#smth symbolic in a way

[laylaisthename]

feeling soooooooo normal about Mason/Morgan's bonus content this month I swear.

#im not feeling normal about it btw #can book 3 come out already im frothing at the mouth #also little fun fact omar has a rook tattoo on his arm for his dad ofc #its just so. im SO normal about it i promise #the wayhaven chronicles #whc #twc mason #wayhaven detective #drawing has been causing me mental damage but i need to actually draw to ever get better at it #beating my teenage self over the head for never bothering to practice drawing and me having to put in the effort now #honestly i think eventually he might get a tatoo for mason as well #and the rest of UB + his mom in some way as well #smth symbolic in a way #anyway hitting post before i stare at it more and want to change it more #wayhaven m #wayhaven mason

[theoldkyokodied]

One wedding and three funerals

Background paintings under the cut

#tomgreg #succession #tom wambsgans #greg hirsch #shiv roy #roman roy #kendall roy #yeah no im not tagging everyone thats too much #this is me going 'how much implications themes and symbolism can i fit in one painting' #yes i gave rose shivs haircolor. if we ever find out how she looks like and its not like this im just gonna pass away i guess #but yeah i hope yall connect the dots #i put waaay too much thought and work into this. i was googling pictures of all the actors as kids just for reference (sigh) #honestly kinda wanted to make tom and greg link pinkies as like. a pinkie promise. but that was too hard to draw in this angle #at least not without obstructing the view of the ring which is important to see so ya #my fave is actually the tomshiv wedding pic i went off with that. i love them... they should have run away to become sheep farmers fr fr #anyway im so glad im done with this UGH!! finally i can draw smth else without being like oh noooo i need to finish this #i see a lot of you wondering why there is no portrait of logan but one of ewan #it's bc the placement of the painting represent their standing. logans portray would not hang next to the stairs #his present portrait hangs at the end of it. all the way up at the top. alone and withering away #basically the picture you see underneath ewan to the right? its where toms parents would be. the right side of the wall is tom and gregs #and the left one is the roy siblings theirs. since they grew up rich rich. and tom and greg didn't #but ya thats why ewan hangs here and logan does not :)

[noxious-fennec]

"الخيل و الليل و البيداء تعرفني ... والسيف و الرمح و القرطاس و القلم" ، المتنبي

Translation: "the stallions, the night and the wasteland know me ... and the sword, the arrow, the parchment, and the pen", Al-Mutanabbi

A tribute of sorts to a man of many attributes.

#someone send me an ask about all the goddamn symbolism i put into this #i dont think ppl read my long ass tags so one of you has to bear it lest i explode or smth #also this is no way the end of my fanart of this guy oh ho no #its just something i wanted to do for a while #also don't mind the bilingualism i just cant help it #this beast took approx 55hrs over the course of the entire pomegranate season #i wasn't dead for the past 2 months no i was dealing with uh chronic illness and also finals #peace and love hope yall like it or I'll cry #my art #cwilbur #dsmp #dsmp fanart #no glasses here cus i had to draw his freckles it had to be done #fennec. art

[octylish]

An Eye for an Eye (A Table for Two)

#phighting #phighting subspace #phighting medkit #can be seen as ship idrc do what you want #phighting art #phighting fanart #i worked way too hard on the colours never make me do that ever again (it will happen again) #i hope u guys like the 1 million bits of symbolism and detail i dumped into this bc it was A lot #happy easter! scavenger hunt this *tosses symbolic medkit and subspace drawing into the woods* #kinda wish i put smth to fill the empty space in the top left but whatever #if u want the notes and details of the symbolism feel free to go on my twt @octylish

[yourflesh-give-it-to-me]

big fan of when there's bugs. deep cut coming whenever I feel like it.

#arachnophobia #entomophobia #splatoon #off the hook #pearl houzuki #marina ida #squid sisters #callie cuttlefish #marie cuttlefish #pearl's outfit is black because I thought the white clashed too much. my bug designs for oth in general could use some work ngl #any way I feel really smart for the hourglass and butterfly symbols. they're close enough to the originals while still being bug themed #on that note I think instead of having wobbly voice effects they probably buzz or smth #spiders #insects #my art

[zeb-z]

The knife being given to Ron for him to use in the kitchen instead of being used against him as intended was so good. It was Cellbit’s knife before it was Bad’s, his sort of reassurance and comfort during triggering or stressful moments, as well as a reminder of what he wants to avoid reverting back to. A knife that gave him options.

