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volfoss · 3 months
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actually yeah im making a quick poll on this. for anyone who has been around long enough to remember when i made my massive clamp readathon situation (in which i read every single one of the works they put out) be everyones problem. hi. im doing it again but much worse now. reading about 400 volumes (and more if i can find more) of tezuka osamu's work. i am just curious on the general consensus of if i should upload thoughts as i read each one (ie: one post being like i finished kimba/jungle kingdom, heres my thoughts) or just have a MASSIVE post of hey. read them all heres my thoughts (as i did with clamp. which is when i found out tumblr had a max text limit)
#twist rambles#i KNOW this is smth most of u do not care about. however comma. im curious what would be better. esp as like... about 50?? i think percent#of these have no translation fan or official. so its smth where i think discussing the plot/characters/art or whatever could be fun :)#but its also like. obviously a lot. for comparison the clamp stuff was abt 90 volumes (half of them being holic and trc). so this is far#worse. i could read all of naruto 5.5 times over in the time this will take me to complete it. so its smth where i do want to like... get#opinions on. either way i dont plan on liveblogging for most of it other than if i find a silly panel (the really good mw panels u will#ALWAYS be famous <- i post them every time i read i think. theyre very good to me). i do however plan on coloring a panel or page from each#series as my OWN personal way of having a physical way of holding onto my memories w it. sorry this is so long and rambly but im gearing up#for this massive project and by god i need to get ppl to read dor.oro. <- my goal or something. please. its very good.#tzkposting#<- all of my posting abt this will/has been under this tag so its not... in the main tags lmao.#sorry for the rambling but. hi. please vote :3 im making a big spreadsheet for stuff bc like... a lot of his stuff is hard to source so onc#im done w that nightmare situation ill probably post that somewhere bc the days of work ive done on all this should be put out there lol#gonna srb this a few times through the day to get like... an idea of what ppl would prefer :)
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isabelguerra · 1 year
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so the ooc writing thing is its own discussion and you know the whole ‘you dont see a character for a while or you get too attached to one but the story doesn’t move fast enough for you to learn who they actually are and you end up with a closer attachment to the idea of the character you’ve constructed in your head than their actual canon characterization’ argument we’re familiar with it by now.
but what about that with designs. like after not seeing your fav for years and drawing fanart and thinking of them and putting moodboards together and doodling little outfits and style types you think they’d wear or would fit their personality and doing that for months and months and when they finally show back up in the source material, or you go back and look at them, its like. what the fuck. who are you. like you ARE my best friend baby boygirl but youre so undeveloped. youre so raw. premature. where is your juice
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essthereal-archived · 2 months
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HAIII ESSIE PLS HELP
[https://www.tumblr.com/essthereal/735367911533854720/muse-dash-hatsune-miku-graphics-headers?source=share]
can i have the like. hastune miku pics in here bc i can not find the official art for the life of me. Diwksbisbe sorry for bothering u its for a request :]
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mhm, here u go ~ ( all of these were found on google , you know it's official art because of the crypton future media copyright on the bottom ! ) and its no problem at all ^_^
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lesbianrumi · 1 year
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leander, pagan symbolism, and other notes.
ok so people have already brought up that leander is covered in or surrounded by a lot of symbolism. but there’s way more where that came from. idk if someone has compiled all of them in one place but i’m doing it here bc i’m feeling crazy at the moment
first, let’s get the obvious ones out of the way
there’s the ouroboros on his earring and in his charm
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it’s a pagan symbol and also symbolizes alchemy. the ouroboros features a serpent eating its own tail and “symbolizes the eternal nature of the universe and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. The symbol is closely associated with that of infinity, and the two are typically combined” (source)
we can see that it’s combined with the infinity symbol on the charm, which of course has to do with eternity
then there’s the triple moon/triple goddess on his belt buckle, yet another pagan symbol (credit to this post for this insight!)
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here’s some info on the triple moon: “The first crescent, the waxing moon, symbolizes new life, rejuvenation, and new beginnings. The middle circle represents the full moon when magic is at its most powerful. Finally, the second crescent moon represents the moon during its waning period. This time of the moon phase is a time that is regarded as the best to send things away, remove them from your life, or finish things.” (source)
there are also white lilies featured in leander’s CG, on his charm and pin, and in the game trailer
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surprise! it’s also a pagan symbol!
supposedly, “pagans used white lilies as decorations on May Day. Part of the festivities include young women dancing around the May Pole with ribbons with lilies in their hair. In this setting lilies represent renewed life, health and fertility.” (source)
but wait, there’s more!
