#this took 4 hours but it was worth it

[poorlemons]

In desperate need, actually.

#tmnt #asks #rottmnt au #rottmnt #rottmnt fan art #rottmnt future leo #future leo #au #alternate universe #peepaw leo #godhunter leo #birdwatcher leo #art #my art #digital art #doodle #this took 4 hours but it was worth it

[jamiethebeeart]

Lineart by @ovytia-art which was such a blast to color - I love the entire vibe of all of them hanging out together so much @green-with-envy-phandom-event

#greenwithenvy2024 #danny phantom #i picked it for Dani originally but i really do love seeing all of them interact together it makes me really happy to see #fun fact the flats (including background) took almost 4 hours. + i had to spread that up over a few days due to eye problems slowing me dow #but it was so so worth it. no one else will really understand but working on it gave me the same kind of goofy fun stress free feeling as #when me and my friends hang out at our dennys. i have a newfound fondness for nasty burger. #anyway do NOT look too closely at the car background because i /know/ they're messed up perspective just. hush. #i designed some nasty burger logos for this based on the canon sign! it was very fun!!!! and i reused them for another piece #dp jbee

[cardinal-crossing]

A doodle from a bit ago featuring @waywardstation's PMD AU! I've been getting busy lately, so I'm considering digging into my archive a little and posting some of my older drawings and doodles I either forgot to post or didn't have time to.

#cardinals art #submas #submas au #subway boss ingo #pokemon #hisuian typhlosion #Hisui PMD au #this one was supposed to be a warm up #but it took 4 hours #*cries* #the flames were worth it

[priestofberath]

varnished him

#fallout 4 #this was not worth it. this image does not spark joy and it took me hours #i didnt sleep last night because i was too busy buffing and sandpapering John Hancock #its not as good as smooth yoda.

[sapphire-weapon]

I think Eagleone is canon because in the game something really happens between them and it’s very noticeable, but I’m wondering why you consider them canon?

Because the romantic nature of their relationship is baked into the thematic framework of the narrative. In order for RE4make to achieve what it's trying to do with its storytelling, Leon and Ashley's relationship has to be read as romantic.

Resident Evil 4 Remake is Resident Evil 4 re-imagined as a fairy tale. Survival Horror is the genre of the gameplay of RE4make, but Horror Fantasy is the genre of its story.

RE4make contains fantastical elements that were not present in OG, including but not limited to:

Leon and Ada's plaga hallucinations (Ada's especially looks like it has a magical effect)

The magical blue fire that keeps the Armadura at bay

The cursed black water in the castle (irrespective of whether it's tied to the mold in RE7; it's still attributed to turning men mad and is treated like a magical reagent during the ritual)

Ashley getting possessed -- not Saddler using her plaga to manipulate her body (which he also does in OG) but actually physically possessing her and speaking through her mouth and seeing through her eyes

New enemies that invoke the imagery of Minotaurs

On top of that, one of the major themes of this story is: folklore, story books, and fairy tales. We see it show up not just in the characters but also in the lore of the world itself. Just to name a few examples off the top of my head, we have:

Luis's parallels with and direct verbal references to Don Quixote

The folklore of "madness" spread around the villagers that Mendez tried to quell panic of

Historic folklore from when the people of Valdelobos thought of Las Plagas as demons

Salazar's invocation of Pulgarcito (which is a Spanish fairy tale)

Literal storybooks that you find throughout the game, like the one in Mendez's house and the holy scripture (complete with a colored illustration like a child's picture book) in the castle

And, most of all -- and, most importantly for our purposes -- "The Knight and the Princess Fair" allegory that gets repeated over and over throughout the game centering entirely on Leon and Ashley.

And it's not just Salazar being a crazy asshole, either. Luis also refers to Leon as "Prince Charming," beckons him to the ballroom, and tells him not to be late for the dance.

The story itself also has an element of "true love conquers all" in it, as both Leon and Ashley literally pull off the impossible. Leon manages to fight off Saddler's influence (something that we've seen no other character manage to do -- and Leon's plaga is very advanced at this point) while he's holding Ashley in his arms. And tiny little 120lb Ashley manages to heft all 200+lbs of Leon and his gear up onto Luis's surgical chair all by herself in order to remove his plaga. They saved each other for each other and only got through this ordeal because the other person was there with and for them.