The way that knife symbolized extremes and bloody decisions, given to Bad to carry out the actions Cellbit suspected of him, that of which Cellbit would not do but would look the other way of, knowing well what sorts of violence Bad can commit.

Bad never uses it. As much as everyone expects him to, he instead gives it to Ron for its intended purpose. Just like instead of having killed him, or as heavily implied, eating him, he had taken Ron somewhere safe.

Idk something about how characters come back from extremes, and the other islanders help in this. Baghera helping Bad settle on helping Ron escape. Cellbit’s family helping to keep him choosing the better options, striving for something level headed and rational, at the very least. Something about how people can do terrible things, but then they can do better and work to correct for what they’ve done, how forgiveness isn’t impossible and reformation is in reach.

Something about Cell’s knife, clean and newly sharpened, stored in a drawer in Ron’s kitchen, now used for gentle things.

#smth about taking poor bloody decisions and turning them into something that is good. kidnapping ron and turning it to helping him escape #and figure out a life away from the Feds. taking this knife with a long history and using it for its intended purpose - kitchen work #though I know it’s not the same knife it’s symbolically the same knife yknow yknow #idk man the way this happens when people understand bad and why he’s doing what he’s doing #even Cellbit with his own understanding and helping bad even with those bloody intentions and purposeful looking away. it was support #support that bads been lacking. and like no it’s not good but like at least bad has had something that’s not just accusations and such #like. it’s tricky. bad has been very much in the wrong. but like with Charlie when he went crazy with grief he came back with help #bad has hardly been the worst person morally on the server so far #but idk. smth about realizing you’re in the wrong and righting it. how the islanders keep eachother up like this #mcyt #qsmp #q!bbh #bbh #q!cellbit #cellbit #z speaks

[bitternace]

69 and vexen pretty please :3

oh, turpentine, erase me whole

[ID: a digital drawing of vexen from kingdom hearts, that features a digital painting portrait of ansem the wise and even. The background is grey green with soot marks.

vexen, shown in profile from the waist up, has a hand on the wall, as he looks up to the painting, which is half burned, with light embers and only partially shows even. Ansem is in his labcoat and scarf, with either hand behind his back. none of their faces are fully visible. /end ID.]

#arsenicstrudel #hey there fren ty for the req #i laughed SO HARD. alas. I wish it had been smth silly so i could do something silly #but it was. honeybee. which is to me one of the most heartbreaking romantic songs to ever be sung #BUT I DIDNT WANNA yk. make it not character focused. it's not a ship piece but i would understand it being seen like so #i was gonna make some sort of allusion to vexen in com (as per the tagline;) but i felt like #i wasnt executing it well i did like 4 attempts before i just. (Vague hand gesture) made this #this is not a ansem tw apologist account but he is very interesting as a character to me #and in light of kh3's....... whatever that scene in tt was #i was like. oh. You didnt have to look my way #start my circuit start a flame but you did. But That was more apprenticeship; n since it was vexen and not even well. this is what came to #which i'm taglining into apprenticeship->'i thought you had abandoned us'->oh turpentine erase me whole #i'm not experienced with digital painting but i tried 💪🏻 #would this painting exist? Hell no. is it symbolic hell ye #i might execute this better at a later date but i am. so sick rn. mwah mwah tysm #nano does reqs #if some of this doesnt make sense sorry i am. so sick #vexen kh #ansem tw

[letoscrawls]

shuffles up to you cagily in a trench coat and a fedora pulled low over my face

have you ever drawn… helen

omg sorry for taking so long to reply but yes i have but i forgot how batshit crazy she is in dune messiah???? she really said

oh paul was fed up with that hag and i can't blame him

#my art #ask #dune #dune art #gaius helen mohiam #she's insufferable but in a kinda iconic way #anyways i like to think she had some additional jewelry alongside the regular bg robe #to symbolize the power of the sisterhood? while in darwi times it was more about gals being pals or smth and they all wore the same thing #if that makes any sense #and i ended in a medieval nuns attire rabbit hole on pinterest the other day sooo yeah it's totally her #dune messiah

[8cfc00]

don’t know if this makes any sense but. i associate each of the s1 dad’s stories with different storytelling mediums. 