like the earth symbol on the chain attached to his lapel pin
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another pagan symbol that “is also sometimes used to symbolize Mother Earth. The element of earth is associated with the colors of brown and green, abundance, prosperity, and fertility.” (source) apparently it’s the ultimate symbol of the divine feminine
finally, green is practically leander’s official colour. it’s the colour of his eyes, his magic, and is featured heavily all over his sprite and official art. interestingly, it’s also the colour of the cloaks that his bloodhounds wear
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you guessed it - the colour green is tied to paganism
it symbolizes “youth and fertility, evil and envy” and is connected to the season of spring as well as to nature (source). in the bible, green “means immortality, resurrection, growth, prosperity, and restoration” as well as fertility (source)
now onto some things that i might just be reading into lmao
like the gold points on leander’s trench coat, as well as the tiny inverted triangle between his clavicles, which is also featured in one of initial sketches for his earring. this could be the water symbol
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again, it’s pagan. and is “believed to have a strong feminine connection, and so it is associated with all aspects of the goddess. The inverted triangle used to symbolize water is felt by some to symbolize the womb and is befitting with this element's feminine association.” (source)
the same source mentions that water is a “healing and purifying element that is connected to the West. Water can be used in rituals involving love and other emotions, and flowing water in nature, such as a river, or the sea, can be incorporated into magical workings that focus on carrying away negativity or other unwanted aspects of your life.”
i included it because it mentions the goddess, the womb (so possibly fertility), and femininity, which you’ve probably noticed by now is a recurring meaning for the other symbols on him
flowing water also brings lowtown to mind, since it’s described as being eroded by some sort of flood
next i’ll bring up leander’s dagger earring again, focusing not on the ouroboros but the dagger itself
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in the demo, the mc notes that the earring is “dagger shaped.” but what if it’s not a dagger at all? what if it’s the ankh?
this could be a stretch, but note the hoop at the top of the dagger
the ankh is an “ancient Egyptian hieroglyph means life or living. Over time the ankh has come to symbolize eternal life and immortality to people from many walks of life. In ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the gods were always seen carrying an ankh, making it a symbol of divinity.” (source)
another reach, but i was looking at pagan symbols that might be a match for the diamond that shows up on leander’s lapel pin and his belt buckle, and came across the unicursal hexagram
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this is the weakest link imo, especially because this isn’t a pagan symbol, but i thought i’d add it anyway since it seemed neat
the unicursal hexagram is a “six-pointed star is drawn unicursally, meaning that it is drawn in one continuous line. The hexagram represents the divine and heavenly forces of the universe. In Aleister Crowley's occult order Thelema, a five-petaled flower is placed in the middle to represent the pentacle and the five classical elements.” (source)
some other insights that i wanted to bring up here, though they have less to do with symbolism and are more concrete/tied to the game specifically
first up, as mentioned earlier, green might as well be leander’s official colour... so what about the red items on him? what significance do they have?
there’s this glowing red object attached to his belt, which i can’t help but think looks like an inverted version of the largest spire in eridia. you know, the spire that’s confirmed to be the senobium
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also note how the windows in eridia all seem to glow with a similar red light in this CG...
there’s also a (faintly glowing?) red gem on his dagger earring, which looks to be diamond-shaped
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what does it mean? what does it all mean?
your guess is as good as mine! but given all the allusions to the divine feminine, the (triple) goddess, fertility, etc. i can’t help think that leander might be in league with some kind of goddess or female deity. we already know that gods exist in some form or another, since ais is connected to a god and kuras is an angel, so the idea isn’t completely off base
did this goddess save leander’s life in the past, hence the constant motifs of renewed life, rebirth/resurrection, immortality, and so forth? maybe the scar that covers a good portion of his body had been enough to kill leander, or just nearly, until she intervened somehow
is he working with her to potentially overthrow the senobium, which we know he dislikes? are leander’s bloodhounds in on this? is the fact that leander’s magic is so powerful due to some kind of pact he has with the goddess?
obviously, i have no clue. i’m just throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks msfjskfjhfd
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lotus-pear · 3 months
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WAIWAIWAIT…
“chuuya and dazai met at fifteen and didn’t even get partnered that year.”
source?!
