#a sage main

[aeroplaneblues]

Positive Reinforcement 🍃

The joke is that alhaitham will do the stupid grand sage job even if he hates it only because nahida asked him to stay by her side. He is a walking mystery but you can also read him like a book.

#wanderer #nahida #alhaitham #genshin impact #gi #idraw #me f2p cyno main: now i explain my jokes #tbh i dont main but he has his bis #cant wait to get alhaitham #scaramouche #also its acting grand sage #that happens when i dont read what i write #1k #5k #10k

[devotedlystrangewizard]

yeah im so stable all of the time im such a normal person these arent tears my eyes are just sweating what

#just finished werlyt on my alt i am sooooooooo normal about this questline #so normal! #i should probably do eden as well but... #cloud deck went horribly as expected 3rd worst trial run ever for me (zodiark & shinryu are still 1st. they share the spot) #like i was scared of the emerald weapon bc i remember falling off a LOT but i managed quite well #but no. diamond weapon was very predictable. really it brought me back to my dragoon main roots when i spent half the first attempt #just laying there. #THE FIRST. THE FIRST TIME I DIED. I USE DISPLACEMENT ON ACCIDENT. AND JUMPED OFF. #never give me #a sage main #a skill that sends me flying backwards. #please. #please that was AWFUL i almost started crying #and then made sure i had that on cooldown all of the time by using the other skill on cooldown so that me pressing displacement #on accident wouldnt. kill me again. worst time of my life.

[42wv]

FFXIV x Yu-Gi-Oh! 5DS Signer Dragons (and bonus)

#final fantasy #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #ygo #yugioh #yugioh 5ds #okay so heres my reasonings for everyone: #WoL gets Stardust because protag of bonds #Sage Alphinaud gets Power Tool because twin with tool #Alisaie gets Ancient Fairy because of her interaction with the Fae but also twin. The pig has Kuribbon's ribbon! #Estinien gets Red Dragon Archfiend because strong guy like Jack but also tsundere himbo also they get their powers from antagonistic dragon #Y'shtola gets Black Rose because the strong dark magic talent like Aki #Thancred gets Black-Winged because him and Crow are chill but were both from the slums and had tragic happen from protecting ppl they care #G'raha and Bruno from a diff dying world who are trying to save the main world. They respect the protag greatly #Also golems are the mecha of the fantasy world so grahas crystal parts are in a way robot parts so graha was kinda of a cyborg #IM SORRY I DIDNT HAVE ANYTHING FOR URIANGER. But heres a fun fact: his JP Voice Actor is Jaden Yuki #art

[nolongerapileofashprobably]

So… are we gunna talk about this or…?

#has this been spoken about yet? #essentially it’s interesting to see that the Zonai head shapes are pretty similar to the Sheikah main terminal sets #I just remembered when I watched a Mineru cutscene that I took that photo in Botw #in all of the dungeons #and we already know there is SOME connection based on the masks the old sages wear and the fact there’s symbols resembling divine beasts #bc after doing a playthrough I went ??? huh that looks familiar #I am almost positive this is the same for each divine beast too hehe #the amount of lore we will get in this new era of Zelda games #I am HERE for it #loz totk sages #loz totk spoilers #loz totk #loz tears of the kingdom spoilers #loz tears of the kingdom #totk rauru #totk Mineru #loz totk rauru #loz totk Mineru

[mossytrashcan]

Did I see a Zoya drawing made by you 👀💙

Yeah I’ve got a few 💪

#I just struggle to draw her consistently because my main face claim for her is an uncredited banana republic model smh #zoya nazyalensky #sage’s art tag #shadow and bone #grishaverse #feel so dumb tagging

[zvaigzdelasas]

The US has asked China to urge Tehran to rein in Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea, but has seen little sign of help from Beijing, according to American officials.

But US officials said there was little evidence China had put any pressure on Iran to restrain the Houthis, beyond a mild statement Beijing issued last week calling on “relevant parties” to ensure safe passage for vessels sailing through the Red Sea, a critical shipping route for global trade.

On Wednesday, the Chinese foreign ministry said Beijing was calling for a stop to “disturbance to civilian ships” and had “been in close communication with various parties and worked actively to alleviate the tension in the Red Sea”.

However, in veiled [?] criticism of the US and UK attacks on the Houthis, the ministry urged the “relevant parties to avoid adding fuel to the fire”, adding that the UN Security Council had “never authorised the use of force by any country on Yemen”.

The Red Sea tension was also a “spillover” from the Gaza conflict, which should be ended as soon as possible, the ministry said.[...]

US officials had hoped Beijing would take action because it viewed the Houthi attacks as a menace to its own commercial interests, given that the Red Sea was a critical route for Chinese exports to Europe.[...]

