#regardless of execution

[biblically-accurate-dca]

stupid dumb idiot wip that i am giving up on. bye

#my art #eyestrain #tw eyestrain #<- maybe. its a lot of bright colors #anyway this is from AWHILE AGO bc i rlly wanted to draw some sort of symmetrical thing with these two but i couldnt come up with any ideas #i also rlly wanted to do some sort of intersecting face thing. however i didnt execute it very well HFJZJGJD #might attempt a redraw in the future but who even knows #rbs are turned off bc. it kinda sucks ♡ but i wanted to share it regardless #so if you like it you gotta comment in the replies!!! hahaha!!! >:) <- devious

[sleepyblr-heart]

THEY ARE DONE. I AM FREEEEEEEEE

#heart art! #adventure forward #af2 #morward #pasless #voixer #it was. so so hard to come up with designs for these three. esp voixer for some reason #i thought they were gonna be the easiest to work with in the trio considering how much more i had to work with #but i ended up just having like 12 ideas and not being able to execute any of them right #regardless. they are done. i might change some of them later but for now. they are Done.

[h0l0gramglasses]

yk now that I'm thinking about Deja Q again, I definitely feel like Q's admission of guilt and shame for Data's (almost) sacrifice should have been met with SOMETHING other than dismissal by Picard.

This is the Q who was ready to snap your entire species out of existence simply because he didn't personally deem you worthy of existing.

This is the Q who was so flippant about loss of mortal life that he flicked you halfway across the universe to introduce you to the Borg, only to essentially laugh in your face for being upset about the deaths of 18 crew members.

This is the Q who, earlier in the very same episode, practically mocks Data's desire to be human due to his own prejudices against what he deems to be a vastly inferior species.

And I do think it's even more important that it was Data. For Q to feel anything other than apathy towards a potential loss of life would have been enough, but for him to feel ashamed to the point of almost killing himself over an artificial life?

idk I just feel like Q in any previous episode would have been like "oh he's just a robot, put him back together 🙄" and I think it's wack that Picard's reaction to Q caring about someone else's life for the first time ever was "girl idc cry about it to someone else"

#yeah. #overall I liked Deja Q cuz it's nice to see more of him than in other eps and I liked the concept #but it could have been executed a lot better I think #even Riker's face when Picard's trying to rescue him #and Picard having to justify it by saying he's trying to save the shuttle more than Q #y'all have literally done more for people who fully grasp the concept of mortality and would still kill you regardless out of malice #you tried so fucking hard to get Worf to donate ribosomes to that Romulan who would still blow up your ship after given the opportunity #Q doesn't know any better to a certain extent bc he's literally immortal #but no fuck that silly costume wearing bitch #star trek q #q star trek #deja q #star trek tng

[spaceangst]

i personally think the reason why so many people struggle to like guren is bc he’s v representative of humanity. of us. how many of us could honestly say we wouldn’t sacrifice everything for our family of choice? what makes guren hard to like is that he forces to confront this “less moral” side of all of us because he does. he sacrifices the world, the entire human race, to get his squad, his family back.

it’s cute when yuu says it for mika bc we’ve seen their characters as children, but we’re first introduced to guren as an adult. he’s 24 in vampire reign, and since that’s how he’s first introduced, he sticks in our heads best at this age. we forget that he was 16 when he lost shinya, sayuri, mito, goshi, and shigure⎯the same age yuu was when he chose mika over the world (kind of. they’re working on a plan, but it’s pretty obvious that if it comes down to it, he absolutely would choose mika over everyone.) but because we’re used to seeing guren as an adult and a high ranking military officer, there’s this expectation that he’s responsible enough to not make that kind of decision.

and yet, we watch him continue to make those decisions to bring back humanity without losing his family, because that’s his modus operandi. at the end of the day, there’s is no one more important to him than his family.

and honestly, how many of us can truly say we wouldn’t have done the same thing in his place?

(i’d also like to point out that i was around 14 when i first found the series and caught up on everything⎯i didn’t like guren v much the first time around and thought he was honestly, quite annoying. at 19, and a whole pandemic later, i think i understand where he’s coming from. he’s quite brilliantly written in that way, the definition of “you’ll understand when you’re older.”)

