#tldr: this might be my last post today

[iuciferic]

I usually don’t make text posts on tumblr because I use this site as an archive for the artwork I post online and I think keeping boundaries online is good. But it’s way too long for Twitter and I’m thanking people who use tumblr in it. But I’ve been self reflecting. Well actually, I’ve been reading the work of Nagata Kabi so it inspired me to write this. This is NOT a negative post btw.

TLDR: if I don’t believe in myself, I gotta believe in the people who believe in me

So. I’m my biggest critic, constantly annoyed at how slow my skills progress, unable to see the good or a single quality in it, basically just posting it the same way you’d hand over a test you clearly failed but at least you tried. Well, today I was scrolling my own blog and scrutinizing my own work. But in between all the work there were all those asks from people who made the step forward to come and express what they think about it. Usually when this happens I brush it off as “oh well, they’re just trying to be nice. I will thank them because I appreciate their kindness in trying to make me feel better”. But if it was the case, they’d probably just leave a like or, they don’t know me so they’d probably just ignore it. I kept reading everyone’s asks inbetween criticizing myself and it made me realize, while criticizing myself is GOOD (it means I see my past mistakes and I’m one step closer to improving), I focus too much on the negative. Some asks were pointing things I never notice about my own work. I think it’s like our own appearance. Many of us will think it’s nothing special but other people will like it. Actually this might be a bad analogy.

I wanted to thank each person (who was off anon so I could directly message them) individually but I’m actually a very shy person and I felt embarrassed like “hey, uhh, yeah that asks you probably don’t remember you sent? I read it 2 months later again and I’d like to thank you again”. I assume replying to old stuff is universally seen as weird by other people. The people might be weirded out. But in case any of you read it (anon or not, know that I am really thankful for everything and it’s thanks to you that I’m having this surge of happiness right now).

This triggered a lot of memories. Back in October, when I was drawing a lot of armored core stuff, I got an email in Japanese. At first I thought it was some google translated bot but, it was actually proper Japanese (if easy to make the difference, even if your level is low). The person was complimenting my armored core stuff and later they actually revealed themselves on twitter. It made my week to know that someone would write such a long email just because they saw what was to me a picture online I just felt “meh” about, saying that they wanted to learn to draw now. (The email was very long, I can’t just dismiss someone writing all that)

Also since I was laid off from my studio job last year, I still received freelance work doing concepts and IU for smaller games (and was even requested to do more work for the previously mentioned studio) and was able to live comfortably thanks to that. But to me it was nothing, like I refused to acknowledge my own achievements. I mean everyone has a job. Why would I congratulate myself? Because you’re doing the job you’ve always dreamed of. Yeah, it’s not a in-house permanent contract, sure I’m not working on AAA, but freelance work is still work and small indie games are often the ones doing unique and interesting things. Plus it’s not the 90’s anymore where you could have a part time job on something that would become a cult classic. The joy I felt the first time I’ve seen my name in the credits roll of a game felt like a victory after a long battle. So yeah.

I still DO need to improve drastically if I want to grow as an artist and get hired on bigger projects and have the career I dream of. (I also need to keep studying for my N2 haha). But I’m happy of what I’ve achieved so far and I’m thankful from the bottom of my heart for the people who voiced themselves to remind me to stop looking at a small detail instead of the bigger picture. We’re all works-In-progress so even if we’ve been shitters so far, doesn’t meant it’s over and we can’t get better. Also I’m conscious I’m lucky enough to have people voicing their feedback, while smaller artists don’t. If anyone has ever complimented your artwork, I would advise to read what they said again.

Also I’ve been contracted to do creature/monster design on a console game starting next week so I’m going to go and beat FF7 Rebirth in 4 days before I’m unable to play it for the rest of the month. 🫡

#this felt therapeutic to write #Kyou.txt #humans are hard to draw - machine and monsters better

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

02/24/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Cast&CrewSightings; Samba BTS; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Damien Gerard; Guz Khan!; SaveOFMD Crew Billboard; AdoptOurCrew Saturday Sillies; Making A Difference; Articles; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Tonight's Taika;

Been a long Saturday yall. Hope you enjoyed the BTS and general clown/honking going around!

== Cast & Crew Sightings ==

= Samba Schutte Feat. David Jenkins! =

Samba's back with more BTS for us today!

This time the Crew Shoutout is for Chaos Dad himself: David Jenkins! So good to see Chaos dad having such a great time BTS. We love you David!

Videos on Tumblr:

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys decided to take it up a notch today on his Tiktok/Instagram and tell... someone they've created a monster. Who might that be?

== Damien Gerard ==

Our crew-mate @patchworkpiratebear got a Cameo from our lovely Father-Teach, Damien Gerard! There's a bit of a story behind it, see below! Cameo link

== Guz Khan! ==

Hey! It's been a hot minute since we've seen our friend Guz Khan-- and now he's showed up on a cat! Good to see you sir!

== Save OFMD Crew ==

There have been questions raised about the billboard that the SaveOFMD Crew have been posting teasers for on their socials. The Crew had a meeting today wherein they discussed the concerns of the fandom, and have taken that feedback to heart. They are currently working on a clear information packet regarding the logistics of the current billboard efforts. They have kindly asked for your patience while they finish putting those last touches together!

== @adoptourcrew Saturday Sillies! ==

Our friends over at @adoptourcrew were kind enough to set up a new Saturday Sillies this week! This time they made custom OFMD Wordles! There were WAY too many images to include in the recap, so if you'd like to check them out, please visit the tumblr post below!

Wanna play? You can visit a tumblr post here

== Making a Difference! ==

Thank you to everyone who contributed to, or shared the fundraiser for Trans Pride Brighton! They've finally met their goal and can stay open another year! You made a serious difference in the lives of trans and non-binary folk in that community!

== Articles ==

Deze HBO-serie is gecanceld, maar had een 95% op Rotten Tomatoes

Schwule Romanze zwischen Piratenkapitänen

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies. I hope you had a fun Saturday/Sunday wherever you are. I know some of you are already closing out the weekend. We made it through another day-- and there's all sorts of action going on across all the platforms. I hope you got a chance to have fun, but also to rest. I know you know this, but even though I do too I often forget it. Rest is so very important. It's so easy to burn out, especially when we're constantly exposed to so much online. I think to myself "oh it's fine I'll just get a few more things done" and then it's suddenly 3 hours later and I've had only 4 hrs sleep in the last 30. Please please please give yourself self care today. Go brush your teeth, or take a shower. If you feel like you can do more, brush your hair, or make yourself a nice cup of tea. Do something for you that makes you relax and feel rested. On your last day of the weekend, make sure to take a few moments to yourself and just remember how awesome you are. You may not feel like it sometimes, but I can tell you now you truly are Awe-some. You bring so much life and love to this world and you deserve all beautiful things you want. Anyway, I'm very sleepy and I'm rambling again (what's new). Sleep well and enjoy your day lovelies, see you tomorrow.

== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

I'm being lazy tonight again yall. Just two goofy gifs that caught my eye, sorry I am running on fumes. Tomorrow I'll try to find some themed ones for ya <3

Rhys Gif: Courtesy of @fandomsmeantheworldtome

Taika Gif: ohnotheydidnt.livejournal

#daily ofmd recaps #ofmd daily recaps #ofmd daily recap #daily ofmd recap #our flag means death #ofmd #rhys darby #taika waititi #samba schutte #david jenkins #chaos dad #daddy jenkins #guz khan #damien gerard #save ofmd #save our flag means death #adopt our crew #save ofmd crew

[krisvsthew0rld]

I've been thinking about this while making sandwiches for the last like 10 minutes and i feel like i should just get it out somewhere

(*please* tell me if this needs trigger warnings)

i just played buckshot roulette a little while ago and first off, great game, another one of those rare games that come in randomly and create a conversation a hundred times bigger than the game itself, and in this case, deservedly so! i especially liked the tension of pulling the trigger of a shotgun on yourself *point blank*, it is immense, as it should be, and the best part is that it never gets any easier no matter how many times you end up shooting yourself. but that's not really my point with this post.

the point i wanna make is the response I've seen only once but that worried me a lot nevertheless.

mike klubnika, the creator of buckshot roulette (and a few other great games) is russian. and i am ukrainian. now, i personally dont have a problem with mike just because of that, i know better than to blindly hate people because they're 'the other', plus his games outside of roulette almost universally have themes of resisting authority, and somehow i feel that was not born out of nowhere. which is to say i dont think he's a fan of the Current World Event going on between our countries. (needless to say, i'm also having a fucking terrible time living in war, and am not a huge fan of being invaded by russia. i'm only adding this because this is the No Reading Comprehension website.)

despite that, not too long ago, in a ukrainian art server i joined i saw an offhand comment from one user on someone else's piece of buckshot roulette fanart that worried me instantly, (and that was before i ever really bothered to play BR or look into mike's previous games, so it worries me even more now that i know more about the dev!). the comment went something like 'wow i love the game a lot, but the creator is RUSSIAN >:(' which, yeah that is, again, an offhand comment which didnt have much thought put into it, so why am i getting so worked up about it? because it is kind of indicative of the fact that said person only really hates the creator *because he's THE OTHER.* if they bothered to look into just his itch io page and think about any of the games which are not BR, they might have found that hey, they seem to universally have a message i agree with and one of the games just straight up all but screams 'WAR BAD.'

all that to say, i feel like recently, nationalism has been on a steady rise in ukraine. obviously there is a good reason to be upset, very much so, but going down the road of blind hate is terrible, and only leads to where russia is today - a country ruled over by a senile old man, who blindly hates the country neighboring his own, and who successfully tricked most of his own people into doing the same. that tiny little offhand comment isnt the only one that i've seen that showcases this kind of nationalism but it might be one of the most blind and stupid cases.

tldr: nationalism is on the rise in ukraine and i'm afraid

#kris rambling #buckshot roulette #now to add onto this: there is very much a conversation to be had about how a lot of people in ukraine consume russian media #which generates profit for russia which they then send over to us in the form of bombs. #however. #an indie gamedev who asks a measly 1 dollar 20 cents for his game is not the problem here. #the real problem is giant media corporations that produce the vast majority of said profit.

[teriri-sayes]

Reactions to Miracle Creator's Chapter 138

New TCF chapter title - 20. A Miracle Happened in the Demon Cult

TLDR; Cale x HD moment. Angry HD. Blood Cult spies captured. Upcoming CH and CJS spar.

Soos? LSH = ❌ CJS = ✅

Cale x HD Moment My inner fangirl screamed again today. Last chapter, we had handholding (leeeeewd 🤩) and staring at each other's eyes closely. Today, we have ear whispers!!! 😳🤭

The scene went like this:

Cale and HD: *talks about what to do with Blood Cult spies* Cale: By the way... *looks serious* HD: *senses Cale's serious air and becomes serious too* Cale: *whispers* Can we get some snacks? I have a child who wants to eat. HD: ... Cale: (Why is he looking at me like that?) Raon: Yey! I'm excited! Go bring out all the expensive sweets!

Okay, it's just my BL filter acting up... 😅 But this scene was funny. The atmosphere was so serious, and then Cale suddenly asks HD for sweets. 😂Even Cale was embarrassed of his request, so he ended up whispering to HD... 🤣🤣🤣

One more Cale and HD moment: They talk to each other casually now. HD no longer uses "Young Master" when he calls Cale. He simply said "Kim Hae-il." And Cale replied to him with short words.

Angry Heavenly Demon This is to be expected. HD was so angry that his dark red aura, that was similar to Cale's Dominating Aura, was in full blast. He was so cool when he dominated the Demon Cult and gave all those orders. I want to go into detail but this is a reaction post, so sorry~ 🤐 All I can tell you is that he also gave the command to annihilate the Blood Cult like what the Namgung Clan did.

Our Cale was both impressed and fearful upon seeing the might of the Demon Cult because of HD. He even thought Blood Cult made a fatal mistake in making the Demon Cult their enemy.

And Cale experienced again how people felt when he uses his Dominating Aura because of HD's aura. He had goosebumps in his arms that he had to use his own DA AP to counteract HD's aura.

Blood Cult Spies Captured The spies were subdued quite quickly, and our Cale was scared again of the Demon Cult's power. They're still alive and would be interrogated. The way before they were subdued was also a cool scene.

We get some flashback of HD's miserable childhood and why he hated noise and actual rats. And then there was the transition to the "rats" (the spies) that entered the Demon Cult.

Oh yeah, who were the spies? -Pavilion Master Kee from the Coin Tree Pavilion -Captain Maeng, leader of one of the Demon Cult's 8 brigades

Upcoming CH and CJS Spar And we have our Soos scene at the end of the chapter. Which means it ended at a cliff... 😑B-B-BUT! This means that the next chapter on Monday is full of Soos!!! 🥰

Ending Remarks Today was full of cool scenes highlighting the power of HD and the Demon Cult. Yeah, HD is the author's favorite murim arc character. Anyway, look forward to next week's Soos interaction! See ya!

#tcf spoilers #trash of the count's family

[ohblushblushblush]

So, lets talk about some body modifications Soundwave had in aligned universe and dive into a theory I have on the topic.

You know, through the aligned continuity we saw many interesting frame changes. In fact, no one escaped even the slightest tranformation (this pun sounded funnier in my head). Anyway, today we are talking about Soundwave's modifications and why I think nothing is that simple in that departament.

TLDR: Soundwave changed his body to conceal his senator identity. And he did it with the help from Shockwave.

QUICK NOTE: I AM SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH AND TYPOS🌸

Well, first of all let establish about what difference we are going to talk about.

This one!

So, this is not a subtle change, Soundwave looks entierly reworked to the point of being unrecognizible. And while it might be just a style issue, since both of those photos were taken from the different books of the same universe (the first one is a Covernant of Primus and the second one is Transformers Prime Artbook), I want to dive in a bit deeper on why such change is actually plot motivated.

As we know, Soundwave was a council member or a senator on Cybertron and worked there for a really long time. And since he was a politician, his face and other features were undeniebly recongnizible. So it makes scenes to change his appearence ones he left the council. Especially considering that he was going to work in Kaon, city whose citizens were radically against the government because of the suffering that it caused them to live through. It would be just not safe for Soundwave to just randomly show up there and work.

Logical question number one is: "Why he didn't change his name?". The answer is: names have a special meaning to cybertronians, since it is something, other then their original frame, that is given to one person from birth. Every Cybertronian till a certain historical age had a name given to them by the AllSpark, so, of course, changing it is a big step for every one of them. Besides, based on this answer by one of the creator of RID15:

Some Cybertronians have the same names. And considering that typically members of the lowest casts were picking names for themselves, no one would suspect a thing. I mean, of course, it is weird to have a name of one of your enemies, but you can still come up with a good reason for it (like, I names myself Soundwave to humiliate a senator's precious name ahahahah).

And at this point you will tell me: "Blush, wasn't Soundwave in his original form in the games?"

Games are ignored in this post, simply because they are the most contradictory piece of media in aligned. So let's pretend we haven't seen them.

The last thing is How he have changed so much?

And this one is purely theoretical, so there will not be much facts happening. But I think that Soundwave got the aid to achive a new form by Shockwave.

We know that frame-changing technology was made by decepticon scientists, and Shockwave is one of those geniuses that got this thing developed. So if now decepticons can take any alt-form they like, what stops them from being remade entierly. Soundwave knew Shockwave long before he came into the pits of Kaon, so what stops them from cooperating at some point?

Here is some "evidence" I have to back this up.

First of all, they have similarities to their designs.