The Chinese embassy in the US said [...] China was concerned about the “escalating tension” in the Red Sea. The embassy said it served the common interests of the international community and that China urged “relevant parties to play a constructive and responsible role in keeping the Red Sea safe and stable”.

23 Jan 24

Several Chinese shipping lines have been redeploying their vessels to serve the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, in what analysts have said is an effort to exploit China’s perceived immunity from the Houthi attacks that have driven most other operators out of the area.

These smaller Chinese lines have been serving ports such as Doraleh in Djibouti, Hodeidah [sic] in [Ansar-Controlled] Yemen and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, all of which have faced big falls in traffic as international container shipping lines have rerouted to avoid potential attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Among the shipping lines redeploying its fleet is Qingdao-based Transfar Shipping, which on its website describes itself as “an emerging player in the transpacific market”[...]

Leaders of the group have said that they will not attack vessels associated with China or Russia[...] as long as they have no Israeli links. The US has asked China to urge Iran to rein in the Houthis, without apparent success.

24 Jan 24

#'hodeidah....has faced big falls in traffic [in response to] attacks by the houthis' is so funny #hodeidah's one of the main cities the anglos are bombing #its one of the biggest ports in Yemen #its one of ansars main economic centers #lol never change ft #just assume everyone reading this goes 'ah foreign name *nodding sagely*'

[coconi]

I just finished Tulin's storyline and excuse me while I bawl about this game further cementing the fact that Revali made himself a Champion. He was no descendant of an ancient Sage nor did he have a loving family to train him (that we know of). There was no power destined to be his: he crafted his own version of wind control without any support or spiritual guidance and excelled at it and then he and the other Champions went into battle without the special helms, without a sacred tear/charm to further enhance his abilities, without the certainty of two rulers (and a sage from the future) with god-like powers that could back them up if things went awry. Because of this, the original Sages survived where the Champions did not.

Revali was doomed from the start and if he'd known he would've still honed his craft and piloted Medoh with his beak held high and I am in shambles about it

#totk spoilers #tears of the kingdom spoilers #totk meta #don't mind me i'm having a normal one #and to be perfectly clear: this is not me downplaying tulin's achievements #I adore him and he worked his ass off and he /made/ himself worthy of the title of Sage and i wouldn't have it any differently #son boy son i would die for him #but by god do the champions (and revali in particular) hurt an extra amount in retrospective #totk may refuse to mention the champions by name (at least so far idk about the other regions) #but revali is so fucking present in the negative spaces he inhabits #revali's theme still plays at the flight range #when teba is introduced there is an emphasis on the strip of cloth attached to the great eagle bow #revali's landing is the first area of rito village that clears after the blizzard #the village's main spire is now named after medoh #and tulin looks far more honored to receive revali's bow (which is regarded as the very best) than he is about becoming a sage #it is thanks to revali's sacrifice that the village was granted the chance to thrive and defend itself #and that truth lives on no matter what

[saturncoyote]

why are they all named thorn anyways

idk, ask the guy who named these

#saturn speaks #actually a main theme in this story is that all characters are named after plants one way or another #though i try to make it not as obvious #Sage is named after sagebrushes #Eleanor's surname is short for Wildflower #Milford's fake name is yarrow like the herb #and of course Mildred Bluebell named after desert bluebells

[sonknuxadow]

wait a damn minute

she has the shoes that eggman gave her in that one sonic channel art ...... </3 i dont think she had them in the main game

#so cute. i lvoe you sage sonicfrontiers #sonic frontiers spoilers #once again idk what to tag this stuff as. spoiler tagging just in case #ifshe did have them in the main game then they werent visible because i dont remember ever seeing them #and i looked up screenshots to check and didnt see them there either

[the-sage-libriomancer]

can't stop thinking about Ayame. he's such an outlier to the zodiacs in so many ways:

-the only (adult) zodiac member not living on Sohma grounds.

-the only zodiac member who genuinely likes themselves and actively practices self-love.

-the only zodiac member with a sibling in the zodiac.