(just wondering bc i’m making a timeline & haven’t seen anything abt this & wanna make sure i don’t miss anything hehe)
also shipping discourse is so unserious sometimes (especially in bsd fandom) 😭 skk shippers do to knkdz what sigzai shippers do to skk
i’m seeing a common denominator… /j ILY DAZAI MY BBG YOUVE NEVER DONE A SINGLE THING WRONG I BLAME BSDTT (it’s even funnier bc i hc Dazai as aspec HAHA)
KEEP LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE WIFEY YOUR ART IS BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER WHOS IN IT <333
well i mean its just safe to assume bc they didn’t actually become double black until after the events of stormbringer. dazai says the day they leveled an enemy organization overnight with chuuya’s corruption is the night they became known as double black. i could be wrong but their partnership wasn’t official until mori realized how formidable they would be together. yk since before their partnership chuuya was running the mafias gem smuggling syndicate and dazai was mori’s right hand man, nearly an executive. it’s not like dazai wasn’t used to nullify corruption before that, as shown in stormbringer when chuuyas gate is opened for the first time and dazai is sent to close it, it’s just that they weren’t working together in tandem. the unconfirmed seventeen light novel will probably delve more into their partnership and probably disprove this but that’s just what i think
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luvit · 2 months
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Ah fuck, I use Poe for self use bots, I do ALL the writing and spend hours editing and training them based on official sources (NEVER EVER from other artists), I had no idea they ripped off writers :( it’s quite sad for me since they’re the only way I can feel “closer” to my favorite characters, as lame as it may sound
yeah, i get that since it's a very personalized thing that caters to you specifically! i also started using bots before i got back into writing (this was during my hiatus lmfao), but it was very short lived bc it was just not amusing or to my standard of quality tbh. and then i found all this stuff out lol. like i said, i'm not calling everyone who uses them a thief or a plagiarist or that using ai is inherently wrong. i know many ppl don't intend for this at all or know abt it either. it's just that these sites have become really popular and the trend of massively consuming content vs. interacting w the community/creators has taken over fandoms and media. personally, i think ai chatbot sites now are what wattpad was to fandoms in 2011-2016ish(?).
i think it's a fun and cool function in theory, but not when the developers are basically exploiting creators who spent these types of hours and dedication to something they do for free. i'm not thaaat familiar with poe vs other platforms, but i do know they built upon openai and chatgpt. i think they have their own llm from those foundations, but i'm not entirely sure the logistics of it besides they for sure have and/or based their code on the two i listed
i mean, the bots have to learn somehow and there's only so much you can input in the creation functions. bots know how to use search functions and pull information from other sites and sources outside of the ones you initially put in. it's not restricted, hence the reason why we have to tweak them so much and feed it more material if it doesn't find enough on its own. it's just that these public sites like ao3/tumblr/wattpad/etc. are on databases where these llms are downloading ppl's hard work to use as sample material is what gets me.
overall, i think ai can be a great thing and can benefit us a lot. but i just cannot stand using ai as a form of "art." it just sucks that having what can be fun turns into something that takes advantage of and competes/harms other creators in the process, and we don't even get a say abt it.
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worflesbian · 1 year
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right okay i dont know exactly how persistent an issue this is bc i almost never go into the tags on this website, but even ive noticed this happening so i feel like that’s justification to make a post about it. the whitewashing of julian bashir as an established Thing not just in the fandom but in official merch has been discussed before, but recently i’ve noticed the inverse happening with martok and b’elanna, a white character and a lighter latina character who people seem to often draw darker than they are in canon. and there’s like. a Lot going on there to unpack.
so this video goes into some detail about the racism baked into the origins and design of the klingons in tos, it’s very informative about the anti-asian stereotypes especially in a 60s context but i feel like it doesnt really cover the way that antiblackness becomes a more significant factor in the next gen era so like. if you didn’t know, the majority of the klingon characters in the next gen-ds9-voyager era are either played by actors with dark skin or Very frequently by white actors in heavy dark makeup. if you look up the actors of grilka, alexander, kehleyr, and sirella for example you’ll see what im talking about like the difference is Stark and these are some of the main recurring klingons across both shows. hopefully i do not need to explain why packing white actors in brown makeup to play members of a species characterised as violent, warlike and animalistic is racist. i say hopefully bc who knows with this website. anyway i’d recommend this video for a wider context on the legacy of blackface in tv!
martok is a rare example of a klingon played by a white actor who, as far as i can tell, does not have his skin significantly darkened. so to see him frequently being drawn with darker skin is uh Slightly Concerning given everything in the previous paragraph! ive even seen art where he’s drawn darker than julian in the same post which... anyway im not trying to blanket condemn reinterpreting the design of alien characters in fanart, but i am asking white fans like myself in particular to think critically as to why, out of all the white characters and aliens on ds9, martok is the one you want to do that with.
because b’elanna is not a white character i think its a slightly different situation, but at the same time she does have lighter skin and i have seen fanart of her drawn much much darker and once again, im not condeming it especially in works ive seen which explore the relationship bewteen her latina and klingon identities, but its something white fans need to handle carefully. in the voyager episode Faces where she gets split into a human and klingon version of her (dont have time to unpack all that) you can see the difference in undertones between human b’elanna and klingon b’elanna (also included a pic of regular b’elanna for reference). the brown makeup is obvious here too and if you can see why it might be racist to attribute a person’s rage and violent impulses to a part of themself that is then personified as darker skinned/more brown, then you might also see some of the wider problems going on here and can understand that this is something that demands a lot of thought and consideration.