#this doesn't even touch on how horrendous his mental state must have been #esp after his dad's humiliating execution #and whatever toxic mess mahiru dug them into #he had to watch both his father and shinya die in front of him #and regardless of whether you ship gureshin or not #they have a special connection #it's even clearer in resurrection when he starts panicking #shinya means a LOT to him #but i digress this is a guren post not a gureshin post #owari no seraph #ons #seraph of the end #catastrophe at 16 #ons manga #ons spoilers #owari no seraph spoilers #seraph of the end spoilers #resurrection at 19 #ichinose guren #shinya hiragi #guren ichinose #yūichirō hyakuya #mikaela hyakuya

[stillalittlelostngl]

Gojos new fits got me kicking my feet and gigglin

#like that shirt is vacuum sealed to him baby #wtf was the pacing of this chapter tho #and we got like none of the emotional beats i was looking for lmao #like no mention of nobara #nothin really happened with the reunion #idk a little disappointing but hey guess i just get to go read other writers fill in the gaps #also gojo apparently hid the last finger so yuji could never be executed?????? #my man my man my man #jjk spoilers #jjk 222 #spoilers #the finger thing is what im seeing other folks who have been translating the leaks say #so dont quote me on that but now its definetly an hc regardless

[raayllum]

i think one of the main reasons i can't shake the "possession is not how callum is going to be play into aaravos' hands" (or at least not solely, i.e. doing something vile or dangerous in the name of love that leads to a renewed possession) is because like...

listen, as much as it'd be kind of weird for a "Master Manipulator" like aaravos to reveal his final play two seasons in advance from a character standpoint, it absolutely make sense from a story standpoint. you couldn't just whip that out of nowhere in a plot relevant moment without having your audience feel cheated, so it had to be established earlier on. now instead of surprise, you get to cultivate a nice feeling of dread. (although i've said before that there were other ways to cultivate said feeling of dread / set up the possibility of possession, i.e. callum learning that its possible out of a book when he was canonically reading about dark magic, him having nightmares or premonitions that aaravos is tethered to him, etc. it didn't have to be so blatant so quickly.)

those are, however, neither of the points i want to get at today, because like - if it is JUST the possession, and there is no choice that leads to it directly before or after in regards to helping aaravos...

Then why the absolutely, continually ramped up Viren-Callum parallels?

Cause like, as of S5, absolutely none of this is Necessary. Callum doesn't necessarily have to exist as a contrast to Viren at this point, given that Viren himself has changed his mind and disavowed dark magic and Aaravos; Callum finally freeing himself from Aaravos (and dark magic?) will likely now have more parallels to Viren's arc, rather than the two being disparate. He'll be following in Viren's footsteps, but in a positive way.

None of this is required for the possession plot line, either. That got kick started all the way back in 2x07, like, seasons ago. If anything it'd be kinda more 'tragic' if Callum really had never touched or been tempted by dark magic again, but he couldn't (or wouldn't) take back his prior choices. A consequence of being controlled by forces well beyond your conceptualization and a price you had no choice but to pay, literally, if they're going the removal of agency arc (which has its own merits) / leaning into the eldritch horror aspect of it all.

Like if it's just possession... Callum does not have to be like or be compared to Viren, in either similarities or contrasts, like - at all. Viren and Callum are both characters who have a relationship with destiny (Viren tended to believe in pre-determined destiny, but Callum decidedly didn't as of S2; even if that still started to change in S4, that alone is not enough of a singular parallel to warrant all the rest) but they're not the only ones, nor is that exclusively related to Aaravos - even if their parallels between each other are constantly circling him, their families, and dark magic / justification(s).

Which makes me think there's two main avenues they could be taking this with:

1) S7 endgame is Callum walking Viren's path regarding the rise, but in a more literal, dramatic sense. Again, Callum proving that he's not like Viren doesn't really need to happen as much now that Viren is 1) no longer a villain and 2) will be a parallel for Callum's positive growth as well. So it's still about similarities, but positive ones: "No matter what you've done, no matter where you are on the path, every step forward is a choice" (cue Callum literally regaining agency) "I am free, and so are you." This is also the avenue where it being mostly just the possession > a choice that leads to Aaravos getting out (choice made before that leads to possession, or choice post-possession) would make more sense, but just the Rise doesn't account for the well, ominous foreboding of all this, lmao.