-the only zodiac member Akito hasn't harmed either mentally or physically (because she can't stand him lmao).

all of it makes him feel weirdly isolated from the Sohma family's trauma and the story as a whole. he isn't under the Sohmas' thumb. he isn't bogged down by hatred or self-loathing. he's never experienced Akito's wrath the way the other zodiac members have.

and it's fascinating to think about how he must've had a completely different experience from the other zodiacs. when he was growing up, Akito hadn't hurt any of them - Shigure and Kureno both had immunity, Hatori never caused problems, and the rest of them were too young or too obedient. Ayame never hated himself, nor did he ever find himself alone and friendless. he moved far away from the Sohmas, started his own business to make his own money, and hasn't had them breathing down his neck in years. he has, for all intents and purposes, escaped the Sohma family and its mountains of trauma completely unscathed.

and you know. i wonder if that's something else Yuki hates about Ayame. that all of the zodiacs have a horror story about Akito - that Rin got thrown out a window and Hatori lost an eye and even little Kisa was beaten half to death, that Yuki himself had to endure years of intense isolation, psychotic episodes, and literal fucking torture at the hands of Akito -

and Ayame never got hurt.

not even once.

#i have a character analysis of ayame stewing in my drafts #he's the kind of character that makes me ramble like crazy #anyway i do wonder how much ayame knows about akito's reign of terror #bc it's possible shigure/hatori told him about drama in the main house #but it's also possible that they didn't #(either bc they were protecting him or bc they didn't think he'd care) #so like. how much does ayame know ab zodiac trauma at the hands of akito #he's literally never had to deal with akito in crazy mode #he might not know much ab yuki's time with her except maybe vaguely that it was Bad #does he understand what sort of shit yuki went through??? does he fully appreciate the EXTENT of it??? #questions that keep me up at night #fruits basket #ayame sohma #yuki sohma #akito sohma #analysis #sage speaketh #edited for your convenience #(<-capitalized names and tweaked some wording)

[thinkingabout-girls]

ghosts and feeling watched

(reblogs are appreciated !!)

#sage draws sometimes #persona art #sona art #persona #artists on tumblr #ghosts #ask to tag #woagh sage art on main that’s crazy

[elliewiltarwyn]

polyam week day 4: outfit swaps | role change

"...if I'm dealing damage... and you're dealing damage... and she's tanking... who's healing the party??"

#ffxiv screenshots #ffxiv gpose #ffxivpolyamoryweek2024 #ffxivpolyamweek24 #my ocs: ellie wiltarwyn #my ocs: mia longhart #my ocs: lilyana tsuki #(top is canon and bottom is swapped in case it wasn't obvious) #they all *have* healing jobs. it's just not any of their mains anymore. >.> #but like canonically Mia sages through 90% of ShB and Lily always has astro on backup. #i started the game so determined to go against the grain and have my big strong tall woman be a caster/healer...alas #the pull of drk writing and punchy moveset was too strong #endwalker spoilers #for the arena

[lulu-draws-stuff]

New oc refs !

#art #illustration #ocs #oc redesign #oc reference #refs #Eliot #Mister Pumpernickel #Pavlova #Sage #Reese #there's only 5 of them so the formatting's a little weird #that's ok though. Eliot's the main character anyway #fav posts

[sagethegremlin]

reverse unpopular opinion: sonic idw comics?

OH THIS IS EASY I LOVE IDW

Specifically tho holy SHIT do I live starline he’s easily my second favorite sonic villain of all time (sorry gayboy but mephiles is number one)

Starline is so cool to me because when he’s introduced you know he means business but he’s still just some eggman fanboy. He’s a threat to his own right but that isn’t something we get to see until his idealization of eggman shatters.

For me what I like about starline always comes back to this page. This is the first time he’s really considering allowing HIMSELF to be in the spotlight, not just sharing it with eggman. From here we get to watch him build his own empire, one which inevitably crumbles when he becomes the exact thing he was fighting against. The way starline dies because he had adopted Eggman’s egoism always stands out to me. Starline never had issue before because he worked behind eggman, but after the creation of surge and kit, he lost his finesse. His carefulness.

Starline failed at being a villain because that was never what he was supposed to be. He was never fit to rule the world. He was never fit to take over. He was never fit to dethrone eggman. He was always meant to be a sidekick or a little gay henchman. It was when he tried to deviate from that that he failed.

He’s also just a really cool villain to watch work like I could talk for HOURS about when he tried to kidnap tails or when he actually did kidnap belle

#sage speaks #dr starline #sonic the hedgehog #main tagging because I talked a lot more than I meant to 😭

[ship-garbage-pile]

Respect to all the healers out there. Where do you find THE STRENGTH to do this daily??

#i'm leveling sage and each day is painful #blood is on my hands the battlefield is frightening!! being a Monk main and getting so used to being healed is very much eyeopening #healers need to be paid!!! #i develop survivors guilt so quickly as a healer like !! their deaths on my hands its too much but i've gotta do those role quests! #ffxiv #ff14 #my wol #oc: Sentra Tannk #my art #final fantasy #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14

[mayopocket]

the main visual

#valorant #valorant art #sage valorant #sage #she is the main visual #i love addressing the protocol like it's a kpop band