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Hi, hello, I haven't been on here for months but my baby is back?? My baby is here???

Opal. You have to believe in something. // from “What Comes Next”

Seeing all the content for The Legend of Vox Machina made me start thinking about what an animated Exandria Unlimited might look like, so I tried my hand at a few shots of my girl Opal inspired by that style! This is my first time doing anything approaching actual animation, and it was a lot of fun. 

#once more unto the breach #i will have you know that i finally got minthara in my party and there is literally only one thing that can pull me away from minthara #baby?? baby girl??? darling????

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I watched Madoka Magica for the first time with my partner and I haven't thought about anything else since. Kyoko Sakura is the light of my life.

#puella magi madoka magica #pmmm #madoka magica #pmmm kyoko #kyoko sakura #sayaka miki #sayaka x kyoko #kyoko x sayaka

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The main elements of Harrow are complete! This is my first cosplay, which feels fitting because it's a meld of all of my favorite things: space fantasy, medieval fantasy, and a heavy dose of religious iconography. I wanted to really lean into the latter and took inspiration from Catholic reliquaries. Everything is built from a plastic skeleton, cardboard boxes, foam clay, and luck; these photos were taken on the front-facing camera of my phone.

#the locked tomb #tlt #tlt cosplay #harrow the ninth #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow cosplay #i'm so happy with how this came out. i've never worked with foam clay before #a little bts: i've been working on this in bits since april #and all through summer while studying for one of my comps #and i took these photos the week before i took the comps as a distraction but didn't post them #and i felt like i would be jinxing myself if i shared them #but i passed my first round of comps!!! just got the results back

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Three nights in the Daye household with Macbeth on the TV.

I've had a first draft of this comic in my files for two years now, and I was never satisfied with it. This past week, I pulled it back out and reworked it, because as we all know, fall is time for one thing and one thing only. I am so excited for Sleep No More!

#october daye #toby daye #seanan mcguire #tybalt king of cats #litedit #sir daye i love you #i also love stories about people overwhelmed by/breaking out of glamour. so sleep no more has me even more hyped

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It's been a year since Calamity aired, and I still have not been able to stop thinking about it. This was drawn referencing Michelangelo's Pietà, as a spiritual successor to the Creation of Adam redraw I did when the finale first aired.

#critical role #exu calamity #critical role fanart #zerxus ilerez #exandria unlimited #exu asmodeus #exu zerxus #zerxus x asmodeus #la pieta #i'm sure you thought you were safe. i'm sure you thought it was over. #but no i had reading for class/exam prep that sent me into a tailspin. #saint augustine of hippo. get out of my house.

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If they were right, Nonagesimus, how much more can we take until you and me achieve omniscience? (from Harrow the Ninth, Chapter 51)

What can I say, the space fantasy Catholicism and Oresteia allusions have bewitched me (to say nothing of Harrowhark).

#the locked tomb #tlt #locked tomb fanart #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow the ninth #griddlehark #i'm at the pathei. i'm at the mathos. i'm at the combination pathei mathos (literally thinking about the agamemnon parados for a living) #pathei mathos is at aesch. ag. 176-8 for anyone who is interested #anyways these books are like candy to me. truly have everything i love. they are so fun. #i'm making my first real cosplay and it's gonna be harrow.

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It’s nearly been two years since EXU first came out, but I’m still obligated to draw every meme that comes out of the Barbie movie with my best girl. And who better to be her tired and spiraling counterpart than Orym? 

#critical role #exandria unlimited #exu #orym of the air ashari #cr orym #opal of byroden #cr opal #liam o'brien #aimee carrero #it is my deeply held belief that orym is a very tired guy in his mid-thirties at least. no i will not elaborate. #and adding ''and opal'' would have been the full bit. but. thinking about opal's whole thing with her own independence #and her desire to be unique and shake off her own secondariness and be someone other than ted's twin. #yes it's just a bit. no i cannot stop myself. it is that deep to ME.

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The moment I saw this meme going around, I knew who it had to be. 

#once more unto the breach

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The moment I saw this meme going around, I knew who it had to be. 

#critical role #critical role fanart #barbie movie #exandria unlimited #exu #exu crown keepers #opal exu #opal of byroden #opal exandria #aimee carrero #black goo barbie. champion of a betrayer god barbie. #exandrian barbie. barbie of my heart.

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I’m asking you to open your heart…to chaos!

Some of the scenes from the Mighty Nein animatic I made a while back. The animation was done by rotoscoping frames from the Mighty Nein Reunited trailer on Procreate; I might’ve bitten off more than I can chew, but it was still really fun! Check out the full video on YouTube HERE.

#once more unto the breach #i am very proud of these!

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I’m asking you to open your heart...to chaos!

Some of the scenes from the Mighty Nein animatic I made a while back. The animation was done by rotoscoping frames from the Mighty Nein Reunited trailer on Procreate; I might’ve bitten off more than I can chew, but it was still really fun! Check out the full video on YouTube HERE.