Lets start from the top: pointy antennas on the helmet, no visible face, purple highly visible biolights places all over the frame (granted, Soundwave had them before, but they look more like Shockwave's later on) etc.

Second of all: cables used for cartical-psychic patch look pretty similar to Soundwave's cables, at least the ones on the Nemesis.

There is no mention of Sounds having cables before leaving the council, so we can assume they were given to him later. As we know, it is highly uncommon for cybertronians to download information directly to their brains, because it can literally kill them. Maybe Soundwave wasn't aware of his abilities (ability to download and do anything with the data in his processor without getting harmed) before Shokwave has started his renovations, so he proposed to add cables as a useful part of his frame.

For the final part, WHAT IS SHOCKAWAVE'S MOTIVATION. And it is super simple: curiosity. Shockwave is all for experiments that are going to bring him new knowledge and Soundwave became one of them. Knowledge in exchange for possiblity to have a completely new body - is a fair trade at the desperate times, so there is nothing impossible to it. Besides, even Alpha Trion tells us that the only passion Shokwave has is knowladge, so he is willing to do anything for it.

THANKS FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK. If you have any questions, please, feel free to ask them right away. Corrections or additions are welcome <3

ALSO, I am looking for beta, if you don't mind cheking my posts/fics for typos and other things, please, dm me 🌸

#soundwave #tf soundwave #shockwave #tf shockwave #tfp #transformer prime #transformers aligned #transformers #maccadams #tfp soundwave #tfp shockwave #theory #long post

[nevertheless-moving]

Hi! I love your writing snippets - have you thought about posting them on ao3

Thank you!! Yes, I have thought about it, for sure! I'm nevertheless_turtle on ao3.

(I have... six fics, all of them star wars, half of them unfinished, last one updated in January 2022. Unless someone decides to put a million dollars in my kofi jar, this is for Fun, so unfortunately once the hyperfixation fades...it fades*.

:( star wars back and forth tumblr fics with star wars mutuals my beloved... murderbot discord i loved collaborative storytelling with ya'll and i miss you...i don't know how to make friends on the internet i just talk blorbos in situations and my blorbos drift over time... hello stormlight archive fandom)

! anyone want to talk about putting my type of blorbo, which when i check my notes is a pathetic wet person who is very good at killing but somewhat tries to avoid it, if you want to talk putting someone like that in a Situation, Hey! i may or may not be your person. this ask is really getting away from me i might be tired from walking a bunch of miles today...

*i do historically cycle back around to fandoms! i was lurking on tumblr for over a decade before i posted anything and there was definitely a cyclical nature to it! i consistently knit furiously for 3 months and then take a 4 year break! star wars fics wait for me!

aNYWAY writing fic directly into Tumblr adn/or Discord or if i don't have internet connection then a fuckin shitty notes app appears to be the Key for me?? like i tried fic writing before that in Word or Docs and it just didn't go?? idk! I think it's like the comic sans trick.

wait i still haven't answered the question.

you know, the thing is, when i write a snippet at the end of 5 paragraphs of background meta for an au, or a literal bullet point list, i'm not really sure how to post that to ao3. can you post chatfic and bullet points to ao3? it feels weird? idk. real question for the crowd in the midst of an extremely incoherent ask answer. let me know what you think!

me to myself: the question. scroll back up. what was the question. myself to me: that was answering the question! somewhat!

Right now a bunch of fic writing is churning around and out of brain, and circumstances have aligned for better or worse such that i have time and mental energy and ideas to write. we'll see how it goes. Once I get a bit more posted on tumblr i'll probably put things together and either make seperate works for different aus, or a masterwork of different tumblr aus that i don't think i'll develop further. i may turn some of those bulletpoint lists into cleaner fics for posting, making my earlier point moot.

some of my aus i already have a bunch written on my phone over meals or stopped in the middle of a side walk or on bus and train rides (why would an ELEVEN HOUR TRAIN RIDE not have an outlet to charge my laptop??). so. if i clean that stuff up ill probably post it to tumblr, then immediately notice the spelling mistakes, edit, then post to ao3.

a perfect system.

for my most recent snippet, well, that's actually self contained (not an au that requires 6 paragraphs of background to understand the snippet) and not a chat fic, so i WAS thinking i would just post it to ao3 soonish. i asked in the tags if anyone felt like betaing for ao3, i am wildly but unquestioningly assuming that the sorta individual who would want to beta a fic for me are reading the tags on my tumblr fic post. if anyone likes betaing stormlight or is interested in betaing a specific au/fic idea i've mentioned, hit me up.

TLDR above, tumblr is a for fun rough draft looser writing form place for me. ao3 feels like its asking for a bit more polish and structure. i have writing bees in my brain right now so i'm slightly more focused on that then editing, but if anyone feels like doing some form of beta, reach out and we can chat about it. regardless, i will clean up at least some of my recent snippets and post to ao3 eventually.

#stormlight archive #nevertheless meta #star wars #murderbot diaries #fandom

[sophieinwonderland]

Do We Really Have To Do This Again?

Okay, guess we have to. 😔

And no. Someone else might block these. Personally, I prefer to respond with debunking posts that are sent to the anti-endo tags, because if anti-endos are going to purposefully invade our tags to attack endogenic systems, anti-endos are sure going to see the responses.

Now, to your concerns...

Most of this seems to be a vent about a bad therapist not taking obvious signs of DID seriously. And then trying to ascribe blame to the endogenic community for this somehow.

And this is... really weird. @the-chaos-crew doesn't seem to actually know what they're complaining about.

The vast majority of endogenic systems aren't "trying to be debilitated." Most don't claim to have any sort of dissociative disorder nor are they seeking treatment for it.

Frankly, it seems like you're confusing "endogenic systems" with "imitated DID." The latter being a largely fictitious or over-exaggerated group of alleged DID fakers. I've debunked this concept in the past:

If you notice, the people these papers use as an example often say they were traumatized, and talk about that trauma. Especially in the group they decide is just BPD.

And if you pay attention to a lot of the TikTok DID systems people love to fakeclaim, these too generally mention childhood trauma. Most are actually anti-endos, funny enough.

Endogenic systems are a group that's usually non-disordered and by definition, not traumagenic.

So-called imitated-DID cases, where much of the fakeclaiming originates, generally ARE traumagenic by their own reports, and obviously disordered.

These are two largely different demographics.

That's not to say you should get mad at the so-called Imitated DID systems either. The very concept of Imitated DID was mostly driven by ableism, politics at the time, and trying to protect therapists from malpractice lawsuits.

There's No Indication DID is Less Likely To Be Diagnosed Today

In the 90s, DID was renamed, a ton of psychiatrists decided it must be a fad, "Imitated DID" theory caught on to explain away false positives. Fewer people were diagnosed for a while.

To my knowledge, there's been no evidence DID has been diagnosed less since the term endogenic was coined in the late 2010s, or that endogenic systems have any impact that would prevent people from being diagnosed.

Sometimes a bad therapist is just a bad therapist.

Well if your therapist who tells you not worry about your memory gaps and blackouts says something, it MUST be true! /s

Meanwhile, here is what the creators of the Theory of Structural Dissociation have said:

And here is what the ICD-11, the diagnostic manual compiled by the World Health Organization, says about being able to have multiple distinct personality states without a dissociative disorder.

Again... maybe you just have a bad therapist.

But you already knew that, didn't you?

Just Going Total r/fakedisordercringe

TLDR; "I know some people with these disorders, therefore I know how EVERYONE with these disorders behaves."

Putting aside the fakeclaiming of systems in the rest of the post, this is also a terrible way to treat mental illnesses. People with mental disorders are not a monolith. While there may be some who mis-self-diagnose, simply knowing someone with a mental illness doesn't give you magic insight into everyone with that illness.

What's more, not everyone will expose their debilitating symptoms for you to know they're really disordered. Some people have learned to adapt or to hide. And especially if you're on the internet, you may only be interested in sharing the positive experiences.

