The recent announcement of the qsmp election event and q!philza confirming in canon that he is an anarchist kinda rattled something that's always been sort of spinning around in my brain: the fact that both c!emerald-duo (from DSMP) and q!philza (from QSMP) have had their lore tied in with the lore of the Antarctic Empire on SMPEarth. The thing about c!emduo and q!philza is that they are (as mentioned earlier) full-blown anarchists who vehemently oppose government in all its forms, but ae!emduo were, in fact, the co-leaders of an empire.
Now I don't actually know an awful lot about what went down on SMPE (from what I understand, it just sort of...ended?), but like, bear with me here---imagine SMPE is a world of actual empires: citizens, kings, soldiers, armies. A world capable of full-scale war. ae!Phil and ae!Techno are the leaders of one of the most powerful empires in all the land. Then, flash forward some years (decades? centuries?) later, and they're both anarchists completely disillusioned with government as a whole and actively fight against it when they see fit.
What happened? What happened between the birth of the Antarctic Empire and the beginning of the DSMP/QSMP that made them completely give that up and start to oppose what they once supported?聽
Was it something they witnessed? One too many peaceful villages burned, one too many mangled bodies found beneath the rubble, one too many of their own men imprisoned, tortured for information, then left for dead?
Was it something that someone did to them? A beloved friend caught in the crossfire of a war; an ally they thought they could trust sticking a knife in their backs in an attempt to seize the Empire for themself; a foe that was simply too strong, too ruthless, too power-hungry to be defeated, much less reasoned with?
Or was it something that they did? Something they did that, for the first time, made their own stomachs turn. Made them question if it was all worth it. Made them realize that it never was. Were they ever at odds? One person begging that they halt their progress immediately while the other doubled down, insisting their actions were justified. Did they fight about it? Threaten the other with arrest for treason? Threaten to leave the other and never, ever look back?
What was the final straw? What makes an emperor become an anarchist?
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Finished more Miinu designs, specifically Lampry's acquaintances. The first is a band he plays with at his bar, a band of Orthoptera, (and also maybe a polycule?)
And a much needed redesign of Arressa, the Emerald Cockroach Wasp who is a frequent singer at Lampry's bar with mothia ties.
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My character Janice hanging out with Lily's character Saige and Mikaila's character Emerald Entropy on a full day shopping trip
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I have sooo many thoughts about Rouge. Of all the main Sonic cast we know the least about her. She's a stealthy spy. She worked for the president despite being a thief and probably a double agent in that case?? She's extremely cunning. She's capable of detecting the emeralds despite not having that innate connection with them like Knuckles can.
In her theme there's a persistent sense that she doesn't like to be helped or controlled, possibly. She's searching for something she can call her own and that can only be hers. Nobody else can take it from her.
There's this sense in sa2 that she doesn't trust who she's working with, exactly. She doesn't show it by being cold like Shadow would, for instance, but she puts on this air of professionalism despite sometimes not thinking ahead (Giving herself 5 minutes to find 3 chaos emeralds despite it originally being fifteen and getting her locked in a vault as a result.) And this shows in her empathy and compassion. She doesn't show it as openly as somebody like Amy but she clearly cares and finds herself affected by the relationships she's gained since her introduction. She's probably told herself that she doesn't need anybody, that she can do everything by herself, she doesn't need to lean on anybody for help but she forms Team Dark herself.
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ECCC 2024 Recap
Well my first time vending at ECCC was a lot of fun (with some minor hiccups), but overall it was a success.
It's always hard to vend at a convention as an artist creating original work but the reception was wonderful and I got to chat with many wonderful folks about the upcoming comic, vintage stuff, vampires and queer history as well as hype up BIPOC VampDay.聽
I know there have been a few requests from folks who couldn't attend ECCC for merchandise - as well as interest in items that sold out. Well you're in luck! I'll be adding leftover merchandise and a restock of the large vampire buttons to my Ko-fi shop- so stay tuned for that announcement.
If you're interested in supporting the comic, commissioning me or getting involved in BIPOC Vamp Day - check out the links below:
Ko-fi | Patreon | Portfolio | Comic | BIPOC VampDay
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Full color commission for聽Soundwave3591 on DeviantArt. Featuring his original character Melissa聽Riley and Emerald Sustrai (RWBY). Enjoying good company and gaming together. Such a fun activity, right? You can check a little story for this art here!
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Emerald trapiche
This is just a rough plan out but I鈥檓 thinking of makeing a fan comic SU AU with my oc鈥檚, words cannot describe how I feel about Houseki no kuni ending so I need something to distract me like revisiting a old fandom I was in . Wish me luck
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Yes, this is another art with twins. And I want to draw more OCs like this. Still no special tag for my setting, but ok.
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Elio hanging out with Knuckles ^__^
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Neo & Mint in Our Secret from this palette meme! this was surprisingly quite difficult to make work with two characters. funnily enough Neo looks almost exactly how he does in canon, but Mint is now Fuschia LMAOOO
thankyou for the request<3 pallete below;
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