Gaia Force ST1-16 Alternative Art by Shin Sasaki
Shadow Wing ST1-13 Alternative Art by shosuke
Cocytus Breath ST2-16 Alternative Art by Ishibashi Yosuke
Hammer Spark ST2-13 Alternative Art by Naochika Morishita
Horn Buster BT1-108 Alternative Art by As'Maria
Flower Cannon BT1-110 Alternative Art by Teppei Tadokoro
Heaven's Gate ST3-13 Alternative Art by Takase
Heaven's Charm ST3-14 Alternative Art by NAKAMURA 8 from PB-01: Tamer's Evolution Box
I’ve read your google docs of the katayanagi twins’ fashion. Super interesting stuff and I love it as both a fashion enthusiast and fan of the siblings. Your document really emphasizes the distinction between those two even with the very little info we have on them (kyle’s style could be late 80s japanese pop while ken’s style could be more leaning towards visual kei). Also matches their personalities (ramona mentioned kyle is the hothead of the two, so I guess the pretty and proper bad boy kind of look fits him)
Something about your endnote fascinates me, however. You mentioned something about the twins’ relationship being strained but then strengthened after ramona’s betrayal. Would you implore more on the idea? I’m now invested in it very much…. thank you and have a good day
Thank you!!! I mostly based my looks off this piece of concept art by O’Malley, which makes me think the personalities the twins had in their few anime appearances were just parts that weren’t as well communicated in Vol. 5
(I think that little doddle next to the crossed out “they’re not even Japanese” emphasizes that visual kei comparison you made)
But as for the second bit, I think the twins weren’t exactly on great terms, even before Ramona. A decent part of this has to do with my own personal head cannons surrounding Kyle and how I perceived his and Ramona’s relationship with alcohol, but also with just how different the twins seem to be under the surface. They seem like they would run in almost completely opposite social circles and be invested in similarly opposite things.
And it’s honestly really tied to their teens. Basically, their parents kinda unintentionally set up a dynamic where Kyle felt like Ken got away with everything (piercings, weird clothes, going out to band shows and having a more trusting relationship with their parents) and Ken thought Kyle couldn’t get his act together (partying, showing up back home late, getting in fight with their parents). Neither was true as in reality their parents let a lot of stuff with Ken slide that wouldn’t have otherwise because “well at least he’s not drunk” and Kyle was genuinely going through some serious mental shit but not telling anyone so his actions just looked super random and mean spirited. So by the time they get to college, they haven’t really addressed this weird image they have of the other in their heads.
And it explains how Ramona was even able to two time siblings. They’re not going to the same parties, they’re not really talking at length about their lives (since they never mention enough detail to make the other suspicious), they’re probably not really bothering each other much if they share a dorm. Ramona unconsciously sees and plays this divide, knowing they’re not really together enough for her to get caught.
It also emphasizes for me a very emotional aspect for all three of them. Ramona is hot off a messy break up (Roxie), the breakup that ended her first relationship with a women and also seems to be her first attempt at having something…maybe not serious but genuine (it seemed more important than anything with Matt Todd or Lucas). Shes hardly in the headspace to be in a relationship, and maybe after some nights out, she’s terrified and not sure what to do because whoops she’s in two! And the longer it goes on the less Ramona actually wants to fix it because it’s kinda fun in a messed up way, and the twins aren’t bad company…until it all comes crashing down and she’s out the door before they even notice she’s gone. I think Ramona’s relationship with the twins is her at her actual lowest, with her being most at fault for what happened and the least justified in bolting afterwards. This low point is exactly when Gideon finds her, unsure and upset at herself, in exactly the position to manipulate her. (Sorry if this came off a little Ramona bash-y, I love Ramona but this girl makes bad choices)
As for the twins, I think the really strong emotional beat here is the idea of how avoidable it would’ve felt for them. How if they had just been able to set aside their own bullshit, if they had even bothered to connect at all, they could’ve figured it out in a few days, rather than in a few weeks or a few months. Ramona’s betrayal is catalyst for them to sit down and just…talk out a lot of their own personal crap.
But yeah that’s why. Sorry this got super massively long, but I hope you liked it and it wasn’t too ramblely lol.
Ya'll how Grian, Scott, Pearl and Martyn won the life series and they're strong and what not?!
IT'S THE SAME FOR GEMS BABY!
Since Grian, Scott and Pearl are high ranking gems and Martyn is the right-hand man of a working gem, they get cool perks/gem abilities that go with them.
