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dimiclaudeblaigan · 3 months

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I know you all know by default how much I love this conversation, but in RD at least, a lot of characters fall out of relevancy after a certain point (whereas in PoR you could argue that having full supports prevents this). Shinon is one of the only side characters who doesn't really do this, having three base conversations throughout part three (which is pretty fucking good considering several of the chapters aren't even with the Greil Mercenaries).

Back in PoR, Shinon asks for praise/gratitude. Expects it. By this point he doesn't want it anymore. He didn't want it when he was selling bows for emergency income (which Rolf took up as well) and he doesn't want it here either. His personality has chilled out so much from being a hothead and he's much more expressive of his actual feelings (even if you compare his standard death quotes in both games, he's much more emotionally expressive in RD).

A lot of characters - most honestly, including even the GMs (barring Boyd if he A supports Mist which gives him more content and expresses a whole lot of maturity compared to PoR Boyd) tend to drop off in development. They might stick around (ex. PoR puts all the major groups in the spotlight until the next group shows up and goes through all of them), but the development eventually stagnates outside of supports (including in base conversations, which this one is such).

Since RD doesn't get supports with full conversations, you only get snippets of development/characterization through them, while the base conversations may offer insight into the characters and show you how they've changed over the years but don't truly develop them. Shinon is a very lucky situation for his character because he keeps returning in both games, and it helps develop him across both games with a full timeline (similar to Naesala, who has a fully fleshed out story and personality development over both games and never stops dead at any point in the pair of games).

In PoR Shinon was distant and selectively a bit cold (Greil, Rolf and Gatrie excluded from that, and Mist to an extent as well). RD gives the impression that he just... doesn't care about all that anymore. He's fine where he is and has learned he can live with these people and not have to expect betrayal. He doesn't have to anticipate being on his own ever again. There's no real reason for him to keep up the walls and barriers to protect himself, and he's not living just to survive anymore.

Most times when I end up loving a character it's because of the content given to me and what have I to work with, rather than loving a character and searching for things to love. I fully expect that that's why I finally, after years of being unable to decide who my Tellius favorite was because I loved several of them too dearly to decide, found myself able to settle on Shinon.

When I got older and gave it more thought, considering all the development and traits of each of them and how responsive I was to them, one day I asked myself, well okay, what if someone asked you who your favorite was? What if you still did love the same ones as your number one, all of them, but could only give one name quick and simple? Who would you pick? The first name that instantly hit me was Shinon. That was enough for me to decide okay, there's a reason he's the first person who instantly came to me if I had to truly settle on one. I hadn't quite figured it out yet, but I knew there was a reason that if I had to pick a single standout, it would be him.

A lot of it harkens back to this conversation. It is development in and of itself, and also very expressive of who he is. The fact that he also doesn't fall off in conversations and is more recurring than not also gives me more to examine about him and more to think about. It puts him in a more likely position to think about him and who he is than I would for characters the writers didn't really bother developing (including other recurring characters like Marcia, who keep coming back in both games similar to Shinon, but see no development as a person - unfortunately in her case, in either game).

He has a very rich, detailed and unforgotten-by-the-writers character and one whose story ends on a very high note. I say "ends" in the sense of main story/base content, but it technically continues if he's taken to the Tower and gains the ability to A support various other characters who he otherwise could not support or could only reach a B support with, such as Sanaki, Tibarn, etc. This conversation is like an accumulation of his growth between both games, including the subtle things you can only pick up on through actions/other character lines.

Ike says he (everyone, which includes Shinon) chose to stay with them when he told everyone who their next employer was/what they'd be doing/etc, and Ike gave him and Soren an out if they weren't comfortable with it. They weren't all forced to go. That says by itself that Shinon made that choice on his own. He chose to stay with them when he was not yet totally comfortable with laguz and was still working on that part of himself (the fact that he uses the term "laguz" at all is already a huge step up from where he leaves off on his A support with Janaff, which did not leave off poorly at all).

Last time Shinon was uncomfortable with something in the Greil Mercenaries, he made the choice to leave. When he did come back, he was not exclusively surrounded by only the GMs and otherwise, purely laguz (which prior to meeting Janaff I would argue he was not ready for at all at the time). Here, he was, and he still made the choice to stay with them knowing exactly what his situation would look like.