You don't know how someone struggles offline or in their personal lives, so stop pretending you do.

Seeking Therapy For Non-Disorders

Do you understand how that would be counterproductive to the whole premise of this post?

You're supposedly upset about endogenic system stealing resources from systems. How would non-disordered systems seeking therapy for being systems do anything but exacerbate the problem you think exists?

Here's the thing... normally, I wouldn't care if you want to vent. Even if that vent is contradictory and nonsensical as this was. Clearly, you're in a lot of pain right now.

But you made a conscious choice to go into endo safe tags to intentionally hurt other people. And that's not acceptable.

So I'm going to ask the anti-endo community to explain to @the-chaos-crew why we don't crosstag. That way, I don't have to keep coming into their spaces every single time anti-endos break containment and come into ours to spread hate against us.

Stay out of our tags, and I'll stay out of yours.

#syscourse #pro endo #pro endogenic #anti endo #anti endogenic #ableism #sanism

[aikoiya]

Hello, this post idea is something you probably have to take time to think of because of your big supernatural idea and lore stuff for this Danny Phantom AU (also the GIW comes to Amity Park WAY later then canon.)

One day in Amity Park just after Phantom stopped a ghost attack ( again), Danny is at Nasty Burger with his friends and while they are talking about the new DOOMED update they heard screaming as they look out the window and saw a giant glowing wave moving through Amity Park quickly and the people that got touched by the wave either turn into a monster or suddenly uncontrollably have magic, team phantom doesn't even have a moment to plan when the wave suddenly went through Nasty Burger and people got turned, Tucker turned into (any Egyptian monster that you think fit tucker the best) and Sam suddenly have the power when she was controlled by Undergrowth and Danny.... Actually Danny feels like nothing changed for him, while everyone is distracted by their change Danny stealthy go ghost and went to his house and hoping that his family is spared by the wave and his hope is fulfilled in that his family doesn't even change. While Danny is glad that his family is still normal (for a ghost hunters) but he is wondering about WHAT CAUSED THIS WAVE TO HAPPENED.

Meanwhile in the town next to Amity Park (not going to use the town random generator today) deep in the abandoned mansion basement in front of a dead curse god ( I am only using the random generator for name, you could find a god name that specialized in curses) there are 3 teenagers who killed that god.

The teen with a magical sword: At last, if the ritual is right, there is enough anti curse energy to cure my sister from that awful curse and redirect it back to that god.

The teen with a crossbow: Umm Rodney? Do you think what could happen if anyone notices a wave of energy moving fast?

Rodney Torres: Oh don't worry Joshua, the intended duration of the wave is this town and the town around it and people will not remember it if they are not cured of curses or saw a person uncursed in front of their eyes.

The teen with a flying drone named Michael White: But what if there are lots of people who got uncursed at the same time?

Rodney: don't worry, unless the Town next over is filled with unknowingly cursed people, we are fine. (Unfortunately Amity Park is full of cursed people.)

Tldr Amity Park is full of people who have a monster who cursed to be human or a witch who has their magic locked by a curse in their family line and in this au curse are in the bloodline until uncursed by the being who cursed them (or a ritual that requires a dead curses god energy) and I want to know (you don't have to do most of the named characters) what kind of monsters or mages are some of them?

(note. The people who are not cursed when the anti curse wave hits are the Fentons, Dash Baxter because of my belief that jock can never be a real monster just bullies at worst, Valerie Gray, and Vlad Master. Also when Danny went to Clockwork for an answer, all he got is "the god of curses is dead for a ritual to save a person's sister from a deadly curse which also punished the curser for their actions" and a direction for the town that where the curses god died)

Sorry it's taken me so long to reply. I'm guessing that these are characters made up?

I was a bit lost for a while.

But it's an interesting idea.

For Sam, I was thinking her being a sorceress with powers similar to a mix of what she had as Plant Sam & Raven's sort of shadowy powers from Teen Titans.

Tucker, I see him becoming a werewolf, but rather than the traditional werewolf, I'm thinking he'd have a more jackal-like appearance.

I'm also thinking about Paulina being turned into a Veela from HP. It sort of fits her.

I'm not sure about the others, though. It might take me a bit of time for those.

#danny phantom #dp #supernatural lore

[ifellinlovewithpersona]

Okay so here is my draft I saved once but I was scared to publish before and my elaboration to my previous post that no, I don't headcanon Demi Fiend as violent without a reason person who just kill everyone left and right, sorry if it might be a little harsh, I was kinda pissed when I wrote this because I saw bad (in my opinion) reddit take on him haha

(and Nocturne fandom please don't slaughter me for this 😭 it's only my opinon!)

Warning: Extremely unpopular and controversial opinion down below, read on your own risk - you have been warned

Okay idk if it's something wrong with me and my autistic brain didn't fully understand the concept of SMT Nocturne the first time I played it or is Demi-Fiend actually the most misunderstood by fandom megaten protagonist?

Like I read the reddit thread today (edit: at the time I was written that draft for the 1st time) about what do you think would happen if SMT and Persona protags had a chance to meet (like not fight, just meet and be able to talk) and almost everyone were like "oh Demi Fiend would kill everyone on first sight for breathing the same air as him" and also in other fan media like in fan fiction or some fan comics I often see him, both in his Demi Fiend form but even sometimes in his human Naoki Kashima form, being described as an extremely violent or aggresive guy?

And I genuinely think I'm insane because I feel like I'm the only person in megaten fandom who doesn't perceive him that way at all?

Like for me Demi Fiend is actually more like this large dog - yes, he looks scary, yes if provoked he can and will harm you but actually he would most likely to leave you alone if you had no intention to fight him?

Like unpopular opinion but I think V-kun/Nahobino has actually more potential to be a violent or dangerous rather than Naoki himself

Like in the game we can see that Naoki seems to be very guillible boy, highly intelligent in logic and math things but having a complete lack of awarness in social situations (I actually headcanon him as autistic because he shown a lot of characteristics of person in the spectrum imo and maybe that's why I can relate to him so much lmao) . But not really violent in nature. Like imo he is shown in the game many times he had a soft side - like the way he treated Pixie or Manikins (like for example, if he really was as violent as fandom describes him, he would probably kill the Mainikin kid on the spot for magatama instead of actually complying to his terms and taking an effort to solve that damn puzzle boy game)

And also I feel like many people forget that actually almost everything that happened in Nocturne (maybe besides the ending stuff) wasn't Demi Fiend's choice at all? Like he wasn't given a choice when Lucifer showed the bug down his throat, he was manipulated by Hiriji to work for him, got used by Isamu and Chiaki as well, then he was also tricked into Lucifer's little Menorah Fight Club as well and only was told a truth when Lucifer already taken the last bit of humanity he had (although I have a theory he might have been not 100% succesful since even after being locked in TDE I noticed some dialogue choices implying that perhaps something "humane" still stayed in him even after technically getting rid of human's soul)? Like literally almost everything wasn't his concious choice, in contrary to V-kun/Nahobino for example where almost every choice in SMT V was his own, concious decisions he had made - so yeah, that's why I think V-kun might have more violent tendencies in himself than Naoki, even if that seems surprising.

I'm not saying he's 100% the saint, but also I think his character is really flattened to only being this "violent, punching everyone around him demon boy" and misunderstood by fandom imo (or it's just me, maybe I didn't understand SMT Nocturne's message or something or maybe I just have a blorbo bias idk🤷‍♀️)

So yeah TLDR: Maybe I'm insane but I'm gonna defend this boy until the day I die, give him a break lol

#lilly's talking #my unpopular opinion #again too scared to tag this with main tags cause it's unpopular and controversial opinion lol #smt tag #long post

[the-galactic-hunters]

Why this still annoying to set up?

There

ATTENTION HELL SITE,

ITS YOUR SUPERIOR SPEAKING!!!