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i’d like to reiterate that this is a very complex and nuanced issue, especially considering the intersection of fictional race within the setting and the racial biases operating behind the scenes/metatextually, and i’d love to discuss it more (and to cite better sources than youtube videos when i have the time). but for now i’d just like to say yeah just ask yourself what the implications might be to drawing these characters in particular darker than they are in canon, especially if theyre the only characters you do that for, or you’re intentionally contrasting them with other characters (e.g. b/7 fanart) or yk. drawing a white character darker than a character of colour like ive seen people do with julian and martok.
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monstersmashorpass · 4 months
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Third - if your preferred monster looses the poll, that's okay! They're still a winner in your heart. This is literally all just for the lulz. Genuinely, don't worry about it.
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thesilvercondor · 1 year
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^^ custom Frontier Ball, based off art by Tom Higgins on etsy. (at least, I haven’t been able to find this pokeball design on any canon sources/merch. it uses the canon HBF logo tho)
Recipe:
-a deep desire for official merch of the battle frontier (it no exist :( )
-one of those little plastic premier balls you get from the pokemon-figurine vending machines
-several coats of glue (paint doesn’t stick to plastic)
-paint markers (regular paint should work too)
Unfortunately the blue is starting to come off/fade (its been a few months), so maybe I should invest in a top coat. idk how paint works.
[4 extra pics (making-of and post-fade) under the cut]
Making-of:
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(lining was just done with a fine-liner, but it might have looked better if i skipped that and stuck to a pencil outline. also, i only put glue under the blue and black bits, bc the white turns a bit grey if you put glue on top. that might be because i was using a shitty glue though.)
Post-fade photoshoot:
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(its closer to the canon blue now, so i don’t mind the fade too much. might need to go over it again eventually tho, cos the fade’s a bit uneven)
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noctiilio · 2 years
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I just wanna say I don't know much at all about Touhou but my friend shows me your art sometimes and I think the way you draw flandre is very good she's so small and so kiddy and it's nice to not see her drawn like a murder-crazy monster keep up the great work
Ohoho! then if you're new around these parts i am absolutely DELIGHTED to inform you that the "murder crazy monster" flandre is one hundred percent a fanon fabrication! (which by the way i loathe with every fiber of my being) now i'll rant to you a little bc i never miss a chance to show Flandre's good character charms sorry its my autistic brain going supercharged, critical mass even, whenever flan is mentioned, shes been a character ive held very dear to me since i was barely 13 (almost twelve years ago!) so you have to imagine my brain sizzling like soda with mentos as i'm typing this
Y'see, this uh. portrayal dates back from when our only source of flandres character was her introduction in touhou 6: EoSD (2002). Now. she DID flex about being strong and scary and threatening etc etc but what people dont get is that it was just for show! yknow! like a kid in their ebony dementia raven way phase. You cant tell me you'd see a kid in their edgy mary sue phase who blasts nightcore evanescence from the shared family computer all day and take them seriously.
after you defeat her you find out that the child is absolutely clueless on what shes doing, knows ABSOLUTELY nothing about socialization 101 and thought scaring the hell out of you was how you make pals, but if you play the reimu route she offers to give you a cake to thank you for playing with her (which has blood as an ingredient so reimu refuses but flan doesnt KNOW that humans dont drink their own blood. also she doesnt hunt her own food like remi does so thats actually sakuya's cooking)
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so she DOES try to be your friend. basically the kids confused to an absurd degree but shes absolutely got the spirit
My second point: there are little character sheets written from the PoV of Akyuu which serve as official references (called Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, 2007! I always recommend this as a must-read for new fans!), and it was the first clue, a little nudge, a little trail of breadcrumbs leading to the fact that Maybe the rumors that remilia locked up her sister are actually just rumors.
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But then it got confirmed in Cheating Detective Satori (2019-ongoing official manga written by ZUN w guest artists for each chapter) which portrays flan and not only is she super excited about showing off her collection of dolls and stuffed animals to sakuya but also she says this.