This narrative is then reinforced by overtly romantic imagery, like Leon appearing to Ashley bathed in moonlight, and Ashley wistfully looking to him off towards the horizon, hands clasped to her chest, as embers float around her like fireflies.

It also invokes the imagery of classic romance stories and fairy tales, including:

Several literal princess carries

Prince Phillip about to break the spell on Sleeping Beauty with true love's first kiss

The Prince approaching Snow White's altar

Leon kneeling before Ashley like a knight does his queen

Romeo and Juliet's very famous balcony scene

Leon extending a hand to Ashley as though he's asking her to dance, not once but twice

And in case all of that wasn't enough -- if you somehow still didn't catch it, Capcom included a set of matching alternate costumes for Leon and Ashley literally called "Romantic."

I don't know how much more explicit they could've been about this, short of having a big, sweeping kiss scene -- especially when you consider that absolutely none of the above was present in OG. None of those scenes happen in OG at all.

And this isn't even taking into account that the devs restructured the plot of OG to follow the story outline of a romance novel beat-for-beat -- nor the overt sexual imagery associated with specific lines of dialogue between Leon and Ashley. And even if you ignore the fairy tale aspect all together, Leon and Ashley's relationship is intrinsically tied to the theme of teamwork, and there's a romantic element about how that is portrayed, too.

So, sure. You could look at RE4make as a story about a man who's just doing his job and saves the president's daughter because idk he's a badass and that's just what he does. And he overcomes his trauma about Raccoon City because he actually saved a person's life finally, and it wouldn't have mattered who it was; it just happened to be Ashley.

Sure.

You could.

But you miss the fucking point of what the storyteller(s) were trying to do.

You miss the intention of the developers paying homage to RE4OG being such a huge part of so many people's childhoods by turning the story into a fairy tale.

You miss the parallels of Leon becoming a broken husk of a person because of failing re: Ada, and Leon finding his smile and his kindness again through Ashley.

It leaves you with a shallow story where shit just kind of happens and Leon's a cool dude who overcomes the odds all on his own because he's so cool and strong.

And you'll never be able to convince me that that's how the devs wanted their story to be read. Not with the deliberate layering of themes and imagery and allegory that they've folded into the narrative.

And you'll never convince me that all of this was just a coincidence, either.

Eagleone is canon -- just not canon in the way that most people tend to think of it.

Because the one thing missing from RE4make's fairy tale is that Leon and Ashley don't live happily ever after. They don't end this game a couple, and they'll never be together in the future.

Because while RE4make was a fairy tale, it was the nightmare horror version of one.

And horror stories don't get to have happy endings. That was true for Ethan and Mia in the literal storybook that was RE:Village, and it's true here for Leon and Ashley.

But that doesn't make the romance between these two characters any less real.

#resident evil 4 #leon kennedy #ashley graham #eagleone #meta analysis #this might be the most important eagleone post i ever write #i also never thought i'd compare leon and ashley to ethan and mia #but here we are LMAO #hopefully this was worth the almost three hours it took me to make

[scribblekingdom]

I present: the sillies

#quick doodle for valentine's day cuz I really wanted to draw these two dorks #“quick doodle” I say... this took over 4 hours #worth it for them tho #kaveh #alhaitham #kavetham #haikaveh #genshin fanart #genshin impact #valentines day #sylkie art

[rusty-gloinks]

Silly page doodles 4 my v cool twin yippeeee!!!!!

#art examples #Batwheels #quizz batwheels #Friends ocs #art trade #Took 4 hours but it was so worth it .my hands are broken #SHE SAW IT AND LOVED IT YAYYSYYUAYAYAAAA

[queenofthedork]

Another milkshake for @saruin 's challenge <3

You think it's the washing machine that's eating your socks? Nah, it's him and he's not sorry

Also peep the little goober he has hiding in his hair. Her name is Kazooie (and she's got a brother named Banjo)

#it took me hours just to be happy with the color scheme💀 #totally worth it though #simblr #my sims #cas #cas challenge #milkshake #sims 4 #ts4 #milkshake cas challenge #occult sims

[qiekzart]

drew the guys who take up 30% of my thoughts

[plz reblog]

