#shadow star

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Armageddon, NaruTaru (Shadow Star)

#art #illustration #armageddon #narutaru #shadow star #planet #star #u

[xenosagaepisodeone]

#narutaru #shadow star #manga

[vkelleyart]

“Be gay. Do crimes.”

- THE EXTRAORDINARIES by TJ Klune

This was the landslide winner of the September Fanart Poll on my Patreon! (Sorry it’s late—I got sick at the end of September and it majorly delayed all my projects!)

I came at this one a little differently than usual since I wanted to get Nick, Seth, and Owen in the shot but also highlight the fact that Nick writes spectacularly funny fanfic about the Extraordinaries. And then I thought it might be cool as a variant cover, so there ya go.

If you would like to vote in the November Art Poll (it’s a sapphic fanart theme this time), come join the Patreon!

#the extraordinaries #tj klune #Nicky bell #Seth Gray #Owen Burke #Shadow Star #Pyro Storm #fanart

[functional-sad]

some days its just me and the little bit of owen burke thats always with me against the world

#i think about him a lot #i need to give him a hug #owen burke #shadow star #extraordinaries #the extraordinaries #tj klune

[mityfresh]

Narutaru doodles

#sfw #anime #narutaru #shadow star #manga #Hainuwele #Akira Sakura #art #artwork #drawing #fan art #art and design #cartoon #artists on tumblr #illustration #artist

[neonanima]

i just finished narutaru (aka shadow star) and i can't stop thinking about it. it's so full of problems, especially the last few volumes, but i struggle to think of any anime/comic i've liked so much despite so many flaws.

spoilers abound, and this probably won't be interesting if you haven't read the manga, anyway.

from a creator standpoint, i'm paying attention to the fact that kitoh's use of duality and jungian archetypes seems to be what makes it so effective, although the former is part of what makes it so messy and needlessly convoluted. it seems like kitoh's goal was to present almost all characters in pairs with their opposite. the first and best example of this is shiina and akira, shiina being light/optimism/strength and akira being darkness/pessimism/weakness.

kitoh keeps on (and keeps on and keeps on) introducing new characters and it definitely gets tiresome when you're three volumes from the end and there's a new side character/side story, but one of the ways he makes them easier to digest and more integrated into the story is to immediately establish them as a reflection or contrast to another character. when hirono is reintroduced in vol. 6, we're following her struggle with bullying and her isolation is juxtaposed with akira's. it ends up being one of the most interesting and emotional conversations of the series, as a result, although i think hirono only has about three chapters of "screen time."

to make sure every character has a foil/opposite is one of the ways he makes each one seem to have more depth. tsurumaru being really enthusiastic about procreating is a bizarre and repugnant character trait, for example, but when he's juxtaposed with the hollow, uncaring, passionless naozumi, what he symbolizes seems more important and interesting.

you quickly see the problem with relying too much on the dualism approach, though. shiina and akira spend half the manga being clear and understandable opposites, for example, before akira's role is abruptly diminished and she's replaced at the end with kuri, who explains that she's the shadow to shiina's light. it would have been way more effective to nix the kuri character and have akira fill her role. i'm baffled as to why kitoh didn't do this, but i suspect when he started focusing the characters as playing symbolic dualistic roles, he was a bit blinded to simple ways to tighten dynamics and give them greater emotional impact.

stories that heavily employ jungian archetypes (shadow self, anima, great mother, etc.) and subconscious symbolism always seem to have this lingering grip on my psyche (the last ones that i remember feeling similarly about were the nightmare alley novel and overdue rewatch of evangelion). they still seem so mysterious and meaningful to me even when i can consciously recognize what the creator is doing. it makes me wonder just how sloppily you can use these devices and still have the same effect.

#narutaru #shadow star #manga #jung #mohiro kitoh #does tumblr not have a read more cut function anymore

[sovini]

i saw an angel today

#narutaru #narutaru shadow star #click for hq #shadow star #narutaru fanart

[transangledlozengeggbutt]

#narutaru #shadow star #manga #dream #imagination

[mryador]

Kirby Air Ride: Released July 11th, 2003

Whenever I talk to people about Kirby (or you for that matter) it's a pretty safe guess that their favorite game in the series was probably Air Ride, so I wanted to stream this drawing when I initially worked on it. I remember finishing it in about 6 hours or so, I believe. I had fun coming up with the background, trying to blur the road and the clouds to give a sense of motion. I think if I re-did this drawing, I'd make Kirby's Warpstar thicker. Looks a little flimsy in this picture.

Part of the Kirby's Birthday Stars project.