like, glenn’s story is very visual, a lot of visual subtleties and visual imagery/symbolism. (book of Xs) Meanwhile ron’s story is a lot more word-based, there are visual symbols, but i see them as a lot more abstract. (you are enough just as you are). Darryl’s would work best as a movie. it just has those vibes. and i think Henry’s story is good as a podcast? (the structure feels less conventional, and he has some great monologues)

#dndads #this is why its a lot easier for me to draw glenn stuff #an animatic for him is a lot more straightforward than it would be for any other dad #also ron's whole thing could be EASILY translated into a poem #its just smth about all the abstract symbols #and a level of subtlety too #double meanings #darryl has too much visual comedy to not be a dark comedy movie #and uh #i dont really understand henry's arc #but i think its incredibly good the way it is #as a podcast #shrugs

[everyitachi]

#naruto #uchiha itachi #chapter 220 #the magical uchiha police sign convo.... #among many haunting things in naruto I am haunted by the fact that the uchiha symbol is STILL on the police station building even in boruto #like. imagine going to work as a policeman for konoha post massacre (what was THAT recruiting process like) #with the uchiha symbol on your work building when konoha massacred them because they planned a coup after being ostracized BY being like. #assigned cop at birth or whatever. except you don’t even know it because it was covered up by konoha. #and explains the uchiha police backstory on the way #sarada: #hey dad why is our clan symbol on the police station #sasuke finally understanding why itachi looked so constipated: well. #cause it really already was smth to see that flshback in different light everytime you'd learn some new bullshit so. #it's time for one more time #even though said flashback is already ingrained in my brain I can HEAR sasuke twisting his ankle

[utterdrip]

no bc lae’zel is downright angelic at the beginning of bg3. if i found out my party member stole an artifact from my people, whilst also BLAMING THOSE PEOPLE FOR KILLING HER COMRADES WHO WERE PROTECTING IT, i would not be nice enough to just let that go for the sake of group harmony until i could confront her later at camp. like you would see me pushing her off the bridge or smth at least im sorry

#bg3 spoilers #frankie posts #like i love shadowheart but u have got me all the way fucked up girlie #saying everyone died on ur mission and ur blaming all gith for it #meanwhile u dont even questkon why u have to steal a gith artifact??? that is OBVIOUSLY gith #like its bot like it has sharran runes or smth. it is literally githyanki symbols on it. #lae’zel #shadowheart #fp

[vvanessaives]

death and the devil walk into the office...wait that doesn’t sound like a good start

#OKAY SO...i did smth silly....JKDFDKJNKD sorry for having my thoughts plagued by my own ocs as if that's my fault!!! #beside the actual meaning of the tarots i chose & how it links to them let me say 2 words on the choice of photo bc i'm insane actually #smth smth the devil is disguised among us (the city background. the shadows hiding half of her face) smth smth the branches of life twisting #and intertwining with death (the neon branches linking with their arm. life & death fucked up opposite but indissoluble bond) #and the way akira is bringer of change and transformation in the life of the ppl around them...LISTEN I'M INSANE #don't make me start rambling bc i can keep on talking of themes and symbolism forever #also akira x eva au??? anyone?? just me? okay..HFKJDSFK sorry if i'm cringe with this post at least i'm free #*ocstuff #oc: akira #oc: evangelia #cyberpunk 2077 #cp2077 #also final reminder that akira uses they/them (sir death kjdshfk) and eva she/they (milord the devil lmao) that's it i'll shut up now <33 #scheduled posting

[pinkseas]

girls when they get called angel 💞💗❣️♥️❣️♥️💕💓💘❣️💖💞

#I KNOW ITS A JOKE IM JSUT. dies. #also smth abt . the amount of angel symbolism or imagery in so many of my fave characters #like a LOT of those fuckers are angel coded in the most fascinating ways it makes me insane #also if ur reading this i prommy ill answer u properly in the morning my phone just Hates Me #or i could... get up and turn my computer back on..... and try to write......... hmmmm #alyalyoxenfree

[secret-whump-basement]

Thinking about cannibal Whumper

Maybe they kidnap people to eat. Maybe it's just a passing thrill, to engage with that taboo when the fancy strikes them. Or maybe it's a whole lifestyle. They find eating unwilling prey to be more fun than willing. Maybe they force a Whumpee to eat human meat along with them. Maybe it's somebody that Whumpee cared about. The possibilities are endless

#atlas posts #whump #whumpblr #whump scenario #whump prompt #tw: cannibalism #it can get a bit nasty and dark but i think cannibalism is interesting #like in a fiction sense #theres a lot you can do with it. lot of weird you can explore #esp like bcus i always think cannibalism should symbolize smth abt the cannibals psyche. in some way

[aria0fgold]

You ever just see a character so loved by its creators that it shows through the character itself?