#(not intended to be ship art but idm if u tag it as such lol) #art #my art #plz reblog #yugioh #ygo #eyestrain #yu gi oh #yugioh dm #yugioh duel monsters #ygo dm #yugioh bakura #bakura ryou #yami bakura #ryou bakura #bakura #hi if ur seeing this . this took 4 hours and 30 minutes straight and i think i died midway . to be honest. #worth it to draw the skrunkly goobers. the blorbos. #anyway goodnight #actually its 11 am . but still

[itsahotminuteinbetween]

some lil slumber doodles for @sunnyys-jarss cuz cuz I wanted to practice using just colors instead of lineart...i have learned that I kind of hate it cuz it takes forever but they turned out okay i guess? but anyways here's the guy!

#crappy doodles #not my oc #i have very little energy rn cuz guess who did not sleep last night #took me 4 hours to figure out how exactly coloring works but anyways! #sorry if I didn't do him justice sue #also please ignore the shitty backgrounds and shadows I am terrible at doing those #also very lazy cuz and got sick while doin this but it was worth it! #here's your guy sue! #sorry if it's blurry my computer loves to butcher details

[0509-brainrot]

long time no 0509

bonus under the cut

live kotos reaction

#milgram #milgram project #mikoto kayano #shidou kirisaki #0509 #0905 #my art #you do not want to know how much time this took #i can count on one hand the amount of times i've drawn characters dancing #and every single time. suffering. agony. pain and death (worth it though <3) #“oh fun idea i'll just draw that real quick” 3 hours later i'm not even done with the lineart #my wrist hurts now orz (still worth it) #enjoy the food 0509 nation... apologies for my absence </3 #for the record mikoto almost drops shidou during that dip he's too gay for this and they're both in shock

[sham-bles]

the beautiful game <3 happy (very belated) birthday king!

Here more versions and the black and white one

Hope u like it :3

#Erm i did actually start this on his bday…. Deleted 6 worth of work….. and then did just this #This is just an excuse to make myself a new phone bg tbh #The finished painting maybe took me 4 hours? Not counting the deleted work #sham!s dumb little art #trent alexander arnold #taa #procreate

[wraenata]

I have returned from camping. I'm going to try and make it through my dash but I'm not sure if I will be able too. If I missed any posts I'm sorry!

#wren screams at 4 am #biking and kayaking and cooking on a camp stove and sleeping in a tiny tent #a squirrel was dropping big pinecones on us this morning #and i got to hear a pileated woodpecker and barred owls and a catbird #birds i saw goldfinches cedar waxwings egret bald eagle cardinals robins mourning doves #ugh i think thats it #had a nice time and didnt feel ill! #though i took a 3 hour post camping nap haha #imma try to get through my dash but this is like 30+ hours worth to get through imma try

[sketch--booked]

After going to Legoland I’ve been in Ninjago brain and I got an Overlord mini figure today which got me super excited to expended that energy in drawing him. 💜💖💛🖤

Transparent variants underneath.

If you wanna use these for like a phone background (I know I will), pfp or something, you can that’s no problem 💙💙💙

I also won’t lie I’ve had RotTMNT on my mind so excuse me if some Shredder got in there ghhghgh.

#ninjago #look sketch got an art tag #ninjago overlord #lego ninjago #he is made of smoke this armor is the only thing keeping him upright #I’m really good at tagging guys I promise #this took too much time off my life but worth it in the end #3-4 hours of my life #im slow leave me be

[criscura]

I wish I wasn't so exhausted and I could make more art.... I even planned out a whole prompt-a-day month for Saigenos/Genosai, TWICE, but the first time no one seemed like they could participate when I asked about it, and the second time I friggin lost the damned plan. I could remake it a third time, but I just....I don't know.

I've been really struggling to get along for a while, and I think if it didn't hit it off--or even if I just got really productive and it seemed like I was reaching crickets--I'd be so incredibly discouraged that it would bring me down even further. It usually takes my stuff a few months to a year to get reach, and that really doesn't do anything for me when I need the support immediately.

It's not that I don't have a billion ideas for so many different things, but my battery has been taking longer and longer to charge up and it's been running out faster and faster, and it's been like this for....a year?? Ish?? Maybe longer, I don't know.