Another thing worth considering is how much of a hothead Shinon was in PoR, but he still took Rolf on as a student. While I'm not sure exactly how accurate Mist's statement is about "forcing" Rhys to teach her (it's possible she was pushy about it because he didn't want to, such as because it might mean she might end up on the battlefield), we do know Rolf wanted to learn and was accepted.

We can easily infer through their conversations that Shinon would rather teach him to survive and have a safety net rather than worry about him being on a battlefield. Shinon saw that he was motivated to learn and, regardless of the fact that he was still in survival mode himself and not of the mind of "I'll be with these people forever and want to help them", taught him while apparently having told him "things like this happen" with mercenaries (i.e. different employers, separation, etc). If they ended up on opposite sides but Rolf could wield a weapon, that could endanger him, but he does it anyway. His priority is always survival, but it's also the survival of children and anyone he cares about. He also dies begrudgingly in his PoR death quote, which is completely opposite of his death quote against Rolf.

Another thing for me: he's also very confident and aware of his capabilities as a marksman. He knows what he's worth and at this point, he no longer brags about it (he used to all the time in PoR). He sees no reason to have to prop himself up. There's no insecurity in him that makes him feel the need to try to be open about being better than anyone else. He knows and accepts what he's worth without feeling the need to tell people about it.

If someone asked him what he thought of himself/his own worth, yeah, he'd admit his skill and capability without being too humble, but he also wouldn't go overboard with it or say it during instances that don't really warrant it (basically, if absolutely nobody asked, he'd say it anyway in PoR. In RD he doesn't really seem to give a shit anymore about letting the whole world know how good he is). He's lost the whole pick me, look at me sort of attitude. Imo it's also due to a higher amount of respect he has for himself now, and a much healthier one. He doesn't care about being the best anymore (he'd be perfectly happy if Rolf was instead) and is just satisfied knowing his skill on his own. He's satisfied not being alive just to survive, but to be with this mercenary group and actually able to live.

As a side note, we never actually see him having drunk or in the middle of drinking in RD, so... it's also likely he's worked on his possible PoR drinking issue too!

All in all, he's just one of the few non-main characters who came a whole long way with a full story. He feels very different in RD, but not so much that he feels like a different character entirely. For me, I can feel the growth in who he is, and that to me is an excellent handling of a character. When I can feel how different they are from beginning to end, I can feel the intent of character growth behind it. I can't tell you with certainty that the writers took a liking to him and so biasly kept sticking in dialogue for him (and singlehandedly made him one of the solidly best units in RD, for that matter...), but he's definitely repeatedly present and has hefty, story/backstory littered implications.

His dialogue feels meaningful to his own personal story in all his conversations. In other words, he doesn't have a conversation that feels devoid of meaning. It comes across more as all of his content exists for a reason/has meaning behind it. There's no wasted dialogue with him. When he's there, it means something for his character (comparatively to other side characters who may have lengthy conversations but you walk away having gotten nothing out of it, be that in PoR and/or RD).

He has fewer supports than most of the cast in PoR, but every single one had some kind of direction to it. Even if you look at his C support with Janaff and go "well that's just classic early PoR Shinon", the point of that is exactly that: that he starts out who we recognize and develops from there. That support alone goes from that to a lot of growth in three conversations, and beneficially so on both sides.

Simply put, he has more content the average Tellius character (including all of his boss quotes in chapter 18), and everything leads up to who he is by this conversation. It's a full story for a side character, later including personalized support dialogue for A supports, and he just happens to exhibit a lot of growth and traits that I already lean toward (hence why he was in my top spot all along, just tied with others. Now he's not tied with others and has the top spot to himself!).

I think it's likely it's the fact that as mentioned, none of his conversations are throwaway conversations. You never walk away from his conversations having gotten nothing (I mean, I'm sure people who refuse to see it don't notice precisely because they are willing themselves to refuse to see it to find excuses to keep hating him). Even in his first RD base conversation, the fact that he acts as you'd expect but drops a "laguz" in there is already a hint for his growth direction on top of being there at all. It's really just up from there, as is the case with all his content.