Yes, yes it’s your truly, MIGHTY ZIM!! speak to you.

Some of you might notice our sudden disappearance in last month or two.

Dib-mine got too busy to give you lots the update he promise after we finish with the job because he is an idiot. And Zim have no interest to play with this “blog”, Zim have more important matters to deal with.

But Zim going to give you an announcement, so pay attention.

As the moment of star rises on the planet we are living, its will be Dib-mine’s Misery Day.

Or what your earthmonkey called “Birthday”, and that rat doesn’t know it today because he don’t give a damn.

But Zim do.

IT’S THE GREAT CELEBRATION!!!! AN EXTRAVAGANT OF TORTURES FOR DIB DAY!!!!

TRAPS, POISONS, ALL YOU CAN NAME IT, ARE FOR ZIM TO GRABS!! AND NOTHING WILL STOP ZIM FOR THE GREATEST FUN!!!!

Yeah sure.

ZES-SMEET!!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE???

DID YOU GET THE DISTRACTION PREPARE?!??

I've been ready for a few hours since you woke me up with your text. Unless you wanna monologue more.

EXCELLENT!!!

WITH YOUR GREAT DISTRACTION OF DIB-MINE’S FATHERHOOD AND ZIM’S GLORIOUS PLAN, THIS MISERY DAY WILL BE SPECTACULAR!!!

It will be something alright.

IT WILL BE SPECTACULAR!!

Ahem

So what this have to do with this blog?

Simple, for the next few days, we will be back on Tumblr.

Which mean you can send many ask as you want!! BUT THIS WILL BE A LIMITED TIME!!!

Before we go back to work again, it’s up for Dib-mine to post the actual update he want. It’s not Zim’s business.

That is just asking weird anons but oh well..

Zim can deal with that, when Dib-mine is on that thing, Zim always been the moderator.

Not going to make the same mistake like months ago.

And so, that’s the announcement!!

See you all in a bit with hilarious Dib torture fun!! JULY 16!!

((Ooc there :D

Welcome our guest star (well, family) of the announcement, @explosions-and-chill

TLDR: for about a week starting tomorrow, July 16, it will be an ask event for Seeker’s Birthday!!!

Why the whole week since it’s only 1 day?

Because it’s been known to the multiverse rp discord of how stupidly fucking slow Universe 10 (where the hunters are living) are. One day for them might be a week for other universe. So that be more accurate

I might not be as fast as I use to because life and health been kicking me but I’ll try my best. This is for Seeker, no not really I just want Zim to have fun, I wanna try, but still not sure when I can fully comeback committed on the blog. So at least this is something I can do and actually can complete it :,D

Hope y’all as excited as I do, see you tomorrow :]))

#the galactic hunters #ic zes #iz verse #zim talk #invader zim #px

[eigwayne]

Today's Project: Creature Crafting!

This is a method of inspiration for creature designing, for any gentle readers who are writers or artists or game masters- or anyone, really, your purposes are none of my beeswax. If it looks useful or fun, try it!

I might have posted this method of monster creation before, but if I have it's been a long time and I'm almost certain I didn't include pictures last time. So please enjoy it today, despite the weird fish monster I greeted you with.

What you do is take parts of skeleton illustrations, mash them together, and draw a new form around it to turn this chimeric mess into a new creature. I primarily use illustrations of extinct animal skeletons, which adds a prehistoric feel and lets me decide whether and where to add feathers, fur, osteoderms, and spikes without the original animal informing the decision.

That is, in theory. If you've read about paleontology you'll probably catch your knowledge of the actual animal creeping in a little too much. It's one thing to go "The original's eye sockets are the middle ones, not the big ones in the back." It's quite another to get stuck on "This torso was a mesohippus so the front feet have to be hooves no matter what." If that's the case, purposely adjust the design to be different and that should reboot your creative juices. No one needs to know the original animal had hooves if they no longer appear in the final result.

Actually doing stuff:

TLDR Short Version:

Gather reference images. Suggested sources are extinct animal skeleton illustrations.

Cut into three pieces: heads, torsos with front legs/flippers, and hindquarters with rear appendages and tails.

Shuffle each category of parts up.

Select one of each type- one random head, one random torso, one random tail.

Sketch new creature based on the random parts.

Add details, embellishments, or notes based on the new creature from the sketch.

The Details:

To start, gather your references. I cannot supply mine because I printed them out and no longer have links, but search for things like "paleozoic skeleton illustration", "extinct animal skeleton", or "dinosaur skeleton reconstruction" to start. I advise using "extinct" or "reconstruction" and synonyms thereof in pretty much any search to avoid getting recent dead animals, human remains, or reconstructions with fleshy bits and exteriors that might influence your design. Also illustrations are easier to interpret than photos once they're cut up. Trust me.

Once you have your source images, you can go digital by slicing the images and saving the pieces as different layers or images, or manual by printing them out and cutting them with scissors. I cut mine into three parts- head and neck, front limbs with torso and spine, and hips/hindquarters with rear appendages and tail. Keep each type/category of part together and once they're all cut up, shuffle the stacks.

I suggest keeping the parts in a folder (or physical parts in an envelope) so you can use them in the future. Mine are separated like so:

Also if you're smarter than I am, you'll flip your images so they're all facing the same way. I have six envelopes instead of three because I forgot, resulting in "heads facing left", "heads facing right", "torsos facing left", etc.

To start creating, select one piece from each pile. I like to arrange mine at the top of a sheet of paper, photocopy it so I can keep the skeleton images but reuse the parts again later, and sketch the animal on the photocopy. I did one this morning and took photos to illustrate the rest of the process. First, my paleo parts:

I'm pretty sure this is a terror bird's tail and a mesohippus torso with that turtle head. First, sketch the basic shape this creature suggests. I usually start with the hindquarters and back, then sketch in the upper legs (because if there are issues, I'm most likely to change the feet over anything else, to make things more logical, but the shape of the haunches usually stays close to the same).

That torso tells me this is most likely a four-limbed creature. The tail is unfortunately from a photograph so parts are hard to make out. I'm not sure what that thick bit of pelvis in front of the tail is, so I'm most likely going to ignore it. Maybe I'll make the rear legs a little chunkier to suggest it's there. The front limbs have a slope to the shoulder blade so even if I didn't know this is most likely a mesohippus, I'd give it a horse's shoulder because that just makes sense with the bone shape.

After the shape of the animal is down, you can evaluate what details it tells you. This one, despite the claws in the rear, looks like a grazing animal so I decided it uses the strong beak and feet to eat grass and dig for tubers. It has high protrusions on the spine above the forelimbs, where the withers would be on a horse, but with the low head and neck, it doesn't looks very rideable. So I sketched a rear view showing the high spine compared to the round sides. Then I sketched the feet to sort those out (this is where the "This was a mesophippus" thought I mentioned earlier happened, which is how this creature got stumpy claws on both rear and front toes later). And I did a couple different possibilities for the facial horns, with the thought that maybe the males have big horns for defense and display. Then I figured, why leave the lady turto-rhino-phosrhaco-ponies out, and figured they can have out-sized horns too.

At this stage, I add notes to myself. I know my handwriting is bad so here's the most relevant ones:

maybe add some fur or fat

no good for riding if domesticated

-if adding fur, could turn into hump (this is in reference to the tall withers)

grazing and digging (with an arrow toward the hooked turtle beak)

floppy ears could work but it'd look even more rhino-like

And that's the gist of it! After this, you can move on to a new creature, try something different with the same skeleton, or polish this animal up a bit.

Want to see a similar method by a professional illustrator using just skulls (3D rendered, no real skulls involved), with dynamic results? I happen to have found one today! Try this video from Youtube channel Jazza: Drawing Insane Creatures from Mystery Skulls!

And here's another example from me:

Happy Chimera Creature Crafting!