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Flan is actually very introverted and CHOOSES to stay in the basement. None of that "remilia locked her up" bs, it's officially debunked!
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(and the day i stop showing this panel of CDS to defend her characterization, you can assume that i am deceased)
ALSO. LITTLE RASCAL SAVED GENSOKYO T W I C E. First, she used her destruction powers to disintegrate a METEOR that was headed for the scarlet devil mansion and would have an impact radius that would reach all the way to youkai mountain. She made it explode and went back to her basement to take a nap (and Remilia tried to take the credit for that but failed horribly)
AND THEN theres touhou 17.5 where she's the ONLY playable character that actually solves the incident. Again, her power to destroy anything made her the ONLY gensokyo resident able to face Yuuma without her eating Flan's bullet for lunch.
So yeah! her reputation is atrocious but the gal's not even closely as bad as people make her seem.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk i am here every day same hour and i will talk your hear off about Flandre Scarlet and i will defend her portrayal until my last breath.
PS: little headcanon moment yeah woo yeah but uhh in my head i always pictured her voiced by Ikue Otani, best known as the voice of pikachu, but specifically >her role as Hana from Ojamajo Doremi&lt;
PPS: if you're new around here; despite everything, flandre is not actually my favorite touhou. no, nononono she is only second. Nah, the honor of the gold medal goes to ✨Her✨. do NOT get me started. I will talk for days without taking a breath between sentences.
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darklordazalin · 11 months
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Azalin Reviews Darklord: The Hive Queen
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Darklord: The Hive Queen Domain: Timor Formation: 620 BC Power Level:  💀 ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ (1/5 skulls) Sources: Islands of Terror (2e), Domains of Dread (2e) Ravenloft (3e), Ravenloft Player’s Handbook (3e), Ravenloft Dungeon Master’s Guide (3e), Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft (5e) 
Once an Island of Terror, after the Grand Conjunction, the Domain of Timor was reduced from a beautiful, yet empty city built above a labyrinth of tunnels into a maze-like sewer system that resides below the Domain of Paridon as part of the Zherisia cluster. Zherisia is briefly mentioned in 5e with the doppelganger Sodo as the Domain’s Darklord and the Hive Queen is mentioned as roaming the sewers below. So, not much has changed in 5e except for Timor no longer being its own Domain, but given that neither the Hive Queen nor her original realm were ever given an official name…I’m not surprised.
The Hive Queen’s story differs slightly between pre-Conjunction and post-Conjunction lore. However, in both cases this Darklord and her Mother were never considered significant enough to warrant having an actual name attributed to them. In one account, the Mother was the first Darklord of Timor and was usurped by her treacherous daughter. In the other, the daughter was the first and only Darklord of Timor. It doesn’t matter which it is, the mother was never named nor was her Kingdom, so let’s just move on to the daughter’s tale.
The unnamed Queen overtaxed her people to build herself a grand and beautiful city. There was no real purpose to this in pre-Conjunction lore, except to inflate her massive ego. Post-Conjunction, she built this city in order to hide from the thing she fears the most – the marikith, which are subterranean bipedal aberrations with ink black skin and glowing red eyes.
In both versions, the princess decided to end her mother’s life by scaring her to death by revealing herself as transformed, grotesque marikith at the Royal Ball. Pre-Conjunction, the princess studied the arcane arts and transformed herself into a marikith at the ball and her mother did, in fact, die of fright. The arcane arts give us practitioners countless ways to ensure you are able to kill your intended victim without evidence of doing so and hoping to scare them to death is at the bottom of a very long list. Post-Conjunction, the story is a bit more elaborate. The Princess, learning from her lover, the leader of the Marikith Hunters, that her mother feared marikiths more than anything else, hatched a plan to scare her to death. This time, the princess seduced a court wizard and he agreed to cast an illusion upon the princess at the Royal Ball to make it appear that she had transformed into a marikith.
Trust me in this, you do not want to toy with a wizard’s heart. Our revenge is often harsh and when this unnamed wizard found out he was being used, he decided to transform the princess permanently instead of merely casting an illusion over her. Her Mother did die of fright, but when the princess learned she was stuck as a marikith, she finally realized how ridiculously foolish her plan had been. Now, the wizard clearly wasn’t all that powerful and not worthy of the art as he was quickly killed by the woman he had just transformed. In her despair and rage, the princess then slaughtered many of her people. The Dark Powers, recognizing her evil, claimed her and made her the Hive Queen and Darklord of Timor.
