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semiaquatic secret agent

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Inspired by my bland ass professor doing a lil jig the other day after lecture

#darkiplier

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Dark seer.

#darkiplier

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this is darkstache to me

#darkiplier #darkstache #wilford warfstache

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All the cool kids use ComicFury 😘

Hey y'all! If you love independent comic sites and have a few extra dollars in your pocket, please consider supporting ComicFury, the owner Kyo has been running it for nearly twenty years and it's one of the only comic hosting platforms left that's entirely independent and reminiscent of the 'old school' days that I know y'all feel nostalgic over.

(kyo's sense of humor is truly unmatched lmao)

Here are some of the other great features it offers:

Message board forums! It's a gift from the mid-2000's era gods!

Entirely free-to-use HTML and CSS editing! You can use the provided templates, or go wild and customize the site entirely to your liking! There's also a built-in site editor for people like me who want more control over their site design but don't have the patience to learn HTML/CSS ;0

In-depth site analytics that allow you to track and moderate comments, monitor your comic's performance per week, and let you see how many visitors you get. You can also set up Google Analytics on your site if you want that extra touch of data, without any bullshit from the platform. Shit, the site doesn't come with ads, but you can run ads on your site. The site owners don't ask questions, they don't take a cut. Pair your site with ComicAd and you'll be as cool as a crocodile alligator !

RSS feeds! They're like Youtube subscriptions for millennials and Gen X'ers!

NSFW comics are allowed, let the "female presenting nipples" run free! (just tag and content rate them properly!)

Tagging. Tagging. Remember that? The basic feature that every comic site has except for the alleged "#1 webcomic site"? The independent comic site that still looks the same as it did 10 years ago has that. Which you'd assume isn't that big a deal, but isn't it weird that Webtoons doesn't?

Blog posts. 'Nuff said.

AI-made comics are strictly prohibited. This also means you don't have to worry about the site owners sneaking in AI comics or installing AI scrapers (cough cough)

Did I mention that the hosting includes actual hosting? Meaning for only the cost of the domain you can change your URL to whatever site name you want. No extra cost for hosting because it's just a URL redirect. No stupid "pro plan" or "gold tier" subscription necessary, every feature of the site is free to use for all. If this were a sponsored Pornhub ad, this is the part where I'd say "no credit card, no bullshit".

Don't believe me? Alright, look at my creator backend (feat stats on my old ass 2014 comic, I ain't got anything to hide LOL)

TRANSCRIPTS! CHAPTER ORGANIZATION! MASS PAGE UPLOADING! MULTIPLE CREATOR SUPPORT! FULL HTML AND CSS SUPPORT! SIMPLIFIED EDITORS! ACTUAL STATISTICS THAT GIVE YOU WEEKLY BREAKDOWNS! THE POWER OF CHOICE!!

So yeah! You have zero reasons to not use and support ComicFury! It being "smaller" than Webtoons shouldn't stop you! Regain your independence, support smaller platforms, and maybe you'll even find that 'tight-knit community' that we all miss from the days of old! They're out there, you just gotta be willing to use them! ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡

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I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

#greek mythology

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Finally started reading Lore Olympus and I had to redraw that panel in episode 2 because her expression bothered me so much lol

❃❀✿ commissions / Ko-Fi / Store ✿❀❃

#anti lo #lo critical

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*does this to you*

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An Anti LO Screenshot Collection

(Tried to fit as much as I could)

#anti lo #lo critical

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and for full transparency, this applies to me as well, I wasn't a teenager when I started reading LO mind you but I remember when I first discovered the #antiloreolympus hashtag on Tumblr and I couldn't believe people could hate on this series as much as they did, I thought they were exaggerating, being nitpicky, etc. until around the trial arc when I started to see the holes in the plot and then a lot of the stuff the anti's were saying started to make way more sense LMAO now I can't imagine reading this comic seriously the way I did back in 2019, I can't even believe how much of the creepy shit from S1 I overlooked 🤢

#anti lo #lo critical

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Anyone notice how Lore Olympus and Hazbin Hotel handle SA similarly?

After the pink character gets SA’d the plot forces them to get comfort from their love interest, who is characterized as an older man when they have other friends RIGHT there and it would make more sense if one of these other characters comforted the pink one. The love interest comforting the character who got SA’d is used to develop their romantic relationship.