I tend to lean toward characters with a whole fountain of insightful conversations and depth, and in FE games you often don't find those characters outside of the mains. While I'd argue Tellius is a lot less tropey than modern FE (there were some tropey types like Makalov and Ilyana whose characters are basically nothing without their tropes), a lot of its side characters are still reduced to very surface level characterization with no real growth.

Shinon was very lucky to get as much as he did, and I'd say he has just as much if not more personal depth and lore than even some of the mains themselves. Imo he's a very lucky and rare find in FE games, when there are so many goddamn characters that the writers can't flesh them all out (reasonably of course, but it makes it even more special when it happens for non mains). Even with the Fodlan games and all its content, a lot if not most of its characters are full on tropes with little to nothing in the way of anything else. Engage suffers from it too, with a few diamonds in the rough and not much else.

That's not to say I hate the games or their characters, because obviously I would not still be playing new titles to the franchise if I hated it. I'm saying it makes the ones with as much depth as Shinon a gold mine to be found amidst a very large cast of characters that don't usually get that treatment.

anyway i will always talk abt shinon more when able so this is Not The End but i will end this post here lest it turns into another 20+ paragraphs.

#DCB RD Run #Shinon #i was gonna post this a long time ago but then my fandom interests shifted again #but then a friend in said fandom showed blatant interest in shinon and that's all it took #i wasn't kidding when i said even when i go into other fandoms tellius just STICKS with me #shinon can't leave me and i can't leave him i am simply bound to him at this point #i remember back in the day when i couldn't determine who my fave was in these games #and i just asked myself like... if someone asked for your fave and you could only pick one char #who would you pick in that situation (since when trying to decide i was always like #it's oscar ike shinon ranulf and soren and probably reyson!!!) but if i had to pick only one?#asking MYSELF that was difficult... but if i considered someone ELSE asking me?#my answer was immediately shinon. as shinon himself would say! ''no hesitation''!#that was when i actually genuinely knew my answer. kinda hard to deny when my little heart and brain just #instantly processed that answer without any actual thought. I stuck with it since and honestly???#I've been so happy for it. I've been so happy expressing my love for him!#I love Ike too ofc but it's a very different feeling ig since Ike is already insanely loved by the fandom #shinon is like... my special little guy

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sysig · 2 years

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Only 3′ and under please, check your height at the door (Patreon)

#Doodles #Deltarune #Pokemon #Spamton #Sableye #Shuppet #So I absolutely love Spamton with a Porygon it is so galaxy brained #But while I was drawing him I was like ''Who does he remind me of...... Little gremlin vibes who's interested in shinies.... AH FUCK''#Sableye my dearest I'm so sorry but it's the same vibes lol #As soon as I got the image in my head of them reacting to each other and then going off to gobble down precious materials I just #I couldn't Not do it I Had to do it!#They honestly look really cute good bonding experience #As long as they don't get territorial about it lol #I wouldn't pick a fight with a Sableye y'seen those teeth? You can have the shiny rock #And then I thought about it a little more and I was like ''Hey.........on the topic of things being thrown in the garbage''#That sounds so mean lol no I love Shuppet! Shuppet's great ♥#I can't believe that Shuppet is so lorge lol I was expecting them to be at least as small as Sableye but no they're bigger!#The horn must account for a good majority lol #I figured if any Pokemon would get what Spam was going through it'd probably be Shuppet :'( Babes deserve better #And then a couple silly ones lol #Trash goblins! Metropolitan pests <3 #Spam in the garbage can does make me laugh haha #Peeky peeks #And then an extremely loose height chart lol #I still cannot get over how tiny Sableye are they're just so small #Shuppet are so baby as well! Probably not quite as baby as I ended up making this one tho lol I can't help they're So Baby!#And I think that's my first googly eyed Spam lol

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barbieaiden · 8 months

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finished bg3. i have. mixed feelings to say the least