As the Hive Queen, she dwells far in the maze of sewer tunnels beneath Paridon. Any that invade her realm face wave after wave of her marikith drones and if they manage to survive that, they may face the Hive Queen herself. Still, she’s just an overgrown, venomous insect. How does one even rate an unnamed princess from an unnamed realm who became an overgrown ant? I’ll grant her 1 reluctant skull.
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textbook-dinner · 1 month
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go-on nero appreciation post ^^
i just discovered nero and honestly im shook that she isn't more known,,, like she's almost normal for a vipprloid,,, and her design is just 😌 like look at her official art ^w^
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(b4 u ask im using she/her for nero bc on her utau wiki profile had to remove the term used 4 her gendr.. like when that happens its just free real estate 4 trans headcanons (read: yokune ruko)
her personality is also low-key cool. like nero would have stanz on twitter if she was real,,,
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and we can't forget that she is (sort of) canonly bi
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shez so awful i love her
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btw this image was her icon in the utau wiki page 4 vipprloids, so if anyone can find the og source/full image lmk!
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pixelkip · 10 months
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Who is Annello?
Didn't think I'd ever have to be asked this but here goes bc I'm So Normal about them.
Ok short version: annello is a fusion of Annie and Garcello. They were created purely as a character for the song Unleashed, atsuover's mashup of Release and Animal, and they aren't canon to either the mod or the Canon lore of these 2. They almost made it into Hazy River with an updated design, remastered instrumental and new voicebank but it was scrapped. Their only presence in the mod is the icon unfortunately sjgkdjgkd
If you haven't seen Unleashed, here:
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And the remastered version/scrapped hazy river version gameplay
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And you should because it's a BOP
But for a longer version, the story doesn't end there.
Yeah, annello doesn't have any real lore. Except they sort of do??
Rageminer has offered some idea of how they think annello would come to exist, just keep in mind this isn't planned for any kind of official content or anything
This was stated I think once on a livestream but multiple times on Discord, that clover imagines they'd come from Annie finding Garcello while he's still all ghosty after he dies, and fusing with his ghost. The fusion would mostly be relying on Annie, and would be difficult and painful to maintain.
My interpretations usually take this in a different direction with the same basis but that's not important
Ok some extra stuff I couldn't fit in with the rest and I think is notable:
- Clover said once on discord that annello has 6 fingers, but even sprites in the video of the unused unleashed build with a new design don't have this. It was present in art by atsuover that circulated around discord while the new design was being developed, however. I think it's neat so I still draw them that way
- Yes it means they have 6 toes too
- their original voicebank was created by overlaying Garcello's normal chromatic scale (i.e. not the nerves one or the ghost ones) and Annie's updated scale. This was the first time Annie's new scale was technically used, but it wouldn't be heard on its own until Golden Arch March
- the voice from the remastered Unleashed was made by combining Clover and Anne's scales. This was done to make them sound more distinct from the 2 while still sounding like they could be a fusion of them. I personally prefer the old one but that's just me
- Annellos,, I guess associated color is yellow-orange, as seen in the Spotify art for unleashed and in art from discord or their new design
- with the new design, they got their own magic item, a canister of vapor that when opened creates clouds that produce acid rain. It can be seen in the remastered Unleashed video. This seems to be based on the Spotify art for Unleashed that shows them in the rain.
- and yes, their name is ANNELLO. A LOT of people used to mess this up, Anncello being the most common misspelling. It's been confirmed both in clovers comment on the remastered Unleashed and several times on discord that ANNELLO is the correct spelling.
- although, Garnnie was the name a lot of people, particularly the Japanese speaking part of the fandom, assumed for them and ended up being used for "failed" fusions of annello by atsuover
- and for those who are somehow still unsure, their canonical pronouns are they/them. Source: the time on discord someone tried to argue this with people and anne atsuover herself came to settle things with a screenshot of her own damn tweet about them.
I can make a separate post with a rundown of about MY interpretation of them if anyone wants but that's for another day
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jeriafterdark · 2 years
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813 - The Reprise - Part 9 - One Year onward and how 813 never stopped, + muting of CAPA clowns
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Long time no post! I'm much more active on my twitter, I mostly retweet updates on 813/JunZhe / my art and fan creations if you're wondering where I am.
So it's been one year since August 13, 2021, the day that ZZH was cancelled / bullied off the face of Chinese Entertainment.
Table of Contents:
813 never ended - a one year summary adding context as well as relating it to Zhang Sanjian / ZSJ, a weapon in CAPA's arsenal against Zhang Zhehan.