#monster design #creature design #sorry not sorry for starting with the fish abomination #worldbuilding #descriptions in the alt text #my projects

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

02/20/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Cast&CrewSightings;SambaSchutteBTS;RhysDarbyCameo; DavidJenkins/RuiboQian; SaveOFMDCrew IG; Articles; Analysis & Trends; LoveNotes;DailyDarby/Tonight'sTaika;

== Cast & Crew Sightings ==

= Samba Schute Feat Rhys Darby =

Srcs: Samba's Instagram

Videos on Tumblr:

Steard Video - @kiwistede

Merstede Video - @kiwistede

Videos on IG:

Steard Video

Merstede Video

And just to distract all of you again: gif courtesy of @bizarrelittlemew

== Rhys Darby ==

The Our Flag Means Death Fan Page on Facebook was kind enough to get a Cameo for the crew! This one features all things to visit if you're heading to Aotearoa! It's quite a large file so tumblr won't let me upload it so please visit: their site (where you can download the video) or on facebook!

The admin on the page was also kind enough to give us some links to the places he talks about in the video! Thanks friends!

Te Henga Walkway

Kemeu, New Zealand

Te Rimu Tahi Ponsonby

Aoraki Mount Cook National Park

Fiordland National Park

Franz Josef Glacier

Lake Tekapo

Punakaiki

Piopiotahi

== David Jenkins / Ruibo Qian ==

Hey! We got some proof of life from Chaos Dad on Samba's BTS, and a bit of love from Ruibo!

＝＝ Fan Spotlight ＝＝

February Love Collage Fest! So I am very behind on these so I'm going to share a few a day to try and catch up on these awesome collages our dear crewmember WanderingNomad @wndrngnomad on Twitter made!

Today's: Feb 20: Ra Vincent!

Feb 1 : Samba Schutte

== Save OFMD Crew IG Calendar ==

Over on Instagram the SaveOFMD Crew is keeping engagement up with "Crossover Cruesday", suggesting lots of fun ofmd crossovers (including Jurassic Park!) Feel free to check them out on their stories!

Tomorrow's engagement is #WrongWednesday!

== Analysis & Trends ==

So much data regarding OFMD's rank on Max. Thank you @adoptourcrew for this awesome analysis!

FULL EPISODE: https://t.co/HFVLQgm1Um

＝Trends＝

Huh, I wonder why RHYS could be trending today?

Thanks to @iamadequate1 for catching that #OurFlagMeansDeath was trending! A lot higher than the last few days too.

==Articles==

All The Shows Canceled In 2024 On TV & Streaming (So Far)

13 TV Shows Have Been Canceled in 2024 (Including 2 Netflix Series, 4 HBO Shows & More)

== Love Notes ==

Can I just take a moment here to tell you how very proud I am of you lovelies? Like seriously, you are being so supportive and sweet towards each other. You've been sending out love and positivity and sexy things to make everyone feel better and gah I just, every time I flip through this site/cross platform I am so incredibly moved. You all are the absolute best, and I'm so very grateful to be a part of this wonderful group of misfits. I'm sure I've said this recently, but IM SAYING IT AGAIN BECAUSE I FUCKING MEAN IT. Okay sorry for the caps, but for real I love you guys (gn), you make me smile and laugh every single day and I just you make the world such a better place to be in. I hope you know just how much you matter and what an amazing job you're doing making this community great. And I just wanted to add some additional love notes from @bethdrawsthings on IG because she always has things I want to say too. Goodnight or Goodday lovelies, I can't wait to see what shenanigans and love we get up to tomorrow <3

= Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika =

ALRIGHT, alright. You might think I'm lazy in choosing the gif everyone has seen but I just can't let you leave this post without seeing it again. Plus it fits with a taika gif, I love.

Taika gif courtesy @meluli!

Rhys gif courtesy of @bizarrelittlemew right here on tumblr!

And bonus Taika cause it's #TaikaTuesday, and I feel like it follows the theme... after...whatever happens after the gifs above. @blakbonnet Ty once again for this lovely gifset <3<3<3 It's HD and Gorgeous and you rock my socks off.

#ofmd daily recap #ofmd daily recaps #daily ofmd recap #daily ofmd recaps #rhys darby #ruibo qian #david jenkins #samba schutte #ofmd #ofmd bts #our flag means death #save our flag means death #saveofmd #adopt our crew #save ofmd #renew our flag means death

[euaphoric]

i legit have a 10 page essay due tonight at 12 am but instead of being in the library & finishing it like a good A++ student i’m sitting here writing cutesy, tooth rotting fluffy smut as if i gots all the time in the world LOLLL. imean it’s almost done tbh, i have like 4 more pgs to go and i can bs a essay reallll good to the point they won’t even notice i did it last minute saur idc !!! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ i’m also on my third red bull of today so m kinda hyper jdjsjsjjs i got like 2.5 hrs of sleep (playing overwatch all mf night) and i’m about to do the same thing tn 😝😝 i THINK this might be my best yet ngl, kinda excited to start posting again x3 but i’m either gonna post tmrw night or sunday, we shall see stay tuned qt pies ♡︎♡︎

tldr; instead of doing hw i’m writing smutty fiction and kinda high off almost no sleep and drinking all of these red bulls (｡>﹏< )

#𖤐 . ⌗ — lor.tlks #lor needs to stfuuuu #like no one cares #but i will still talk to the silent void n e way 🤓☝️ #i also broke my laptop :((((( *cries in broke* but hoping i get a new one soon #we using my ipad and phone for now LOL #the strugg is real #fuck it we ball

[seirclys]

The Sacrosanct Seven Clans

This post was split in half because it was originally too long and confusing, and I changed A LOT. The post about Krucia can be found here.

If enough people like it, I might make a separate post about the original Sacrosanct Seven, who accompanied the Golden Dragon.

tldr about them: they're the most powerful ancient wizard clans, and Penelope is apart of two of them.

GUYS! THIS IS MY HEADCANON SPECIFIC TO MY FIC, SHRIKE. I HAVE SEPARATE HEADCANONS FOR NON-SHRIKE USAGE

Note: The Imperial Family name, "Regulus", is the name the Dragon took when it assumed human form(headcanon). I used it as a starting point for the nomenclature of its seven companions(aka stars and constellations, albeit theirs' were more inspired rather than direct names)

Second Note: As of Penelope's generation, only Araesyios has its main bloodline intact. Akirhenar was absorbed into Araesyios in the previous generation.

Third Note: Each of the Sacrosanct Seven have a uniquely powerful ability passed down from their namesake through their blood.

The Sacrosanct Seven were the first Ancient Wizards who received the Golden Dragon's blessing, its most loyal companions. Their power is far beyond even the rest of the Ancient Wizards, and at an unattainable level compared to normal sorcerers.

Today, their clans are referred to as "The Great Seven", "The Sacred Clans", or "The Heptad".

When the Eorka Empire was founded, a contract was formed between the First Emperor and Krucia, the country founded by the Seven. Krucia would not only cede land to the first Emperor but also protect Eorka with their magic— in return, they would always be welcomed by the Empire and have a say in the Empire's affairs. However, with the Laila curse, history was changed, and thus, the contract was broken. The magic protection weakened severely.

With the oppression of magic, the Clans withdrew from history, instead working in the shadows; their influence permeated through the continent and even spread beyond the seas.

Though they have almost all died out, their magic lingers, their souls discontent with Laila's continued presence.

Even though they are extremely well-known, their family history and information on individual members are locked up and incredibly difficult to access.

The hunts and crimes committed against themselves and their fellow magic users made the Seven wary of helping others.

Because of their use of pure mana, Ancient Wizards age slower compared to normal people. This ability is not widely known.

Akirhenar

Inspiration: Achernar, the brightest star in the Eridanus constellation. It means "The End of the River".

Personal Skill: Illusory Torrent.