Like Scott can see into the future and create ice/had ice power (this is actually cannon for sapphire) BUT he can also freeze water to create a form of fortified ice, that allows him to be protect from any "deserters" attack whiles he's doing his job (I'd also explain why Jimmy/lapis can be anywhere near him, Jimmy gets the water and Scott uses it, AND yes Scott's ice ability is strong then gems water manipulation ability cause Scott's a higher rank).
BUT ANYWAYS- imagine that for all the others, like Grian can manipulate his water-wings-things, so he had a close range weapon thier only limit being he can't increase the amout of water his wings hold so he limited to that amout, Pearl is able it create holograms of herself (like cannon pearl) but they only last for 1-2 minutes depend on the amout they can interact with her and physically object but not people (so if she's looking to stab someone she need to give them a weapon and make it quick), and Martyn can create small burst of flames that can not be put out (kinda like cannon ruby) he normal would coat his dagger in it for that extra fire damage (it can't be put because he won in Limited Life and he was living in the sea sooooooooooo-)
ooc. to me it makes sense that megatron would know nothing about humans so in designing his holoavatar, he would look to popular media, so that's why his holoavatar will be magneto from x-men 97.
@melpomaen | Everyone else excuse the break from our regularly scheduled programming for some Tolkien nerdiness.
I Wanna Be In The Calvary Noldor edition (as sung prior to the Burning of the Ships)
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war
I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before
I wanna good mount when the trumpet sounds and I hear the dragon's roar
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war
I wanna horse in the volunteer force that's riding forth at dawn
Please save for me some gallantry that will echo when I'm gone
I beg of you sir let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
I'd not a good foot soldier make, I'd be sour and slow at march
And I'd be sick on a swan ship, and the Belegaer'd leave me parched
But I'll be first in line if they'll let me ride, by god, you'll see my starch
Lope back o'er the heath with the laurel wreath underneath that vict'ry arch
Let me earn my fleurs in the battle's blur where the day is lost or won
I'll wield my lance as the ponies dance and the blackguards hit their drums
A sabre keen, and a bow notched and an army at my back
Where the minstrels lead with the cold, cold steel let me be a cav'lryman
Let 'em play their flutes and lace-up my boots and place them back to front
For I won't be back on the Helcaraxë until I'm finished in my hunt
I wanna be in the cavalry if I must go off to war
I wanna be in the cavalry, but I won't ride home no more
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I Wanna Be In The Cavalry: Reprise (Written sometimes in the late first age)
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war
I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before
Courageous at first we took their worst, our positions we held stout
We clung to belief and we hung on the speech from our trusted leaders' mouths
Overwhelming odds and a hopeless cause and our cities overrun
There were them that said we was badly led and that were we outmanned
I lost count of the worthy mounts that from under me were cut
My favourite mare with her head in the air took poisoned arrows in her gut
In the first two weeks on the Ard-Galen my brother lost his arm
Was only sixty years till all we prayed was get us home unharmed
O for the day that we changed our names and the well that we were wished
The men's congrats and the pats on the backs and the ladies that we missed
The band that played and the grande parade and the patriotic shouts
All faded fast, didn't even last till the uniforms wore out
And there were none to replace nor to help us face the winters cold and bleak
That chilled to the bone the pneumonia prone and froze our bootless feet
Then the red-clad came with oath-bound fits, blood and stolen gem
That proved in the end to have killed more men than the vilest enemy
We were finally forced to feed on horse and carcass we could scrounge
When the wagons stopped and we'd burnt their crops to charred and barren ground
With morale in doubt and our pride run out no honour did I see
All I seen were a thousand dreams piled dead in front of me
I wanna be in the cavalry if the send me off to war
I wanna be in the cavalry but I won't ride home no more
Thinking about Kieran (pre teal mask) working on his family's garden with his grandmother and finding it calming. Thinking about Kieran who slowly falls in love with gardening and develops a love for flowers. Thinking about Kieran who upon first meeting Juliana, can't help but compare her smile and warm eyes to a sunflower.
Thinking about Kieran (indigo disk) who's obsessed with getting stronger and stronger all to defeat Juliana, seeing her for the first time after they were apart and still thinking of they way she used to look at him. Kieran who can't help but look at her after all this time and think she's more beautiful than any flower.
this was made over the course of two nights at about 1-2 AM both nights and as such it is not. great. but it’s my first animatic ever so everyone has to see it all the time and forever.
i realise now that while I've linked my tumblr on my fic i have not linked my fic on my tumblr so um here. 32 chapters in (well over halfway) and progress is steady so feel free to pop in if you're in the mood for some angsty flower husbands. i will also post art from the fic here probably though fair warning that most of it won't be rendered because i am a sketch artist at heart.
did you say…memes 👀👀👀 okie how about 3 for quinn from the black knight??