I wish I could just stop needing so much fucking time to bounce back.....

#written from my bed as I'm almost crying from exhaustion and hopelessness #I'm PMSing and I had a really tiring day so i know this feels worse than normal #but when you've been struggling to fall asleep for months because waking up means being disappointed in yourself #for everything you failed to do the day before and everything you know you're going to fail to do again today #it's really hard not to feel like shit about yourself #trying to be constantly hopeful but never living up to your expectations #and then the few times that you do you completely crash for days #and then the only way to not crash is to have your big accomplishment be 'i went to the gym' 'i took a shower' 'i answered a message' #and just. again #to have the be the way you're living for months and months and months #it's so embarrassing to admit how little i can do and it makes me so ashamed knowing how much I've done and see what everyone else around me #is constantly doing #and then when i do share things it just kind of dies off because I've been too exhausted to maintain most relationships #which ALSO makes me feel like absolute fucking shit because i think people think i just don't care about them #when it's really that it takes me hours to get out of bed and I'm lucky if i remember to eat before 4 #and I hate so much of myself and see it as such a huge waste of time that it uses up almost all the energy i have to take care of myself #but if i don't do it I'll just hate myself even more #i know i keep on complaining about this but I'm. I'm trying to fix it #i have BEEN trying to fix it actively for so fucking long #but it's.....i think I've stopped believing anything i do has significant worth and it makes it hard to keep trying #and i know people will read this and say take something for it but when you're only interactions with medications and drugs #are one experience that scarred you so bad you didn't go to the doctors for ten years and one experience so bad #that you couldn't even explain it at first without HARDCORE disassociating #it's hard to convince yourself that anything will ever be any better and that it won't make everything intensely worse for years

[solvicrafts]

Nine people I'd like to get to know better

...except I'm getting to this very late and have no idea who has or hasn't done this yet, so consider this a free-for-all for anyone wanting to do this, too!

Last song: Follow Fi (extended) - good background noise when I'm working on my websites :)

Bregan D'aerthe fan-site will be returning soon-ish btw! PROBABLY in April or May but it really depends on how much more our relocation is gonna keep getting pushed back :(

Favourite colour: I am a BIG fan of colors just in general but um...

GREEN. Let's just say 'green' and make this a bit easier.

Last tv show/movie: Oh lord... I really don't watch tv much at all. As in... I've watched 1 show in the last 3 years, which is the Loki series.

Spicy/sweet/savoury: Mostly savory with a bit of spice. I do not usually like mixing sweet and savory. There's an Indian restaurant around here that makes great tikka masala and if I could only eat ONE meal for the rest of my life it would be that.

Last game: Minecraft. I was feeling a bit cynical after corporate put up some more ~woo~ feel-good brainwashing customer service posters so I fought back by putting up signs in my spooky scary underground dungeon saying shit like "positive vibes only" and a few other things that might be too much of a giveaway for where I work so I won't share them (YET!)

Last thing i google "do people seriously believe this crap?" with absolutely no added context because that's the mood I was in

@foxboyclit thank you for tagging me in this, it was fun!

#is this the room of a 5 year old or a 30+ year old with adhd and too much creativity to contain? #actually it has changed a bit since I took that photo given that it's been a year #but overall it's still very similar #the ghost is gone because the string broke and I couldn't be arsed to fix it #so now there's the giant spider web in its place #the flowery table cover was replaced with a lace spider web for Lolthmas and I still haven't changed it back #during covid when I was working in a hippie woo grocery store at the height of it all I got seriously depressed #I couldn't go anywhere the way my hours were #so I turned my room into an enchanted forest and tbh it's really serene. my cat is hopelessly in love with my little red rose pillows. #this is the longest I've left my room looking more or less the same #I get an urge to redecorate every 6 months like clockwork but it's been this way for 4 years now I think #taking everything down when I relocate is gonna suck but my next room/office is gonna be Underdark themed so... WORTH IT #I already have the custom printed mural :'D #the new mural is a lot less cartoonish and a bit more uh... GROWN-UP lol but still very pretty #cw: taxidermy #<- just in case since I have one of my foxes and coywolves in the photo #disclaimer: the pelts in this photo are super old and were not killed by me or for the purpose of taxidermy