#i think the pacing of the story was a bit weird in general #it really picked up in the last quest but you know.#it shouldn't pick up in the LAST QUEST i was barely invested for the entirety of act 3 #i feel like a lot of companions got bittersweet or straight up bad endings which i just. idkkkkk #bittersweet is ok i guess but so many of them??? maybe i made really bad choices but i kind of #feel like i didn't?????? idk #i absolutely hate when games don't really give you an option to speak to your companions for one last time though which #this game didn't. some of them sure but #couldn't they just throw a little party or something idk the endings always feel so abrupt to me when you don't get like #one last final conclusion on the companions. you know #and your allies too!!!!!!!#idk i think this game is so much fun. i love it for being fun #but act 3 could use some improvements #and i honestly think the main quests should've been done differently #more information in act 3 and maybe a clearer sense of direction in act 3?????#i felt like i didn't know what i was doing in act 3 honestly #i knew what the goal was but i had like 150 quests

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fdragon-art · 5 months

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Day 23 (30 Days | Homestuck - Day 9) - Favourite Flash ([S] Jade: Enter)

"CG: YOU MADE AN UNBEATABLE BOSS IS WHAT YOU DID"

=Thoughts=

I'm wondering if I should really write these when the pieces are made simply since not a great deal of thought is put into the how of it. It's been an interesting habit, but still.

Trying to pick how to go about this took some thought, but a simple scene that shows the impact of the whole thing seemed right, both because simple & doable and also because it demonstrates the impact of the whole flash and not just one scene (though that would've been a good approach too).

I just did a simple mostly-symmetrical piece of Bec Noir since, aside from the clothes and scar, he is largely symmetrical. The bust portion was done incomplete intentionally but the wings, while also incomplete, extended beyond the intended frame 'cause otherwise it wasn't going to look natural.

It's surprising the power of a reference shot (even if this is closer to a panel redraw). The flash had some good shots of Bec Noir on its own.

#homestuck #30days #jack noir #bec noir #year 4 #art #I honestly couldn't pick a single favourite flash because so many of them were good #But then I realised that.. despite Cascade and Collide being right up the top (alongside Unite/Synchronise and GAME OVER)#Jade: Enter probably had the biggest impact in terms of the effect on the story to me. Like #We're being told this mystery of a Jack-looking character who's destroying stuff and being a ridiculous threat to the trolls #And then we get this animation and we very much get the biggest/softest ''...oh. Oh no...'' the story's got to give #And it makes the /entire/ second quarter of Homestuck thrilling and exciting.. just from one element of the story #The first quarter builds up to the game and works well as an introductory phase. The third is...a little slow but an intended build up to #the last quarter (but fails to have quite the same payoff as [S]Jade: Enter).. and the last quarter is hectic and intense (as opposed to #suspenseful and thrilling)#So yeah. It's a pretty great moment in Homestuck story-telling in terms of single-moment impact built by what came before in the story~

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maranull · 8 months

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🎶✨when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. Send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers/mutuals (negotiable, dont feel pressured or anything lol)✨🎶

#asks #thank you <3 #why was this so hard tho #picking only 5 songs is so hard #honestly i couldn't choose what the 5th would be so it's just one of my favs #not really something i listen on repeat

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in-tua-deep · 1 year

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i need you to know that ever since three years ago when you posted the first part of your tua hogwarts au, i have been deeply obsessed with it. it has lived with me rent free for three long years. nonstop.

adfsSFDghASDF i'm glad !! i do really have a guilty pleasure for hogwarts aus, though it's for a version that i've built in my head based on my siblings retellings and fandom over the years! admittedly i,,, never actually read the whole series even as a kiddo

though fun fact: one of my earliest memories is going to see the first harry potter movie in 2001 when i was like, four-ish? i fell asleep and woke up during the part where the unicorn is being vampire'd which certainly made an impression lol

sometimes i think i'd like to properly write it up but that would require a deeper dive into hp than i'm willing to make tbh, though i get away with surface knowledge and quickly googled questions in my little scribbly tumblr posts ;3c

#fuck jk amiright #i did watch the movies though i never have finished the books #i made an attempt in jr high and just didn't #which is honestly shocking bc i read and finished other series i actively did not enjoy just for the completionist nature in me #but i mean i was a tiny english child so i couldn't escape the harry potter hype #the whole thing is just. marred though by everything i a) didn't pick up on as a child in the books and b) everything jk is doing now #i wonder why it managed to gain such notoriety #though i was a warrior cat kid #rather than a harry potter kid #the true tragedy is that i'm not a furry despite being in all the furry adjacent communities smh #BUT i really do like my hogwarts au for tua though despite everything #i miss what i used to think harry potter was when my sister was retelling me the plot #the opposite for animorphs though whatever the fuck is actually in the text is so much more interesting than my sister's retellings #i would love to read them again as an adult if i could #but i can't get past the kneecaps going backwards when i know too much about animal anatomy #who knows though might give it another shot one of these days #it's actually super impressive how much i know about harry potter due to pure cultural assimilation though #i know so many book specific things despite not even reading them what the fuck #in case anyone is wondering my stance in general though #it's 'fuck terfs'#viktor is a trans man and i'm nonbinary and terfs can get the fuck off my dash in general

