog keeps burning your flowers is normal.

Know that church up the hill? Well a living soul eating candle named Mr Funky lives there and has a habit of stealing people's lunches. A Pokemon Trainer would thinks normal while any Monsterverse character will have a thousand mile stare hearing about it. This is just simple slice of life shit I'm talking about here!

A Pokemon Trainer wouldn't be that surprised or scared encountering an actual kaiju. They'll probably even admire them and throw compliments when you think of it. Godzilla surfaces cause the trainer is radiating some strange aura so he's ready to fight the current nuisance.

He ain't prepared to the discover this new disturbance is just an odd human whose giving the big grumpy kaiju compliments and isn't bat shit terrified about being crushed. I definitely think Godzilla is the type to follow someone if they pique his interest so congrats to the trainer for doing it without bringing out their Pokemon. Although Big G is absolutely a possessive fucker when it comes to claims.

The King of Monsters wouldn't feel so offput by PT's team and instead just sorta feel at home. He doesn't exactly fit anywhere but neither do they. Plus they actually behave and not cause trouble unlike most kaiju he knows.

I'm also the type to indulge in the potential chaos of a kaiju being smitten with a Pokemon. (Goodra, Tyranitar, Baxcalibur are a few choices that haunt me if it involves Godzilla. Big G got two paws with Mothra having one.) MONARCH being driven up the wall as they already have to deal with potential offspring from two different kaiju species. They rather not have a third option be added to the mix.

Also the trainer in question is already impossible to track down. They could have a Pokemon like Solgaleo, Hoopa or Lunala to travel between dimensions with ease. Whose to say the trainer also has a 'mon that can use Teleport to escape every ambush MONARCH sets?

Plus dimensional travel has a habit of acting off at times. Like the Trainer could show up on Skull Island during Kong: Skull Island and then later shows up around the time Ghidorah gets freed. Only common factor is that Godzilla or King Kong is involved.

I'm not forgetting about the Pokemon throwing down against a kaiju either. When you consider Dynamax/Gigantamax/Mega Evolutions/etc exist, size absolutely doesn't matter cause a well trained Maushold can beat up Arceus(Pokemon's equivalent to God) with little issue. A Focus Blast to the face will hurt more than a missile.

Imagine how insane it would get if the Pokemon Trainer can utilize Dynamax on their team whenever and wherever. You do collect Dynamax Energy in the form of Watts, Wishing Stones and Wish Pieces in Sword/Shield. Finding a workaround is possible.

Half of MONARCH is about to quit when that small yellow electric mouse turns into a kaiju sized chonker.

#sonicasura #back on my bullshit #godzilla #monsterverse #godzilla king of the monsters #godzilla series #kong #kong skull island #king kong #gojira #king kong movies #godzilla movies #godzilla monsterverse #kong monsterverse #pokemon #pokemon pocket monsters #pokemon series #pokemon sword and shield #pkmn #pkmn swsh #pokemon trainer #crack #crack treated seriously #pure crack #kaiju

[reallyghostlypost]

The First Slash and monster defence

Brianna: "My blue cloak gives me 20 defense!"

Gil: "The 'Crabshell Ring' is a magical charm from The First Slash guild, fortifying the body. It'll suit you well."

So, we know that the First Slash is a guild that mainly focuses on magic and monster research. But they seem to especially focus on defence. Not only did they apparently invented the crabshell ring, Brianna putting emphasis on her blue cloak implies that her guild's cloaks are different than the normal cloaks used by other adventurers.

And 20 points of defence is an absurd number, nearly as high as the tempered galaxy hammer, so it would make sense for Brianna to be proud of her equipment. After all, 20 points is the cloak alone, add the hammer with 25, space boots with 4 defence and the crabshell ring with 5 defence and a First Slash adventurer could have a 54 defence - and they might have better boots than the space ones. For context, the strongest non-corrupted non-boss monsters usually have a 30 - 40-something attack, including the serpents in the Badlands and the monsters in the Highlands.

That's without including any other defensive spells and talismans or any potions or elixirs that an experienced adventurer will have access to. No wonder Lance doesn't have any scars, he's basically untouchable for weaker monsters.