2) S6 and S7 are working together with S6 being Callum mirroring Viren's Fall (whatever you want that to constitute) / helping Aaravos regardless of the possession - taking an understood risk for love that leads to the possession, or post-possession due to another form of coercion/susceptibility - and S7 being the Rise. It gives the ominous foreboding of it all, particularly highlighted in S5 / 5x02-5x04 and 5x08 somewhere to go, while also providing Callum with a balanced negative and ultimately positive character arc. It ties in the possession then as a plot element / vehicle to explore their similarities and differences but keeps everything tied together with choices/agency (rather than solely removing it), which is what Viren and Callum have both reaffirmed ("No choice? You made the choice you always have" etc) in S5 in particular. It also explains why and how all these forces - the parallels, the patterns, both their individual arcs, and their connections to Aaravos, his plans, and the possession plot line could be brought to fruition, and why they've all been included.

#it was just red #arc 2 #tdp callum #in the name of love #wouldn't you want to tell it kinder if you could #tdp #the dragon prince #mini meta #analysis series #s6 speculation #s7 speculation #tag ramble #predictions #why did this get capitalization halfway through? your guess is as good as mine boyo #like imo (and i'm prepared to eat my words / whatever canon executes i think will be great/good) #but like. if it's not based on callum making Choices. if it's Just the possession plot line and nothing else he does that leads to #fucking disaster (power or freedom or both for aaravos) as a conscious choice or risk that didn't turn out #then there's no reason for viren's atonement arc or for callum to now be able to parallel him #both 'negatively' and 'positively' and the show's just. way too smart for that to be nothing tbh #like s7 will be rise regardless in some ways #but like. it just makes sense that s6 is the fall esp when you want characters to have a lowest point anyway

[surreal-duck]

the west and east princes were bitter rivals, historians often claimed (happy birthday and 6th anniversary lipxlip!)

#honeyworks #kokuhaku jikkou iinkai #confession executive committee #lipxlip #aiyuu #duck scribbles #shibasaki aizou #someya yuujirou #rendering this took years off of my lifespan the things i do for this insufferable duo #missed drawing them and haniwa in general ngl it really did feel like coming home working on this #now if only these two would get their dumb crap together soon #idk what the context for this is. probably another petty argument on set and the good ol kiss to shut them up move probably happens a lot #wow when was the last time i did a proper piece for them anyways. i dont actually remember #regardless of what i draw for at any point in time hworks Always has a vice grip on me

[jeremy-lemon]

Forcing myself to get into studyblr aesthetics and romanticizing my education when I finally go to college in the hopes of making sure I actually study and do the work cuz then I'll think it's pretty and makes me cool or something

#when it comes to school the in-class stuff was always easy if I was interested or of it was at least doable #but hw and studying or anything done outside of the classroom? its like an impossible task for me and i struggle so hard for some reason #executive dysfunction maybe? #regardless i genuinely want to build better study and actually-doing-the-homework habits #i have some ideas of what to do to help myself but if anyone at all has any tips or encouragement theyre v much wanted and appreciated 😭💖 #i wanna be one of those people who takes pics of my ipad surrounded by study material and having cafe food and drink in a library in autumn #lmao #studyblr

[pillowprincessvarric]

So called nuance enjoyers when a stranger likes the way a fucked up topic is depicted in one piece of fiction but thinks a completely different piece of fiction in a different genre & medium's depiction of the same topic was harmful and fetishistic:

#no no see if you were a real art understander you would have #a blanket opinion about all depictions of a subject being inherently good regardless of execution. thats how art works /s

[ujipocky]

Day 14 - Childhood

presents (that were never meant for you)

Hrothtober 2023 Prompt List

#ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy 14 #hrothgar #ronso #gpose #hrothtober #minor author's note #my wol/oc has a big theme surrounding selflessness or putting too much of yourself and none on self care #so i kind of wanted to capture that in some form #presents around but the central figure isolated from it regardless #very fun idea to execute!