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askbadlydrawnalfred · 2 years

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Who’s your favorite person to just have a chill day with?

"Sometimes I can still hear his voice..."

#but everyone is great honestly i couldn't seriously pick one person sorry #askbadlydrawn #hws #hetalia #i should had drawn more muses in the background hmmm

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theheadlessgroom · 11 months

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https://www.tumblr.com/beatingheart-bride/719251327573786624/beatingheart-bride-theheadlessgroom

@beatingheart-bride

It always surprised Wilhelm to hear that little reminder, that affirmation, that he did not deserve to be shunned or treated as harshly as he was: Although he was a proud man-proud of his heritage, proud of his family, proud of where he came from-and was never afraid to say so, a man could only take so much abuse before he started to believe it himself. He tried not to let it get under his skin, of course, reminding himself that they were just narrow-minded people who didn’t know him the way people like his wife and son did, but still...

...it still managed to burrow under his skin like a damned tick. It burrowed, it planted itself in him, slowly poisoned him-it made him stop, second-guess himself, even when he knew he shouldn’t. It was frustrating, exhausting, and demoralizing, but still, he hung in there. Call it stubbornness (the hallmark of a good Pace), call it optimism, a sort of Pollyanna-ish outlook on things, but he reminded himself that the harsh words, the rude stares, the little whispers...they meant nothing. He let them roll off his back, and instead chose to believe in the little reminders: From June, from Randall...

…and now, from Emily.

“Thank you, lass,” he smiled softly at that: Neither do you, he wanted to say, but for now, he settled on gratitude for the kind words of this sweet siren, sitting in his bathtub.

#((he's totally kicking himself! but he won't waste another moment; he's already done so long enough!))#((and honestly; it's going to be HILARIOUSLY easy for dorian and emily to pull the wool over the eyes of all of louisiana!))#((because you're right; they-and both sets of parents-really will only see what they wanna see! it'll take little convincing))#((for the gracey and de clair parents to get onboard with this union; they have no reason as far as they can see))#((to believe that their children are being disingenuous; they completely buy into the notion that they're wildly in love with one another))#((and couldn't be happier at the thought! neither could've picked a better; more ideal spouse for their child!))#((and y'know; i could see beau and lena tagging along with the others! i think beau; being more of a father figure to dorian))#((than his *actual* father would want to be there for the wedding/be by his ward's side in this new chapter of his life))#((and of course lena wants to see her daughter get married and be a part of her life as well; so i could see her tagging along too!))#((and that's an interesting idea; the others sort of remembering their time as ghosts...but perhaps; like dorian; they chalk it up))#((to being nothing more than nightmares; not knowing the truth behind them? it's an interesting idea; i dig it!))#outofhatboxes #beatingheart-bride #V:Part of Your World

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yuriyuruandyuraart · 10 months

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RED LIGHT

#art #my art #utmv #xtale #cross sans #cross #cross!sans #i've always wanted to try out the ink-like shading on one of my pieces but i never had the guts to try it out >:'D #so i went all out by trying out a new style AND with different versions cause i couldn't pick which one i liked the most hhh xD #i'm honestly pretty proud of all three ngl!#i tried so hard to draw a somewhat realistic cigarette smoke and i'm? hoping it looks alright!! >:'D #anyways this is for all my fellow cross simps out there >;)c <33333

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emile-hides · 1 year

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My mind is plagued by them so badly if anyone wants to do me the biggest solid and send me asks about them I know no one goes here anymore but this is for me to say my many thoughts at a void I just need a single prompt