The only exception to this are the shadow brutes in the Highlands cavern, which deal 60 points of damage, on par with some corrupted monsters in the Badlands, which are all supposed to be unusually strong. And Lance admits that the shadow people there are a danger to him.

So it seems that one of the responsibilities of the First Slash guild is to figure out new and better ways to protect adventurers. And the crabshell ring implies that they use monster research, like the one Lance does in the Highlands, for this purpose.

Lance: "The magical flames act as a form of monster repellent. I created them myself."

Camilla: "We've figured out lots of handy tricks around here to deal with our little monster problem. See that green fire? It's a magical deterrent that strongly discourages them from encroaching on this tower. With fire…"

An interesting point I didn't realized until writing this post is Lance's dialogue about his blue flames. When he mentions he created them I assumed he means he magically summoned the flames himself without needing help from other mages (and that it's kinda cute how proud he is of singlehandedly surrounding a small tower with the occasional blue fire). And since Camilla uses similar flames in Castle Village I thought they are her invention.

But with the First Slash being involved in magical research and inventing spells themselves, Lance might have actually created the flames first and they later got applied to Castle Village. After all it's a defensive spell, which his guild apparently specializes in. Camilla could have modified the spell to fit the Badlands better or even improve it which is why the Castle Village ones have a different colour. (The colour could also change depending on the mage casting the spell for all we know).

#even the bubble charm they are trying to create is similar to a defence shield #and by attracting torpedo trouts they are acting like a shield to other islands too #they have a theme going #a theme that fits well with lance's knight aesthetics #sve lance #sve lore #i hope i didnt posted this before #i had a weird deja vu sense writing this and had the idea for the first part for a while #if i did oops #pretend you never read it before

[vox-anglosphere]

Manitoulin on Lake Huron is the largest freshwater island in the world

#Manitoulin Island #Lake Huron #Great Lakes #natural beauty #baby ducks #fresh water #summertime #scenery #waterfowl #landscape #Canadian Shield #boreal forest #Northern Ontario

[lemonhemlock]

I need hot house hightower hc and lore 🫠

I have a few in my House Hightower tag!

They're definitely one of the coolest houses in Westeros. They have historically dabbled in alchemy and necromancy. They have a Valyrian steel sword called Vigilance (ofc they do). There's a possible maester conspiracy going on. Lord Leyton is obviously doing sorcery up in the High Tower and sending his sons on various errands. There are known to be glass candles in Oldtown. Tower of Sauron symbolism? Future Panopticon if Euron gets his hands on it? In any case, Leyton is clearly a man with a plan.

"The Hightower must be doing something." "To be sure. Lord Leyton's locked atop his tower with the Mad Maid, consulting books of spells. Might be he'll raise an army from the deeps. Or not. Baelor's building galleys, Gunthor has charge of the harbor, Garth is training new recruits, and Humfrey's gone to Lys to hire sellsails. If he can winkle a proper fleet out of his whore of a sister,* we can start paying back the ironmen with some of their own coin. Till then, the best we can do is guard the sound and wait for the bitch queen in King's Landing to let Lord Paxter off his leash." The bitterness of the captain's final words shocked Sam as much as the things he said. If King's Landing loses Oldtown and the Arbor, the whole realm will fall to pieces, he thought as he watched the Huntress and her sisters moving off.

They're preparing for a massive Lovecraftian showdown against Euron. We're all going to be rooting for the Hightowers come TWOW! I am begging the fandom to stop sleeping on this house. They're right at the junction where magic, science and religion intertwine - all expressions of man's quest towards transcendence!

*that's Lynesse Hightower, Jorah Mormont's wife, the person indirectly responsible for Dany's entire arc.