Quinn & The Black Knight.
#3 THINGS YOU SAID WHEN YOU WERE PROUD. FROM THINGS YOU SAID ⬩ Still accepting.
"You look at me, treat me, talk to me like and keep me here like I'm a criminal. But deeeeeep down," Her crooked smile widens, in her signature whiskers, sly as a feline, proud as a cocky and cunty fox. "Deep down, you wish you were a little more like me Black Knight, don't you?" Her teeth are showing, a grin, deranged and hungry for more of This. Even though she was indeed kept captive, by the Black Knight and his crew, it wasn't so much prison for her if not the extension of her playground. An agenda. Quinn always had an agenda. "Congratulations on capturing me by the way, three against one waaw that's Impressive, that is Honorable even- No no, really I mean that and I cannot wait to get to know all of you." Her smile drops as the light of in her eyes darkens, only to light up again, a constant manic on-and-off switch while her eyes re-direct towards the surveillance camera at the up corner of the interrogation room. "Hey you hear that? I am thriiilled, oh so happy to be here. Pawn, Rook. Tell me who else is watching this? The almighty resting bitch faced Kang girl? Monitoring a pretty girl like me in a cage all day, mmm, that's a little kinky if you think about it." She pinches her teeth in between her lips, raising an eyebrow. "Listen. You and I both know I'm going to escape, I've already figured a way to since the very moment I stepped foot in here. Chloroformed or not, I always can tell where I am stand. Even in the dark, I know every single corner of this dirty city. So yell your little degenerates over there to tie me up if they really ant to keep me longer, my claws are sharp and my brain? Sharper." Was she bluffing? "That and the very real fact that My king and Love of my life Already looking for me as we speak, followed by an entiiiire armed and ready-to-shoot-you-in-the-face Gang for treating their Queen the way you do. There is a chip in my phone, have your little butlers destroy it or else they're coming for all of your asses. And Oh, at Fang, we're whimsical like this, we do love a bloody mess." Her eyes now, her eyes are linking with his. "That's right. I want us to talk before I get the chance to leave. I know. None of you has trust in me but you're clever enough to go past that. This business is not about trust, it's not about Oh She's a Little Crazy let's be Careful - it's about getting results. And I get shit done. I get shit done fast. Yes, YES, SUUURE, this little stunt I put off with Hyuk was a liiiiittle all over the top but... hey, at least I got all of you's attention... right." She speaks, her tone trailing at the mention of the other man, knowing it was perhaps her biggest mistake, knowing it was going a little too far. Was it a regret of hers? Maybe. Her eyes go down slightly., for a mere second. She could never deny it, there was a bond with the Detective, one of mutual respect and hardworking archieving personalities. His team as well, it became place where she strangely felt accepted, perhaps even a birthing friendship with Suki around their morning coffees. If it wasn't for all the insane games and lies Quinn played with, it could have been something nice. Her pride however, refused to let her admit that in front of the Knight, ever. "I did it to protect my own, to protect my pack the way you are protecting yours by chaining me down like an animal. And you know what? I am proud." Her voice changes, as the taint in her pupils does too, a little more calm spreading under her skin. "I'm proud of being an Actor in this scene we're standing on Black Knight. I'm proud of making moves, I'm proud of showing clawns when it comes to protect my family, I'm proud of teaching the persecutors we're Not low lives they can mess with as they please, I'm proud of making it to the news after the Rich and the Powerful feel like their heads too have a price.
Don't you see it? That people like you and I are already dead? Can't you feel it? At every corner of every streets of this city a bullet in the head is right here, waiting for us. So tell me, what exactly is your plan here, what are you waiting for? Because we're not fighting for our little comforts as Doctors and Teachers getting a check for educating the youth through a system we don't even believe in. Don't you get it? That our time to do something is Now, that we have to give our bones and blood to truly make a difference? It's time to wake up Myungdae. It's time to step up and perhaps stepping up should start with uniting. The game has changed, look at your board. I was never the enemy but we have one in common. That's right, the more we sit down for tea parties like this one, the more they're slipping out of your hands and mine.