CAPA clowns muted on August 12, 2022.
Below is my thread from twitter, but with links and sources.
1. 813 never ended, and ZSJ proves that.
You may have thought that 813 ended with ZZH’s cancellation, but it never stopped. The big picture: the IG/ZSJ scandal is part of a corrupt industry-coordinated effort to effectively erase ZZH’s presence from entertainment, for good.
Since the airing of SHL/WOH and ZZH’s subsequent rise into fame, he had to endure many harsh rumors generated by malicious people planted in fandom or on the periphery. If you’ve followed QV/Blue/Flora’s posts recently, more and more people are being identified, who came out of the woodwork to contribute to these false rumors. I.e, the GF rumor on the boat that ZZH was on. There are many groups of individuals with connections to each other and to CAPA, i.e. the teashop / the Chens, Weibo Antis, Xie Yihua and co., and the Shenzhen Gang.
Flora's character sheet keeps track of all the characters here and she also keeps an updated map of how everyone is related (as of 21/08/08), from CAPA execs to the tea shop to the ehzz ZSJ brand.
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Leading to July of 2021, the rumors became more and more vicious, attacking ZZH’s credibility as a graduate of Shanghai Theatre Academy, attacking his character, etc.
And it culminated in the industry-wide ban on August 13= “813”. Within 2 days, he and his 10 years of work were erased from Chinese entertainment.
Even during these tumultuous times, when long-time HaiZhe/ZZH solo fans told everyone to quiet down and let it blow over lest fandom makes it worse for him, some planted fans/antis in the fandom tried to stir the pot even more. (revealed recently by QV and co).
On November 23, CAPA released a ban list of 88 names including Kris Wu (a known star who broke the law) and Zhang Zhehan. It was later revealed that the meeting that decided these names was over in an hour and barely had any oversight or transparency.
Bc CAPA wasn’t transparent in how they came up with this industry-ban list, Director Li Xuezheng (Uncle Li/LXZ) stood up and started a movement of accountability. One hashtag on Weibo that I followed was “justice for the people,” which reached BILLIONS of interactions, and never once did it make it onto hot search. Weibo itself was in a fight behind the scenes between different parties, constantly muting and unmuting, deleting and restoring Uncle Li’s daily updates and videos, as well as his audio interview with ZZH himself.
(Update Aug 8, 2022) QV came out with information: The reason that Uncle Li couldn't get ZZH's case onto the hot search was because of the Chinese Cyberspace Admin (CAC). This gov org prevented them from reaching hot search in order to prevent CAPA from unleashing its 800 yxh accounts to smear Uncle Li and company. They were investigating water armies at the time.
They really wanted to get on Hot Search, they were planning to smear LXZ as someone who was trying to whitewash history. They had articles planned, water armies readied as well as "fans" and "righteous passerbys" prepared to stoke sentiments.
There are many parties still fighting behind the scenes that we are not privy to(#QuestionCAPA). It may seem like ZZH is quiet but it’s a strategic silence until his case is ready to be made public. Otherwise, it’s still ongoing and private.
Uncle Li had major success in turning the tide of public opinion, and ZZH finally submitted an official police report to the Beijing PD on Dec 24, 2021. His recorded interview with LXZ and other party members and lawyers was released on Dec 31, 2021.
ZZH maintained his innocence. There was no evidence of him committing wrongdoing, and he submitted himself to court. March 18, a leaked audio of ZH expressed how he has the will to fight for his name, his family, and his innocence despite the barrage of corrupt industry bans.
Now cue ZSJ👻 Because ZZH’s fandom was largely intact, the agents of CAPA behind 813 wanted to thoroughly destroy his chance of ever coming back + destroy his reputation via stealing his Instagram, which fueled the ZSJ scandals.
Jan 13- Uncle Li was muted
Jan 16- The ZSJ account emerged. (Check Ennis's ZSJ timeline)
This is not a coincidence, the perpetrators knew LXZ will be muted and prepared their Second Act, the ZSJ scandal to destroy ZZH. And so we have the constant infighting between ZSJ fans, ZZH fans, and CP fans. Have you noticed how toxic ZSJ fans are now? And on twitter, they keep trying to stir up trouble with us, hijacking our hashtags, etc.
It created a RIFT within ZZH’s main fandom. Looking at it with this big picture, can you see that this is all one WHOLE campaign against ZZH? Because they failed to destroy him completely on 813, they planned their Second Act with ZSJ to finish the job.