#kirbys birthday stars #kirby air ride #kirby #warpstar #wagon star #shadow star #swerve star #nintendo #hal laboratory

[sethgraysupremacy]

an ode to seth’s sweatshirt

is october nearly over? yes. am i going to start fulfilling flufftober prompts right now anyways? also yes.

day one: wearing each other’s clothes

read it on ao3!

~~~

Seth’s Sweatshirt was a special kind of happiness. Every time Nick wore it–cold train rides, sleepovers, movie marathons, winter dates–he was covered in the smell of campfire smoke, aftershave, and Tide laundry detergent. This was, in Nick’s opinion, the best possible smell, because it was Seth’s smell.

And don’t even get him started on how it felt; after being worn for so many years, adorned by Nick’s admittedly scrawny frame and Seth’s increasingly muscular one, the threadbare fabric was more like a blanket than clothing in terms of softness. Paired with the fact that it was slightly too big for him, it was the comfiest thing he could think of for late nights with old movies playing on low volume in the background.

But even though it was almost worn through, it was warm enough for mid-January days. Nick was almost convinced Seth had put some kind of spell on it– maybe he was, like, spreading his fire-stuff to the cotton, and that was why Nick could wear it instead of a jacket without chattering his teeth off.

If Nick were to be completely honest, The Sweatshirt was just a sweatshirt, in its purest form no different than anything you could order off of Amazon. The fabric wasn’t magic. Enchantment wasn’t sewn into the stitching, and the zipper wasn’t extraordinary. There was only one quality to The Sweatshirt that made him care about it at all:

It was Seth’s.

#seth #nick #seth gray #nick bell #nicky #nicky bell #nicholas bell #the extraordinaries #extraordinaries #extraordinary #tj klune #pyrostorm #guaridan #shadowstar #shadow star #pyro storm #gibby #jazz #owen #aaron #jenny #martha #bob #gibby gibson #jazz kensington #owen burke #simon #simon burke #aaron bell #jenny bell

[pulsarex]

Mamiko Kuri is non-binary and I will die on that hill.

#gender doesn’t seem to matter to her anyway #i mean she walks around naked do you really think she would be concerned with those concepts #shadow star narutaru #narutaru #shadow star

[matchakoii]

Decided to draw a cute lil chibi of my BNHA OC Kaguya since I haven’t drawn her in forever! 😊 Just something to hold you guys over for the start of the new year! I hope you’re all doing well!

#the art #my art #my hero academia oc #my hero academia fanart #mha oc #bnha oc #bnha #mha #boku no hero academia #boku no hero academia oc #boku no hero academia fanart #boku no hero oc #kaguya tobidasu #shadow star #chibi #chibis #chibi fanart #fanart #anime fanart

[jedi-starbird]

'Desert hermit Ben Kenobi develops a reputation as a crazy wizard because he keeps talking to thin air.'

No. This is Tatooine, talking to yourself is hardly the weirdest thing they've seen. Ben Kenobi, however, keeps having full on fucking screaming rows with thin air and seemingly gets replies back, which is decidedly a step up.

(They've managed to piece together that a major point of contention is the acquisition and raising of a child? Clearly Ben is a wizard that had a bitter divorce with a desert spirit and is working through a custody dispute)

#i fully believe the first 3 years after qui gon manifests himself is screaming matches between the two its cathartic or something #tatooine residents watching ben have a seemingly coherent arguement with nothing #but sometimes they swear the wind moves the sand to form the shadow of a very tall man next to ben #tatooine residents very invested into the one-sided family drama theyre hearing about #obi wan kenobi #qui gon jinn #star wars

[functional-sad]

Owen: "I asked you out and you said yes."

Nick: "You told me we were going to break into your dad's work and steal pills to make me into an Extraordinary!"

Owen: "Well, yeah. Pretty great date idea, right?"

this is why owen is my favorite character

#it was not in fact a great date idea #i love these dumbasses #the extraordinaries #tj klune #nick bell #owen burke #shadow star #correct quotes

[azertyrobaz]

Omega vs. Mouse droid

#the bad batch #the bad batch spoilers #tbb #tbb spoilers #the bad batch s3 #star wars #omega #mouse droid #mse droid #shadows of tantiss #sadly I can't include the cute beeps of frustration it made #my edits

[bloodybellycomb]

I genuinely mean it when I say that life becomes at least 30% more manageable whenever you allow yourself to become obsessed with something that is a little bit silly

#me watching several asoiaf lore videos as i struggle to find a job #nice #a song of ice and fire #also star wars #and #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #maybe also adventure time #wait is that it for me?? #oh god i just realized that I actually do need more silly stuff in my life #i need more fantasy lore videos in my life rn!! #birdy chirps