[wallflowrence]

I Like to think that when Barbatos and Morax got better acquainted they'd get into long and winding arguments (unironically or not) ranging from the pettiest things to debating and discussing great philosophical questions

even funnier if you consider the vastness of their power: there are several instances of terraformation due to conflict within the gods/death of gods/etc. (they have direct impacts on the environment, intentional or otherwise) it would not be surprising if an altering of their surroundings occurred because an argument got too heated

Gods in genshin are so funny theres this sort of humanistic quality to them but there's still an obvious even if slight (at the very least) detachment from human society - they would definitely chop off the head of a mountain to prove a point. Cannot wait to see them interacting live ... so excited for lantern rite

Their voicelines give "old friends/old married couple who Bicker a lot and act sick of each other #Some Times" and im sure they have many disagreements (they're character foils if you think about it) but they obviously respect each other and their opinions immensely . They're very much Opposite but they're also some of the most similar characters we know of

Their ideals represent a system for a stable society when combined. Venti is someone who represents freedom, the right to the people's self determination, while Zhongli is the god of contracts, whose ideal is order. At their most radical (freedom to an extremity = chaos, order at its extremity is instead far too imposing) both can lead to an undesired or even the opposite outcome: if nothing was ever enforced and people were to do just as they pleased, there exists no system for control and protection over the natural rights of anybody. On the other hand, an overarching presence of authority and control might lead to feelings of anxiety and animosity within the population, and if whoever is leading is left unchecked as well, may lead to the infringement of natural rights (contracts are not always inherently correct or just, nor are they always enforced properly)...if the slightest feeling that an authority is too controlling, it will lead to a disruption of order (rebellion) - and if a way to amend contracts or judge them does not exist, then the society that is lacking such a method is objectively unjust.

So obviously there would have to be some sort of balance between the two to keep things Fair and the people Happy and the state of all things, for the most part, stable. Stability is security. Both of them do understand the importance of the other and know things are not so black and white. They just went about it in different ways. Venti established his ideals regarding freedom in the hearts and the culture of Mond - while he does not enforce anything directly, he made sure to make them understand that not only are they entitled to freedom, but others are as well, and that they should go about it in a righteous manner. And if there is a situation in which these freedoms are being attacked, he does interfere. He comes to the aid of his people when the situation requires it

Rex Lapis passed down his ideals onto his people as well but had a more direct, overt presence in his nation than Venti did. He (and Guizhong) laid down the foundations for Liyuean society, creates systems of regulation (e.g., mora, legal system - like with what we see with yanfei) And while he does prioritise contracts, zhongli understands the importance of freedom (self determination) and justice. Like with xiao !! Not only did he liberate him (I think that comes with having to defeat his previous master) but he bestowed upon him a name, and allowed xiao, who wanted to pay back his gratitude to Rex Lapis in the form of service, to join him on his cause. Even before Zhongli's resignation as Liyue's archon he still recognised xiao's freedom to determine how he would live his life from that point moving forward. Xiao just acts out of obligation because it's first nature for him (in reference to the chasm interlude quest). That and his decision to depart and become a member of normal human society... at some point he realised that these people could probably function fine on their own. Venti just realised that much earlier. Zhongli did the same as soon as he felt that everything would be secure .. from what we know of Liyue during the archon war, Zhongli and his people were much more involved in direct conflict with other nations than Mond was (so it makes sense why it'd take longer)

The both of them are very much complementary forces. I could go on about this for pages upon pages but those are just my thoughts on this Particular evening. Who knows maybe we'll get something like that with fontaine and natlan / natlan and snezhnaya (opposites!!) I wouldn't be surprised. I'm not exactly expecting it but It is something the writers seem like they'd do

My history teacher recently did a lecture about the enlightenment + enlightenment thinkers/theory and we just finished renaissance (so I've been interacting with a lot regarding political structures/social ideas) so it got me thinking about geopolitical systems in genshin even more it really is so fascinating . The new black panther movie presents a really interesting take on these sorts of topics as well while incorporating several other purposes/themes, and it does a splendid job in my opinion I would recommend it. It's very well thought out. but ya . errgghrhr I hope this was interesting if you made it to the end. venti and zhongli are so great and a lot of their character is still yet to be explored so !!!!! amazing. I apologise in advance for the Person I will become once venti's 2nd story quest comes out (and/or further story arcs regarding their characters) you will never hear me shut up . sorry for how this is formatted and written. I Hate it but I csnt bring myself to get it all proper I'm so sleepy