This is where things stand, the ZSJ accounts shill merch using commonly available apps/tech to impersonate ZZH. They have him talking sh-t about his former co-stars (never by name), burning his bridges. A professional would never do this if they wanted a chance at jobs again.
Through all of this, the characters never once mention "Gong Jun" or "Zhang Zhehan" and never claim to be them. Just to "hint" at them. Why? So their impersonation scandal can't be easily traced back to them, they have the defense of vague words, ambiguous names.
Gong Jun is suffering a constant barrage of anti attacks also related to CAPA and associates (as revealed day by day by Blue/Flora/QV). I'm sure he has been preparing for this eventuality since 813 last year, so I believe in his and his team to keep him safe.
813 never ended. It is CRUCIAL context to ZSJ and ZZH’s silence. Let’s wait. Believe that the real ZZH is who he always was: a strong, loving man who focuses on the kindness surrounding him rather than burning those who wronged him.
2. Many CAPA / Xie Yihua etc Minions were muted yesterday (Aug 11-12, 2022)
Many CAPA clowns' accounts were muted yesterday, right before 813. It is unknown if it was the government doing this, or if it's just another part of CAPA's scheme, only time will tell.
The EHZZ Brand account was wiped out (still there though) on Weibo.
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CAPA minions like Tony Peng, Sanke, intern lawyer, have all been muted.
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I have cautious optimism that this is a sign of better things to come, but only time will tell!
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butterscotch-brigade · 5 months
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have you ever seen content of the unfinished invader zim episodes? theres a youtube channel that has retrieved audio and scripts of episodes that were supposed to be made before the show was killed and put them together with animation. but aside from that i do know there are other archives including the scripts, art, and summaries. thought you'd be interested if you haven't seen those. i think they should have been aired because a few of them were important with the overall plot and lore.
oooo yes i have seen those!!! i think theyre rly cool!!! my fav is the trial, im SO mad that one never got officially finished bc i LOOOVVEE irken lore and that ep is probably the most expansive one in terms of irken worldbuilding. i rly wanted to see what tallest miyuki and spork would have looked like in the final show too!!!
i also rly like the eps "nubs of doom" (minimoose origin story was so deserved im so mad nick didnt let them finish that one) and "ten minutes to doom" (PAK LORE!!!!!!! this would have been the ep that rly elaborated on the pak's purpose and functioning GRAAAFFGGHH fuck u nickelodeon for canceling the show....We Could Have Had It All)
and im aware of the youtube channel u mentioned!!! thats how i watched all the unfinished eps AKSJSJD im so glad there r ppl out there archiving unfinished iz stuff even to this day. i love when dedicated fans get together to recreate what would have been a forever scrapped project. shoutout to the iz fanbase for its passion and enthusiasm for the source material!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖
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macarensesangles · 9 months
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ive had a lot of anxiety about like the idea of considering myself Really a writer if i “only” write fanfiction, and largely self insert or self insert adjacent fanfiction at that (the line between “this is me” and “this is an oc i project heavily onto” is fluid), and don’t write anything i could potentially publish or profit from or that’s Original. and that’s made me feel frantic to come up with ideas for Original Work that I have very little interest in pursuing or passion for.
but I’ve been thinking about it a lot and i think that this is really only a problem if you think of fanfic and self inserty characters as inherently like, this sort of “low art” stuff with no value either artistically or as communication. I get that it’s fuckin amateur hour over here in that the majority of us aren’t published through official channels (and can’t be, bc IP laws) and write solely for the fuck of it, but like. that only reduces the merit and value of a genre as a whole if you view merit as like, profitability.
i’m not saying all fic or even most fic has tons of deeper like Major Artistic Value, but a lot of published work is also hasty schlock. what im saying is that fic is just a different genre with its own conventions and that how those tools are utilized is what makes or breaks a particular fic, and that like, I think an important part of writing fic is being able to let go of the idea of being Sole Auteur and view your writing as a dialogue, both with your audience and with the source material.
and like, with self-insertion or author insert characters in particular, there’s so many directions you can take that that I do think the idea of that being “training wheels for Real, Intelligent Art” is foolish. like yeah self-insert writing can be total wish fulfillment and pandering and it can also be introspection concerning difficult topics in the author’s life, and neither of those things preclude an intelligent or engaging narrative. characters, setting, tropes, genre convention, they’re all just tools, and none of that inherently makes or breaks a story
AND. FINALLY. fic isn’t like, a cultural mainstay or anything, but i think eventually there ought to be more of an understanding that fanworks have some level of cultural significance as fanworks - like, as part of a dialogue, and also as part of a subculture with its own standards worthy of like, attention from academia
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