#Fairy Tail #FairyTail #I made this to put my Queer headcanons on paper like I did for the Baka&Test cast but I just couldn't do it #There's so many fuckin guys y'all #I have so many thoughts there's so many guys just pick one and ask my thoughts I'll write you a novel #This is the second biggest solid you can do for me rn honestly brain fuckin full #I did my best to even slightly organize my emotions for these guys but honestly there is no one category that can hold any of them #I'm so stupidly attached to the Catholic Arc of Fairy Tail it's an Anime only Lucy centered filler Arc and I'm so attached to it #It's got all my favorite guys it's got Gonzolas it's got Jackpot it's got Sammy #It's got Catholic Guilt and the horrifying notion that inanimate objects in Fairy Tail's universe have will and feelings and conciousness #but not the ability to realize they have these things or to act upon them lest a Wizard uses cursed magic to give them human form #It's fucked as hell and I think about Laponte more often than he deserves #but also it has a buff ass blue cat with a Brother Complex and a Berdly level of bitchy smart boy attitued #And the second dumbest man ever written #Oh btw Fairy Tail is full of Dumbest Men You'll Ever Meet you want a dumb man Fairy Tail's your place no one thinks in this house #*Shakes Toby* Behold the dumbest fuckin guy ever written I love him so much I want to rattle his pea brain around his skull #I'm so abnormal about Fairy Tail guys please ask me about them I am alone at sea #as I deserve honestly but I'm still wishing for a message in a bottle #you could also commission me that's cool too that's solider number 1 right there

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creamecream · 1 year

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Rhys pinup!

#I did my girls and honestly my boys deserve pinups just as much as they do #I did not know where to start so I asked my friends and their pick would get priority #rhys was the pick so a pinup of him got preferred treatment and here he is #I was very tempted to put juilet's name or principessa on that collar but somehow refrained #not that there's anything wrong with doing that but I thought the ring looked better #(I was going to put a heart but I couldn't get it to look right)#the wing on the left is further back than his right wing I *hope* that is conveyed properly #if anyone has any specific one of my boys they'd like to see tell me! I'm still at a loss of how to continue #I'm mainly thinking of ghayth because of his cat feet but if anyone has any suggestions passed that I'd welcome them!#I just noticed his feets are kinda tiny oops sorry rhys #hazbin hotel #fan character #rhys #nsfw-ish

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flare-dragon · 2 years

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you get to pick THREE of your favorite jake english traits. what are they?

(Tumblr ate my previous answer, so apologies if it's not as in-depth as before)

His Kindness You can't deny that he cares about his friends and tries his best to be kind to them, even if he has plenty of social blunders with them. He might not always know what to say or do, but he definitely tries, and it's hard to fault that~

...His Appearance I won't reduce him to his appearance or such, but I can't deny that the glasses/hair combo is appealing. Mixed with the outfit that says "I love a good adventure!" and it's a fun set-up. I already was a fan of jackets (coats like that are pretty similar), though the cargo shorts are probably a familiarity thing XD

His Weakness It's not often you get a major character who not only has such weaknesses, but keeps them by the end of the story. His particular weakness is not just an aversion to conflict, but a complete avoidance of trying to solve them, social and otherwise.

Like, right before the major combat at the end, he hid himself away from everyone and came to the conclusion he's just not good around anyone. It isn't true from our perspective - he struggles, but he's got a good heart - but his self-esteem took major hits from his constant missteps with Dirk and Jane, the cockamamie that was being Trickster, and being imprisoned by Jane like he was. He genuinely feels he's not good to be around people.

In a more standard story, he'd either be given the chance to reconcile that with his friends and, with their support as well as that of new companions, he'd work on being more conscious of his actions - or at least, learning how best to make up for them while accepting people still like him - or he'd be written off of the narrative, likely dying. Except, he's still alive by the end and yet still hasn't "resolved" this part of him. It's interesting~

(Honorable Mention: His Relatability - It's not really a quality of Jake as it is an interaction between his qualities and the consumption of him as a character, but he and Egbert are two characters I always felt a little closer to. Having a hard-of-hearing for Jake honestly just made it easier to notice XD)