#i'm going Insane i miss my wife #zhongven supremacy i think their frjendship is Neat #the two of them together arguably have one of the most interesting relationships in genshin #regardless of whether you view it in a romantic sense or not and I loveit #the game Loves foiling and parallels #it's just lacking sometimes in plot execution but that's Okay #zhongven #venti #zhongli #character study #relationship study #in a Way i guess . not really it's just rambling

[mayonnaise-sock]

portgas d ace sometimes reminds me of michael afton.

#one piece #portgas d ace #five nights at freddy's #fnaf #michael afton #i can’t explain it #it’s like #the oldest brother who was angry and always trying to prove a point or smth #the death of a younger sibling forces makes a turning point in his life #for ace it was sabo ‘dying’ meaning he had to be a better older brother to luffy #and for michael he literally killed his little brother and went ‘oh shit i just killed my little brother i will never be ok again and this #will weigh on my concious for the rest of my life’ #also something about michael being collateral damage personified resonates so much with my idea of ace #as was executed not for being a pirate #but for being the pirate king’s son #it was always in the back of his mind that his dad was a ‘demon’ regardless of if it was true or not #and they both died because of it #ace was well… y’know #and michael died in a fire with his his family and family friends to put an end to william #idk something about them

[avephelis]

sosorry that my art is so inconsistent rn i think i'm in a blender AUGH UAGH RBRBBRBRAHGH AG

#octobver art challenge more like. try a bunch of weird shit that im not necessarily vibe with #anyway i dont really care ive jut been in this weird sort of like. not artblock exactly but art rut or somethng. so my old stuff looks #better to me regardless of whether thats actually true or not #also the weather is so grey its destroying my brain and executive dysfunction has it out for me

[bookwyrminspiration]

Had Sophie stayed in the human world until she was older like the Black Swan planned for her to, do you think their experiment would have worked?

They want her to bring change to the human world, but an elf raised as a human being who came to the Lost Cities as an adult would have incredibly hard time adjusting or taking the Black Swan seriously for reasons that I think are fairly obvious. She would have had a life, with friends and family in the human world. Then they would require her to sever all of those relationships because they want her to bring change to a world that she did not even know existed. Once she got to the Lost Cities, she would have incredibly hard time integrating to the different clothes, food and culture. Once she got past those hurdles, she would have to work incredibly hard to be taken seriously. She would be a grown woman that no one in the Lost Cities is connected to, who is advocating for change in a world that she has no connection to. I am thinking of real life equivalents of this, like a child being raised in Russia, who only speaks Russian and thinks of themselves as Russian, is brought to the United States as an adult to tackle American social issues. They do not understand American social issues and it will take a long time before they do. Exchange the word Russia for human, Russian for human world and United States for Elvin world. Her credibility would be very low in this scenario, as she would struggle to get people to hear her thoughts on issues especially because she is not impacted by these problems. Moreso, she would view herself as a human being and would ultimately defend humans and even betray the elves if she felt the elves were going to harm humans.

Ultimately, the Black Swan would not work out. They would bring her to the world of the elves, use her for a different perspective then bring her back to the human world. Then, there is the problem of her abilities and lifespan. Would they leave her with her abilities and do nothing to do with them? Would they leave her, an immortal being, in the human world to spend the rest of her life with people who live quickly and die quickly? That is an interesting way to handle things.

There are so many ways the plans of the Black Swan could have gone wrong.

That depends on what you consider "working" for Project Moonlark. If we're going solely with the goal of bringing a new perspective to the Lost Cities, that still would've been achieved; she still would've been raised with the same human mindset that the Black Swan was looking for. If we're going with the goal for her "to be something new", then she still would've been that.

I personally don't think the problems you're suggesting would be too different from how it is now in the series. Perhaps they waited until Sophie was in her 20s or 30s, before people could notice she wasn't aging, but that's still so small compared to the elven lifespan. That's hardly a difference to their world and those who've lived in it for centuries.