#aria rants #i love seeing it and now i see another loved character. im talking bout sparkle from hsr this time #her trailer is just so good with everything that it really is a trailer just for her. everything bout it has themes and details #that points to sparkle. it tells a story. shows her beliefs. and presents symbolisms all pertaining to sparkle herself #tbf i alrdy love how sparkle is written (been a long while since hoyo wrote a morally ambiguous character outside of hi3) #shes antagonistic in her own way. so far most of her actions came off as smth villainous during 2.0's story #but thats also what makes her intriguing and interesting as a character cuz she isnt just a purely evil villain #and the trailer showcased that in a way thats fitting for her. shes a Fool. yet not completely ''foolish.'' she has no face #since all she ever has are masks to present to others. she follows Elation with a dual-coloured mask that represents good #and evil yet not in a synergy. it is balanced but a clear line is driven between it. she can be good. she can be evil. #whichever is more entertaining is what she'll choose. its an option for her and not an obligation. i love her character a lot

[fideidefenswhore]

#TheTudorsWeek2023, by @thetudorsgifs | Day 1: Best Episode(s)

Episode 2x02: Tears of Blood: Henry continues undermining the Catholic Church's influence in England, while his chaplain makes a fact-finding tour of Lutheran Germany; Anne resolves to consummate her relationship with the king as Brandon plants doubts about her virtue.

Episode 2x03: Checkmate: His patience at an end, Henry marries Anne in secret, appoints his Lutheran chaplain Thomas Cranmer the head of the Church, and strips Queen Katherine of her title and status; the king and new queen's first child is born, a girl christened Elizabeth.

Episode 2x10: Destiny and Fortune: In the Season 2 finale, Anne awaits execution in the Tower of London as Henry's marriage to her is annulled, baby Elizabeth is removed from the line of succession, and Henry proposes to Jane Seymour, who accepts.

Episode 3x05: Problems in the Reformation: Henry remains in seclusion while mourning the queen's death, an opportunity that enemies of the crown seize to murder several friends of the court; Cromwell is disturbed when Henry doesn't resist his new church's similarities to Catholicism.

Episode 3x09: The Undoing of Cromwell: In the Season Three finale, Henry moves swiftly to annul his loveless marriage to Anne of Cleves, and beds a new teenage mistress; Princess Mary falls in love with Duke Philip of Bavaria; Cromwell's fall from favor is sudden and dramatic.

Episode 4x01: Moment of Nostalgia: Henry introduces his new wife to court, Katherine Howard, his fifth Queen. She attempts to befriend Henry's children; this succeeds with his young son, Prince Edward, but she receives only contempt from Lady Mary while Lady Elizabeth is receptive but prefers to spend time with Henry's former wife Anne of Cleves.

#thetudorsweek2023 #these episode summaries are...smth #they seem to pretty much match the amazon summaries except weirdly the second one #'christened elizabeth' to 'both newylweds disappointed by her gender' #unpopular not to include the finale ik but like... #idk. i kind of thought they phoned the finale in a bit #i liked all the ghosts of past and future and the last scene with kparr and his children #really loved the parallel of his road to the afterlife being the same as the reunion between him and AB after she survived #the sweating sickness...and the parallel in their deaths too (a sword from behind that they could not see because they were distracted by #something else higher above them #and then the white horse works either as christian symbol or knight-errant or both #but the rest...kind of mid #they just expected me to care about charles brandon. far more than i do #charles brandon is to me what AB seems to be to others #im resentful he had so much screentime at the expense of introducing other characters #like we barely even got the exeter conspiracy. we did but like that was the exact moment they introduced the poles #we saw margaret pole for like five seconds s1 but otherwise. yeah #the google summaries are also. something. damn #shorter but maybe i should have picked them #also like the way the last episode summary does not allude to what was the title at all lol #(it's from a line from dialogue from henry to elizabeth #when he gives her a copy of tacitus' annals)