Their illusions are usually continuous attacks that constantly shift to adapt and trick their victims, which is why it has been likened to a torrent.

Those of Akirhenar's blood have near-impenetrable mental barriers(but not completely invulnerable) as a result, causing any mental attacks to either be blocked or diluted. However, such abilities come at a cost. If Akirhenars overreach their own limit, there is a physical backlash that can incapacitate them.

Common Family Trait: Green-turquoise eyes.

They are said to be from a nasty conflict that caused Akirhenar to be blinded. She was carried to the Queen of Mermaids, who wept at the sight of her dear childhood friend's condition. The Queen's grief-laced tears dripped into Akirhenar's blinded eyes, and the power imbued in them restored the latter's sight with some help from the Golden Dragon.

(Note: In canon, the Tear of Mermaids is a jewel that finds its origins in a legend from the West Sea of Gaspar. Callisto commented how it was the exact shade of Penelope's eyes.)

Notable Members

Eileithyia Akirhenar, Penelope's biological mother. She led several raids on Laila's cult and was the right-hand of Melanthios Araesyios, who she later wedded. She was also the last heir of the main bloodline.

Araesyios

Inspiration: The constellation Ara, which means "the altar".

Personal Skill: Hellish Entourage

Araesyioses can communicate with the dead. If powerful enough, they can summon spirits to do their bidding. It requires a great deal of power, and the spirits have to recognize them as a superior force.

Legend has it that Araesyios waded into the Rivers of Death, determined to personally oversee their deceased troops making it safely to the afterlife. They nearly went mad from the unfinished regrets and vengeful spirits which lurked underneath. For their dedication to their subordinates, Araesyios was granted this ability by the remnants of the World Consciousness.

Through experimentation, those of Araesyios's blood found that they could mutate dead animals and be served by them. This subcategory of new monsters is called Salros(for example, Salros Serpent, Salros Wolf).

Family Trait: The ground below them blooms and dies with each step when this power is overused. Their eyes are said to be the gates of the dead themselves, and so black markings will bleed out into the skin around their eyes.

Notable Members

Sargon Araesyios, the first Emperor of Krucia

Ordelia Araesyios, the only instance of a member whose ability was so strong that they were able to receive visions of the past and future from the dead.

Penelope Araesyios, the last descendant of the Ancient Wizards and the Sacrosanct Seven

Fornelza

Inspiration: The constellation Fornax, which means "furnace".

Personal Skill: Emotional Sight

An empathic ability that allows Fornelzas to manipulate emotions and their intensity. It's extremely debilitating for users because it can drive them to insanity, causing many Fornelzans to become recluses. Emotions can also be sensed from non-organic objects.

The overwhelming hatred and bloodlust during the Great Illusion, which was when the Laila curse occurred, caused many of them to go insane. It was a massacre of nearly the entire Fornelza family that fueled the hatred of Intuitives against non-sorcerers.

Family Trait: Reduced eyesight; guaranteed to go blind before 20. However, they can use emotions as a type of echolocation. There are markings around their eyes that appear when they first use their skill.

Notable Members

Anankletos Fornelza, he established the principal Academy in Krucia. Later killed for following Laila, who promised to help with the drawbacks of his ability.

Kelitra

Inspiration: Celaeno/Kelaino, a star of the Taurus constellation. It means "the dark one."

Personal Skill: Eternal Voids

Spatiokinesis, the manipulation of space. This takes up a lot of mana and leaves lasting impacts on their psyche. Kelitras usually use this to teleport(an ability that would require great cultivation for others) or rip/converge space offensively.

The origin of this ability is murky, but it's said that they made a contract with an Outer God who descended from the stars and made its home on this world.

Family Trait: Jagged scars across their body from space manipulation. Possible early organ failure. The scars "bleed" into the eyes, potentially blinding them or restricting other senses.

Notable Members

Darin Kelitra, the creator of the Mirror of Truth, used it as a prison for Laila. He died pouring too much of his mana into the artifact.

Praesithea

Inspiration: Praecipua, the brightest star in Leo Minor. It means "the chief."

Personal Skill: Temporal Spring

Cyclical Manipulation. The ability to impact the current state of something. They can decay objects and change the rate of acceleration to reach a certain point. Praesitheas can also prolong a living entity's life, at the cost of their own life force. This ability cannot be used to make something or themselves immortal. At most, absorbing someone's life force will allow them to appear physically younger.

Prolonging the cycle is also highly draining on conscious lifeforms and the user; this ability can accelerate mental deterioration and organ failure on both parties. Inorganic objects require a deep knowledge of the material's unique properties. Records say that Praesithea stumbled upon a natural shrine that housed a remnant of the World's Consciousness, which gave her that power.

Family Trait: A birthmark that looks like their family crest.

Notable Members

Iote Praesithea, an Emperor during the Period of Turmoil when the Araesyios Clan lost control of the Throne. She established many contracts and debts in favor of Krucia with other countries in secret.

Velaredes

Inspiration: The constellation Velas, which means "the sails."

Personal Skill: Ichorous Armory

They can manipulate objects with their own blood, creating weapons, tools, etc. Velaredeses can track objects soaked with their blood, though it has to be relatively recent. They can also use it to test for foreign bodies in the blood, like poison.

However, there is a limit to their abilities; there is a great chance of blood loss, iron deficiency, and other blood-related conditions like anemia. No one knows why Velaredes was born with it. Some say that it was the result of foreign mana mixing, and others say that Velaredes was born on a night when the ocean was soaked with blood from war.

Family Trait: When spilled, their blood is so bright it looks like it glows.

Notable Members

Kires Velaredes, the friend of the First Emperor, they ceded their land to create Eorka. However, they were slain by the Emperor when the Laila curse happened.

Verixus

Inspiration: Veritate, a star of the Andromeda constellation. It means "truth."

Personal Skill: Mental Records

Verixuses use their ability to create extensive archives of history and magic. They can also use it to entrap their victims in it, as well as remove memories. However, this takes a lot of mana and power, and offensive attacks often leave the user heavily injured in some way.

They were said to gain this ability when they reached into the Rivers of Death, specifically the River of Memory to rescue Araesyios from the souls that tried to drag them down.

Family Trait: A white birthmark that runs up their arm.

Notable Members

Ronan Verixus, the one who erased any deep knowledge of Krucia from Eorka. This prevented the magic hunters from finding their territories.

#lysia's posts #lysia's narratives #villains are destined to die #vadd #death is the only ending for a villainess #death is the only ending for the villainess #ditoeftv #fic: SHRIKE

[orcelito]

I'm interested in Trigun after seeing your posts/reblogs and I'm wondering: what is the best way to consume such media and where could a person go about finding it? 🥰

oh FUCK yea

TLDR answer: trigun 98 -> badlands rumble -> trigun manga -> trigun stampede. going into why below. (under readmore bc this accidentally got long. again.)

ok well. common consensus is to watch the original anime (referred to as trigun 98 by much of the fandom) bc it has a slower start & lets you get to know the characters a lot more than the new anime (assisted by the 26 episodes length, as opposed to 12). it preserves the Mystery of what Vash's deal is for much longer, & is in general pretty entertaining to watch if you don't know wtf is going on. it's Legally on uh. crunchyroll? i think? tho i watched it here: https://aniwatch.to/trigun-266. just like. normal sketchy site safety, adblock is ur best friend, don't click on things. etc. if this site doesnt work for u then u could always google another.

there's a movie, Badlands Rumble, which is based off the trigun 98 canon, so probably a good place to watch it is right after that. just uh. be mindful that Vash's behavior is a Lil... obnoxious at points lol. but it's still a fun movie overall with plenty of good shit in it, so it's worth watching still. i watched it w/ a friend streaming it so i dont have a link onhand, but u could probs find it thru that same site if u search for it.