#lo critical #anti lo #anti hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel critical

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Webtoon readers when they realize that a woman using her position of power to abuse the lower class does not equal feminism

#lo critical #anti lo

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demeter 🌾 panel edit || my au

The aftermath of Demeter turning Minthe into a mint plant.

Og panel:

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You can tell I got tired of editing when I got to Minthe lol (used PicsArt for the mint leaves). I wanted to edit a worried Persephone in the doorway but that required artistic ability that I just don’t have. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also I saw this old concept art of Demeter on Reddit and WE WERE ROBBED!

Bring back Ron Swanson Demeter

#anti lo #lo critical

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RS Went Out of Her Way to Give Hades an Oedipus Complex.

Something struck me as odd when I saw images of LO’s pilot.

This was Rhea’s original design; she had galaxy skin like Kronos.

When Lore Olympus became a WEBTOON original, her design changed, which I honestly consider a good thing. Rhea was always associated with nature as opposed to space. So, did RS give her a more rustic design? Did she get her signature turret crown, or maybe a lion motif?

Nope.

Rhea, (who is described as an EARTH titaness within Lore Olympus itself) was redesigned…to be a pink Persephone clone.

And this isn’t a case where you can argue “oh, well everyone is a Persephone clone cuz same face syndrome, it doesn’t mean anything in-universe!!,” because in the comic, Persephone was established to be a canonical Rhea lookalike when Helios mistook a description of Persephone for a description of Rhea.

They have fundamentally identical designs, and both RS and the narrative know it.

On top of this, Hades describes both Rhea & Persephone to be very kind (and otherwise just similar personality-wise). So, um…Hades basically married a fun-sized version of his long-lost mom.

Which makes this line all the more disturbing.

Hades is interested in Persephone being titan-sized, and I feel like it isn’t a stretch to say this is a sexual thing. The fandom treats it as a haha funny joke, like “aw Hades has a giantess fetish lol 🤪” but I feel like everyone’s ignoring the fact that giant Persephone would look exactly like a pale Rhea clone. It’s not rocket science; large Persephone is basically just Rhea.

And Hades wants to see this….for fetish reasons?

RS knows what she’s doing. She deliberately redesigned Rhea to be pink (when she is canonically an EARTH titaness, and would’ve benefited far more from being a shade of green or brown). She went out of her way to create both physical and personality parallels to Persephone and Rhea, even having a character confuse a description of Persephone for Rhea. She threw in implications that Hades has a giantess fetish, meaning he’d be sexually attracted to Persephone when she’d look exactly like his mom. She made all these story decisions…to give Hades an Oedipus complex. There’s no classy way to put it; RS made Hades fall in love with a clone of his dead fucking mom.

You can’t even argue “oh, well, it’s Greek mythology!” because, correct me if I’m wrong, but Hades wanting to fuck his mom was nowhere in the original myths. Plus, RS has taken measures to remove incest from her story. Persephone is not related to Rhea in Lore Olympus, there is no reason she should look this much like her. This serves no narrative purpose, RS did it for shits and giggles, and it only makes Hades look like 10x more of a creep.

I’ll end this post with a little spot-the-difference between Rhea & Perse. To make matters worse, this is arguably the most Rhea-like Persephone has looked…and it was in Hades’ dream. So, uh, do with that as you will.

#anti lo #lo critical

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Persephone redesign based off her sculptures (i hate how her eyes turned out, but I had to keep her SOMEWHAT like LO Persephone smh)

#anti lo #lo critical #greek mythology

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Hera - Goddess of Marriage, Queen of the Gods 🌟

Anyone with any sense knows that it's Hera that rules Olympus, not Zeus. While he is off with one of his lovers, it's Hera making sure things don't fall apart.

🌟 Appearance

- Created by Metis using the stars of heaven, her skin shimmers with starlight

- She likes to outfits with peacock motifs in reference to Argus, many-eyed giant and faithful servant to Hera. Hera uses his many eyes to create the peacock after his death. Argus still serves Hera, in a new incorporeal form.

- She's still a fan of non water proof mascara, for the dramatics

🌟 Marriage

- As Goddess of Marriage, faithfulness is just in her nature. No matter how much Zeus has cheated on her, she has never been unfaithful to him, nor will she ever be.

- She can't retaliate against Zeus for his affairs, so this results in a lot of poor women receiving Hera's wrath.

#greek mythology