#critical role #critteredit #mighty nein #cr2 #critical role fanart #tm9 #fanimation #cr edit #beauregard lionett #jester lavorre #yasha nydoorin #caleb widogast #astrid beck #eadwulf grieve #essek thelyss #nott the brave #veth brenatto #mollymauk tealeaf #caduceus clay #critical role fjord #i spent so long on this so i will be posting about it for the next year #i couldn't fit my avantika animation onto this post but i am very proud of that one. it's in the video.

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TALES OF THE MIGHTY NEIN

I've been wanting to make an animatic for the Mighty Nein for a while now, and when the teaser for the animated series came out, I finally tried my hand at it! This is the second animatic I've ever made, so I might have bitten off more than I could chew, but it was still very fun. The animation was done by rotoscoping frames from the Mighty Nein Reunited trailer, and the audio is taken from the animated series teaser. The programs I used were Procreate and iMovie. Check out the video on YouTube HERE.

#critical role #critteredit #mighty nein #cr2 #critical role fanart #tm9 #fanimation #cr edit #beauregard lionett #jester lavorre #mollymauk tealeaf #caleb widogast #yasha nydoorin #caduceus clay #critical role fjord #nott the brave #veth brenatto #essek thelyss #i thought the rotoscoping would make this easier #this still was pretty overwhelming #but i'm glad i did it

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The long work after the war. 

I loved the Mighty Nein Reunion, and I didn’t have the time to draw when the episodes were airing, so I figured that my first piece in the new year should be my favorites from that campaign.

#once more unto the breach #reblogging because. well. the time has come again y'all. #this semester is gonna flood me with work #and it will be good for me. and i am excited about teaching an intermediate-level class for the first time #but still dread fills me when i think about how much i have to do #absolute dread. terror. even horror. #anyways. love how beau and caleb sprung spontaneous nosebleeds all of a sudden last week #i'm genuinely so excited for da'leth though. #though i will say. he is a poser and a fake. zerxus did it (his little gods and children monologue) first #laerryn did it (machine built to defy the divine) better.

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The long work after the war. 

I loved the Mighty Nein Reunion, and I didn’t have the time to draw when the episodes were airing, so I figured that my first piece in the new year should be my favorites from that campaign.

#critical role fanart #mighty nein #m9 reunited #beauregard lionett #caleb widogast #astrid beck #astrid becke #beau's debilitating barrage and 36 investigation check. #caleb's shapechange. #multiple astrid mentions and the essek cameo. #truly everything i could ask for from the m9 reunion #my kingdom for beau and astrid in the same room the next time the m9 reunite

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LIFE, DEATH, AND THE FURY

I started Hades with the goal of romancing Meg, but over the past couple months I’ve played it through the end credits, maxed out some more bonds, and started trying higher heats! I love it utterly. Here’s to many more runs.

#hades supergiant #hades game #hades fanart #megaera #zagreus #thanatos #megzag #megthanzag #digital art #i stockpiled nectars and ambrosia for meg #i literally did not try to get companions other than battie and mort and i did not update them until i maxed out meg's bond #my friend was like ''but updated companions now means more ambrosias for meg later'' no i have a clear strategic vision #but truly playing this game has been a much needed respite in a wild semester for me. #it's also that it's classically themed to the point where i was intrigued by it but also it's distant enough to not turn my work brain on #at least for these three. i have a lot of fun with them. i'm late-ish game and their banter (especially meg's in tartarus) is really sweet #and than is sticking around after i talk to him in the house #gameplay wise i'm on heat 13 and my fave weapon is the aspect of arthur sword #(extremely funny if you know my bbcm history)

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Come here, Zagreus.

In more personal news: local fool who has literally never touched a video game before in her life decides to play Hades, gets absolutely wrecked, more at 8. But I’m having fun with it. 

#hades supergiant #megaera #i just got to meg and i'm so proud of myself #all i want to do is defeat her so she shows up in the house #and i can start showering her with nectar #the learning curve is steep y'all. the wasd motion controls have not yet sunk in #it's that bad. but also it's my first year teaching so i need the time to relax and button smash and look at the gorgeous art #(also. the caption is a slight lie. i've played mario party with my gf. two (2) times.)

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Fandom: Critical Role (Campaign 3: Bell's Hells) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Word count: 1,635 Relationships: Fearne Calloway & Imogen Temult, Fearne Calloway & Orym, Laudna/Imogen Temult

Summary: "I know what you did," Imogen tells her.

Fearne stills, hearing Imogen's voice in her head. She goes—not quiescent, but quiet. Waiting. "What did I do?" she asks.

(Imogen understands. That isn't the same thing as forgiveness.)

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A short little piece fitting in the aftermath of episode 34, and my first time writing Imogen. I’m so excited to find out where the story can go from here.

#critical role #cr fic #bells hells #cr3 #imogen temult #cr laudna #fearne calloway #imodna #cr spoilers #i haven't had time to write/draw lately and it feels so incredibly nice to do #i wrote this and then my weekly rp with my gf felt so much better too #turns out that practice. helps things feel better. who could have known.