#pls don't let oldtown fall george!!! #house hightower #leyton hightower #malora hightower #they're in a part of westeros surrounded by places with selkie and merling legends #like the shield islands (up north) #and the mermaid's palace (near the island of the arbor) #the base of the high tower might be made from similar material as the seastone chair?? #the hightowers would be servants of the eye in the magnus archives

[zeb-z]

ok but the thought of the code actually glitching to break Etoiles armor hits hard though. these monsters are literally made up of code, they can glitch appearances, glitch items - of course they glitched his armor.

besides that, it's an ultimate blow to his character.

he's upheld his expectations as the islands greatest warrior, their defender. with this comes not just that responsibility, but a sort of respect for who/what he's been fighting off. the codes he's grown so used to. if he were to ever lose, he'd expect it to be from exhaustion. from being physically unable to lift himself up and fight anymore, because there would be no other way he would not stand and fight - but he loses without being given a chance to win. the code messes with Etoiles’ own player coding to unnaturally break his armor, giving a dirty death to someone who fights with duty and honor.

it wasn't fair, and that's the entire point, it was never going to be fair. like how they psychologically fucked with him using fake Pomme before, and almost won - this was never a fight to see who could win. it was a fight to ensure that he would lose. he’s reminded of something important - that he can bleed, and he can die.

this island doesn't play fair, and he can't shoulder the weight of the world on his own. a single shield will never be enough to protect a whole village. and now he's lost the actual shield, the one thing he could use to protect them all.

the loss leaves him without protection, both feeling guilty failing as the guardian of the island, and unsatisfied, because how can he say he truly got a chance to beat the challenge? there is no satisfaction in this loss, no way to come to terms with his failure, because it wasn’t done on an even playing field.

it’s hardly a consolation, knowing his loss was unnatural, unfair, because it’s a loss he could not afford. not only did he lose the shield, but he learned that there are moves that are unfair and unnatural that he can’t fight against. how’s he meant to fight something that can influence his own coding, especially without the shield that gave him the chance to fight in the first place? how’s he meant to protect the island, when he can’t protect himself?

15-1, G fuckin G

#looking directly at my ‘etoiles is a shield’ analysis. breaks down into tears screaming crying throwing up #I’m never falling asleep during an etoiles stream again btw. last time I did and woke up he got the code sword. this time he lost the shield #I’m gonna have to watch the full fight and not just clips on twt and might add more after depending on what I see but fuck man #it wasn’t admins cheating just to give him a loss. it was codes cheating to give him a loss. it was unfair and cheap and entirely done #because of that. a reminder that the island does not play fair. maybe a reminder they can’t fight alone or smth #idk I’m fucked up about it #I can’t believe he lost #mcyt #qsmp #etoiles #q!etoiles #character analysis #z speaks

[omegasteve777]

Ah yes. Everyone’s favorite Smash characters. We got Yoshi. We got Meta Knight. We got Plok.

...Plok? Although a tiny bit late, Plok was announced for April Fool’s day! I wanted a character that was kind of obscure and definitely not a realistic choice, but still fit in some weird sense. Did you know Plok had appeared in an official Club Nintendo comic alongside Mario, Joe & Mac, and Dr. Wily? Now you know!

#yoshi #yoshis island #meta knight #Plok #balloon fight #EarthBound #pokemon sword and shield #kirby

[gingerpeachtea]

hello lincoln campbell nation plz accept the fruits of my labor

#original #marvel #agents of shield #aos #lincoln campbell #lincoln campbell nation is just me standing in the middle of a deserted island banging pots and pans #holding a wet cardboard box with him in it like hes a sad cat in need of a loving home #shouting from the tallest tree ‘HELLO. HELLO. IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE’

[schmabbald]

rauru is really funny to me because, while he did do all of this to save links life, he really just stripped this poor unconscious man naked, cut off his arm and left him on a sky island with no obvious way back down

#totk spoilers #totk rauru #HES SO FUNNY TO ME #i understand the island and the arm but.. his clothes??? #and his weapons too??? i know for a fact he had a bow and he probably had a shield too. and arrows. did rauru just take them?? #like 'oh yeah the cost of admission for the sky islands is all of your belongings (including clothes) and One Diseaded Arm' hello???? #and his paraglider!! he took that too!!! #if there was any item in this man's pockets beforehand there Is Not Now. rauru ate it all </3 #he was ghost hungry he had to eat all of his posessions and clothes #oh hes a goat that actually tracks

[neurodivenport]

top 30 lab rats characters as voted by my followers number 23 ⟶ victor krane (5.7%)

#lab rats #lab rats bionic island #victor krane #graham shields #* #*top30 #i dont care anymore HES SEXY!!!! #this set sucks sorry my computer is halfway broken at this point </3