NEXT UP is my personal favorite, the manga. theres trigun original and trigun maximum, which is the direct continuation of the original (there was an issue with the publishers and licensing so upon continuing the manga w/ a different publisher, Nightow had to rebrand it. it's otherwise the same manga). i recommend this one next bc it's the most whole of story & goes deeper into things than the original anime, but it's also what the new anime is based on (aka why i recommend this one first). it can get FUCKED UP (they all can really, but trimax Especially) so probably look up a triggers list if u think u might need it. it's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fucking good tho. genuinely owns my soul. i was a different person after reading it (not rly better or worse, mostly just more insane). there r a few translations online - an old fan translation (DO NOT TOUCH, full of horrid translations and insertions of bigotry that arent in the original), the official Dark Horse translation (an... ok translation, though it has plenty of errors and confusing translations. it's what i first read so it's Okay, but not the best), AND the trigun manga Overhaul project, which u can find on tumblr. this one's the best one bc it's lovingly translated and a LOT more accurately done. i swear things that were so confusing at first are So Clear reading this one. u can find the masterpost Here: https://trigun-manga-overhaul.tumblr.com/post/701392615591034880/trigun-ultimate-overhaul-masterpost-heres-all-the. or just go to their blog @/trigun-manga-overhaul. just trust me on this it's where U wanna read.

an offshoot of it (and what ive been reading today) is an anthology sort of manga, Trigun Multiple Bullets, which is also in that post. it was released as part of the BLR movie release, & the first part is kinda After It? but overall it's just a standalone piece with some side stories. where is this in the manga canon timeline? Who Fuckin Knows. just read it and have fun lol

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST is the most recent anime, Trigun Stampede. this is a CGI remake that aired at the start of this year & caused the trigun renaissance. now a lot of people have a knee-jerk negative reaction to hearing it's CGI, but trust me, this is basically THE BEST application of CGI in anime i've ever really seen. absolutely beautiful. fucking gorgeous. plus with really cool action sequences, and OF COURSE the music is literally one of my favorite anime soundtracks Ever. it's gotten critiques for its pacing, which can be pretty rushed, but they were trying to fit a lot more story in a lot less episodes than the original anime (again, it only has 12 episodes), so keep that in mind. it's not a remake in the traditional sense of redoing the exact same story, so there are changes in the timeline and characters from what's in the original anime or even the manga. one of the biggest things people were unhappy about is the absence of a main character, Milly, who is seemingly replaced by a random man that's not in the other versions, Roberto. Milly will be in season 2 though, as was revealed with the final episode. all in all, it's Kind Of a prequel, though also a remix/reimagining based largely off of the manga's canon over trigun 98. so long as you go into it not expecting it to be Just Like the other versions, it's a really wonderful story in and of itself. it's available on Crunchyroll, which you SHOULD watch there if u have it bc that would give them more money for a season 2 (which is in development). if ur like me tho n dont wanna pay for crunchyroll (it's Specifically a premium-only anime :p), u can watch it where i watched, aka here: https://aniwatch.to/trigun-stampede-18281.

all in all, each version has its strengths and weaknesses, but i've found the best way to go about enjoying All of them is to treat them as their own things. it can be fun to compare them, especially when it comes to things made Different plot or character-wise, but they are separate things. a lot of people who hate one or the other r coming from the angle of expecting one to be just like the other, & are then disappointed (trigun 98 being a Lot sillier at first than trigun stampede, which is a lot more serious sci-fi western in tone).

And Overall. i love them all. so i hope you do too!

#speculation nation #anonymous #ask #im gonna main tag this since i put some time into typing this out skldjfsldjf #trigun #so if any1 else is interested in getting into the rest of the series. this is a good general guide. from my pov of it #*personally* i went tristamp -> manga -> 98 -> BLR -> multiple bullets #bc tristamp was the shiny new thing that caught my interest. and the manga is what made me Stay. #the manga is what made me Severely mentally ill in fact. i cannot stress enough how good it is. #i am also someone who really doesnt care about spoilers. so tristamp giving away Big Plot Things in the very first episode didnt bother me #but especially for ppl who like a lil mystery to it. 98 is a good way to go #plus it's entertaining to watch vash be fucking Mental & not knowing wtf is actually going on #like 'we're doing This now? ok. ok ok ok sure i guess. this might as well just happen.' #but yea. i hope this helped :')

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Hello guys. It's been a while since I made a post like this, but today I wanted to talk about my art. I haven't posted something proper in forever, and to say I haven't spent this entire time at least doodling a thing or two would be a lie, but there's a reason why I haven't been posting much and just keeping my art semi private, or multiple, let me explain (I'll have a TLDR at the end if you don't wanna bother with this, but written awfully):

First, I believe you guys deserve more than some stupid sketches. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy sketching, aesthetic aside, drawing multiple sketches a day is how I pushed myself to experiment new things and just get better overall, plus I draw them fast, so I could pull a bunch of sketches in the time it takes me to color just one, so I could spill one silly idea after the other. I don't know why or exactly when I started to feel like this is just not worth it for you guys, that you deserve more from me than what I put out, that maybe I disappoint you immensely. This isn't even about reach, I don't care about that, this is about me showing something worth to see.

Second, is how I chose to spend my time. Last year was a very busy year for me overall, my job became increasingly demanding at times, lotsa personal issues that stressed me out immensely, which resulted in me using my remaining free time doing other activities, including spending time with people I shouldn't have been so permissive with (except my gang, that's why I made it a New Year's Resolution to annoy you guys more, you know who you are), it became a thing where I was even afraid to say no to them in favor of my art or other me-activities in fear of them taking it the wrong way, which, in a weird way, ended up happening anyway and resulted in long term passive aggressive conflict, and well, all of this negativity and then some, especially combined, made me reluctant to pick my pen up most of the time, which leads me to my next point.

Third, not drawing as often made me lose my momentum considerably. I could draw stuff comfortably without much artblock, if at all, or something I thought looked ugly. It just came out naturally, sometimes without even using references, it was crazy, but I feel I lost that momentum; don't get me wrong, I don't think my art looks worse than before, far from it, I did a comparison a couple of days ago and I noticed that despite all these issues, I have indeed improved a lot, thing is, I still feel it doesn't look good, I can't seem to know where I want to go with it, or what I want it to look like, I have no idea how to describe this feeling of "I hate immensely what I've been doing", maybe I'm beating myself up too hard and this is a result of not sharing anything with you guys, but I want to be comfortable with the characters I always draw before I bring them out again (although for some reason Purah's perfection always makes my doodling easier, she has become my ultimate comfort character it seems, hah).

All that said, I want to change things this time. I'm not sure if I'll post more like I did before, or if I'll post less than I used to, but I want to post things again. Maybe won't start soon, but will definitely do it. I've even been stocking up on traditional materials to pick the pen back up in other ways as well (haven't done this since my college days, so I'm a bit excited), I don't want to make promises I can't keep (you guys know I'm terrible with keeping up with stuff lol), but I will try my hardest to post more finished pictures and less sketches. It might result in me posting less art and/or jokes as before, but we'll see where that leads me. I'm still not sure if I'll continue to keep the sketches to myself or not, but one step at a time, step one is to just stop beating myself up, turns out my negativity knows how to throw hands. If you read ALL to this point, my most sincere thanks, I know it isn't easy to put up with my crap, and if you didn't it's fine, I still love you, in fact, I'll sum it up for you below.

TLDR: I'm a stupid piece of crap that didn't know how to manage my free time which resulted in me developing a very serious case of imposter syndrome and I'm throwing hands back in hopes, no, in expectancy of walking out of it a victor, for my sake, and for you guys as well.

Anyway, thanks for reading, short or long version, and remember, a Purah a day, keeps uh, the heart happy and brain mushy, or something like that.

#long rant #random ramble #I don't know why I wanted to say all of this #I just did #I couldn't contain it #It's like word vomit #It just came out like bluaghgahgaghahg #I'm sorry guys #I love Purah