Sophie now still had a hard time adjusting (and is still adjusting, over 2 years later), she had friends and family that she had to sever ties with, she's not used to the clothing and culture--though she has gotten used to the food for the most part. I think almost everything you're proposing isn't unique to an adult Sophie, it's the same as she's going through as a young teen.

I do think you make a good point about having no connections, though. The elven world is incredibly isolated, and she wouldn't have the connections or circle she does without being adopted and going to school, both things that only happened because she's a kid. However, I do think that could be compensated for via connections in the Black Swan. She wouldn't have as much exposure outside of them, but she wouldn't be completely on her own. However, that does also mean there's no easy way for other people to learn about her and hear about her the way there is now, but there could be gossip that makes her more known, people just wouldn't first learn of her at school as her peers.

Based on my understanding, I think the biggest problem they'd encounter is Sophie herself. She goes along with other people's suggestions and submits to certain authority because she's a kid, because she doesn't have the same sway as an adult. Her parents can tell her to do things and discipline her, the Black Swan can partially shut her out and guide her citing her youth. Adult Sophie would be an adult. Redundant statement, I know, but my point is she would be more on their level. She'd have more autonomy, be more individual. Even as unaware as she is, she's more equal. She doesn't have to listen to what people tell her, she doesn't have to do what they say. She's an adult who can do what she wants for her own reasoning. So the Black Swan would have to truly work with her more to cooperate.

However, at a certain point she doesn't have a choice in the matter. She has abilities, she doesn't quite fit in the human world (though in both cases she still sees herself as more human), the Black Swan can hold info over her head (like her parents/origin), etc. She's tied to them and I think would always end up with them and in the elven world.

The way I see it, Project Moonlark still would've worked, it just would've played out differently. Different people in her life, different setting, different dynamics between her and others. But ultimately the core of it the same. Her being a child is crucial to the story as we know it, but not crucial to Project Moonlark. Even if she prefers humans, she's not going to turn a blind eye to elven problems and ignore everything. Her age isn't a huge factor in the project on its own, so a lot of the details (leaving her life behind, struggling to adapt, etc.) are ubiquitous!

#kotlc #kotlc character analysis #sophie foster #quil's queries #thepinkdove #long post #this is of course just my interpretation and opinion. it's not set in stone or anything #I just don't really think at the core of it all it'd be that different #the premise and execution is pretty much the same regardless of age #so I think it would have the same impact. or at least similar enough to not be too noteworthy #but I don't think the black swan and project moonlark wouldn't have worked if she was older #that's how it was intended to work #perhaps sophie would've been more like the black swan if she didn't have that sort of teenage rebellion thing going on #and their progress would've been slower #who knows! i can't say exactly how it would've played out #anyway i should stop before i ramble forever :)

[1800duckhotline]

yesterday i also watched the movie "poor things" and i have several thoughts about it , most of them not enthusiastically positive, but i have a soft spot for franeknstein-like scientist/doctors with a passion for giving a new sort of "life" to creatures and who are misunderstood as "monsters" despite doing what they do for a pure unadulterated Lust for Life. thats just something im Always drawn to. That's dragica, and to some extent, salice as well

#i always said though #if salice studied medicine instead of law it'd be all over . we just have dr cuntenstein again fucking shit up #also this is why dragica has fractal scars in my mind. regardless of universe she probably experimented in using electricity #as a means of reanimation #kind of paid the consequences of it. survived regardless. as peppy and enthusiastic as ever. #fundamentally also understood the risk of radiation poisoning when using magic and the items necessary to execute it #she's fascinating she is... she loves Undeath as much as she loves family and bread and butter #Salice also does. unfortunately on a uhhh. 'rawer' level which. well. Causes the Problems. #oc rambles

[twinkpoll]

There are NO main characters who are twinks in Ace Attorney they are all too wide. Even Apollo. Look at official art of him. His frame may be smaller than a lot of the other men in Ace Attorney, but his shoulders are broad enough and his torso is wide enough that he shouldn't qualify. Also his face is round and charming. If you must claim an Ace Attorney twink, make it Max Galactica or something. He at least fits the criteria.

No. I diagnose him with twink

#twink poll #twinkathon #apollo justice #ace attorney #i will make an EXECUTIVE DECISION and put him in the running regardless of nominations #like tintin