Phew, this one got put off for a while, but I finally finished it!
Had a bit of trouble because the pose was weird and I could find zero references of Tron/Rinzler's getup from the back. What a mess! I managed to figure it out in the end. I'm happy with the results!
What's great about drawing Tron, is that technically, because his actor is left-handed, I can get away with referencing myself!
Yes I suppose if I had wanted to, I could have used my right hand for the picture, but myeh just let me have this
"Every device in the rig is evidence of Thran enlightenment. All mana was the same to them, whether from rock or water, growth or decay. Can you imagine such unity of vision?" —Urza, journal
Artist: Allen Williams
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ooh what do you mean trasmasc in terms of analysis? 👀👀
I've spoken about the Bronev backstory being a trans allegory before -- see post here. In my opinion, Azran Legacy (and specifically the plot elements surrounding Layton and Des) make more sense if they're being read as an allegory for being trans, even though that definitely isn't what the writers intended. Interpretation of a work is not about authorial intent, it's about what you can get out of it looking at it, and while there are definitely other ways you can interpret it, the transgender lens of analysis makes the most sense to me as someone who is trans. Thematic analysis is always influenced by the person that you are -- there is no such thing as an unbiased analysis of literature. That's impossible. We all have our own parts of us that we look at stories through. Sometimes when you recognize that, you discard it. And sometimes when you recognize that, you use it.
This is a case of the latter, and I find that my experience of Azran Legacy is richer for it.
Thank you for reminding me I wanted to do this one, @captainderyn! Uquiz, my beloved, diagnose my ocs, lmaoooo.
I have... honestly lost track of who has and hasn’t done this, so if you haven’t, I’m tagging you. I’m tagging you, I’m tagging you, I’m taggi-
(Dot, it’d help if you’d link the quiz)
Tyr Deckard - Patroclus
clever patroclus, beloved patroclus, poor patroclus: you do fall into madness, nor vanity, nor hubris. not, that is, for your own sake. love for that golden-haired man, sorrow for your countrymen; it is for his name that you don his armor, and for the dying greeks that you ride into battle. every piece of you is willingly given away, even if after you are gone there are wicked things done in your name.
Savosta - Icarus
what is there to be said of icarus? you were warned, yet you persisted, imprudently. but what of your first taste of liberation? the exhilaration that follows the first ray of the sun to touch you as you are, as a free man, makes you drunk on joy. we all know the foolish things that drunken people are capable of. was the fall as thrilling as the flight?
Lensan Ryaldar - Arachne
adept arachne, the things which you craft are born from years of careful practice, focused effort, and a drop of divine inspiration. your finished product shows the skills which you have honed over your lifetime, so take pride in that, but don’t proclaim yourself a peerless artisan, and, by the gods, show humility when you’ve been beaten.
Rhystyl Delavast - Achilles
best of the greeks, eager for honor, and quick to rage: you could easily live in content and easy until you're gray-haired, but glory and fame call for you just beyond the horizon. you are not prone to self-reflection and trip into the same pits of wrath at bruised pride over and over. are you truly ready to sacrifice everything so that your name will be immortalized? is your fury what you want to be remembered for?
these are my three fave cards from the "our tarot", a feminist deck i picked up a while ago. i like the devil and the tower cards bc of how spot on the historical figures are with the meaning of the cards, and i adore the eight of wands bc lyudmila pavlichenko is one of my fave historical figures of all time