#homestuck #jake english #hetalks #theytalk #Thanks for the ask~ ^^#This is mostly word ramble - I honestly couldn't pick /accurately/ my three favourite traits of his - but still accurate heheh #Honestly the last one surprised me a little bit though #''Why would you find a /weakness/ a favourite trait?'' And the answer really is ''Because it's more interesting/real''#Of course seeing him resolve it and find more acceptance of his failings/learning to work on them would've been more satisfying #in a traditional sort of way but seeing his personhood still include the shortcomings people are known to have? m #And one that's actually acknowledged by the narrative even in spite of it never being resolved? It's neat~

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siixkiing · 1 year

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🍑 Muse Theme Songs 🍑: Sun Wukong

post theme songs for your muse

🍑 Sun Wukong’s Playlist 🍑

🍑 Standard Theme 🍑: I'll Stand Up - Braddock Lee + Living Legend - Club Danger 🍑 Battle Theme 🍑: I am King - Black Hydra & Easy McCoy + Champion - Sun Heat 🍑 Emotion Theme 🍑: Hiding in the Blue - TheFatRat & RIELL + Towards the Sun - Rihanna 🍑 Boss Battle Theme 🍑: Don't Get In My Way - Zack Hemsey + For the Glory - All Good Things

#Loss of Powers | {OOC}#Time For The Hero Stuff | About the Muse {Sun Wukong}#Muse Playlist | {Quiz}#I couldn't just pick one for each of these; since I have SO many song that I think suite Wukong so so so much #So I limited myself to 2 per catagory and included the playlist I have on youtube for him ^3^#Plus; getting to share music I listen to for my muse OF COURSE I'm sharing #Honestly; I have so so so many and adding constantly #So many too to fit each theme but went with my favs for most of these #Enjoy~#You Are Not Invited | {Do Not Reblog}

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fdragon-art · 4 months

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Day 34 (30 Days | Homestuck - Day 19) - Favourite Overall Pairing Set (John, Dave, & Karkat - "The HoH Boys" (Redrawn))

"Dave really can't help himself around Karkat, can he...?"

=Thoughts=

Redraws are fun in a lot of ways, but they can often have the caveat of leaning too heavily into the original's composition...at least, that seems to be a trouble I have at times. It's a fun wonder when that doesn't happen~

Picking what to keep in the original and what to change didn't take much effort. I liked pretty much all of it, but it all just needed a slight updated. I also opted to change their footwear, as much as I don't seem to like drawing shoes.

Pose-wise, I decided to keep it much the same. It still told plenty in terms of character, so I just decided to refresh it. Gave Karkat & John a tighter expression, but otherwise. The exception was the position of John's arms since it didn't really feel like him to cover his mouth while laughing (that's a me thing ^^''), so I went for laughing shoulders instead.

Drawing character mid-walk is a pain in my ass, but I decided to keep it. It...didn't quite work out, but that just means using this as reference of what to fix next time (like using a perspective's plane so I can see where the feet should sit). I'm...still not sure how to properly shape the legs, but I'll get there.

Honestly, though, Dave and Karkat's interaction here is just so fun. The casual smart-assey pose Dave has contrasted against Karkat's very obvious frustration with him with his shaking fists, tight eyes, and a very clear "fuck you" by his other hand/arm.

Ahh...I do love the results of redraws~

#homestuck #30days #john #john egbert #dave #dave strider #karkat #karkat vantas #year 4 #art #hoh #hard of hearing #hearing aids #deaf character #I may have bent the prompt here since I couldn't really pick another pairing aside from JohnDave #(Although I considered Rose and Kanaya since they are honestly a delight in the comic~)#So rather than just draw another John and Dave.. I decided to go for one of my other favourite dynamics: John Dave & Karkat~#And I remembered this old piece I did so a redraw of it was perfect~#It's funny to think about at this point of time though. I very much headcanon Jake as HoH and love the idea of Dirk getting him hearing aid #But although John will always be a comfort character in terms of imagining him HoH.. I just don't headcanon any of them this way #It's less that it's far from possible from it (Karkat's a mutantblood and is very shouty.. and Dave did get beaten regularly by a neglectfu #guardian who may not have kept the best eye on his health)#It's just that it always felt too strongly like an ''I wish'' instead of ''canon could support this'' so it's harder for me to headcanon it #But I absolutely love any and all Homestuck deaf/hoh content so it'll always be joyful to see and make~

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