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Final Fantasy 16: where even the dragons are gay

#<3 #final fantasy

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I think one of the most fascinating aspects of Joshua's character is that he was raised by a cult that worships him and it shows.

The game is very unsubtle in depicting the Undying as a cult, if a benign one whose goals are largely aligned with Clive's: the way it recruits from the disenfranchised dredges of society, the way it isolates it's members from the outside world, and associates devotion to their deity with worth as a person, even glorifying self sacrifice even past the point of reason- something Clive and Cyril butt heads on repeatedly.

And you can see the way that both being raised by them and being their messiah has impacted Joshua: the way Joshua feels that he can and should be able to do everything on his own (rebuffing Jote's efforts to help him even with small matters, avoiding Clive in order to 'protect' him), the way he's feels a right to order the lives of others around his own wishes (his meddling in the politics of each Kingdom, especially Sanbreque), even the subtle hint that he's given up on trying to persuade the Undying not to sacrifice their lives for his gain (and the even more subtle implication that he's maybe accepted that self sacrifice is a good thing, given his own self-sacrificial tendencies for Clive).

Their's this big gap after the reveal Joshua is alive where you wonder: how did he get from where he was Phoenix Gate (the shy innocent boy who wanted to do his duty more to make his brother proud then for it's own sake) to where he is at Drake's Spine (confident, mysterious, cold blooded in his pursuit of his goals), and the game answers that so effectively in the introduction of the Undying. This is where he learned it, this is what shaped him after everything fell apart and he went into hiding: a cult that all at once was trying to parent and worship and aid a 10 year old messiah whose only real desire was to save his brother from the monster that tore them apart.

#moshes #final fantasy

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he’s so pretty when he smiles ;v;

#I'M UNWELL #final fantasy

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Reunited

#wifey #final fantasy

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Jill and Clive

#I love their love #final fantasy

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desert brothers with silly hats on the mind

#I'M OBSESSED #one piece

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Black Dog 🌙✨ a little banner for Halloween! 🎃🎃🎃

I always though the black dog trope was cool. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I’m stuck at home this year, so I wanted to draw something fun and creepy to celebrate!

[ID: an illustration of a black dog prancing over a stylized moon cycle. There is a wrought-iron gate and a purple night sky in the background, with dancing purple flames. The dog has a red string tied around its neck, which drapes across the image and stretches up, seemingly originating from a lantern held by a flying bat. Visual detail in red and grey fill in empty space, and a red and white border of stylized eyes defines the edges of the illustration. End.]

#art

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you will live and you will say the wrong things and make mistakes and people will love you anyways.

#mood

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Dark Souls font: CHARMS DELIVERED (by @peterokii !!!)

#one piece #portgas d ace #one piece sabo #monkey d. luffy #the autism brothers #thejapanesemapletree

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stories

#BROTHERSSSA #one piece

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Yamato & Ace

#da boyz #one piece

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little luffy

and his doting older brother

#BONK #one piece

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

#important

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Heal friendships, uncover mysteries, and prepare for impending doom in The Last Days of Friendship Valley! You play as the Patcher, a goat whose job is to settle arguments and keep communities together. Your new home plans on putting your conflict negotiation skills to the test: a deep schism lurks beneath the surface of Friendship Valley, and there are mere days before everything breaks apart. Make friends with the town's inhabitants, evolve your conversational approach, and try to mend the broken heart of Friendship Valley before it destroys the world.

Wishlist now:

Build Your Conversation Deck

The Last Days of Friendship Valley's unique card-based tactical Friendship Encounter system lets you decide EVERYTHING about your Patcher, from your conversational quirks, to your emotional strengths and weaknesses, to the ways you break when the strain becomes too much. Flexible or firm, steadfast or melancholy, patient or explosive; you decide who you become and how you interact with the world. When every character has full emotional interiority, a single wrong word can be the difference between success and disaster. Do you have what it takes to tackle the chaos of interpersonal communication?

Uncover an Ancient Mystery

Not all is sunshine and rainbows in Friendship Valley; a mystery that stretches back to the dawn of time threatens to swallow the town. Uncover soul-powered machines, negotiate with fairies, and delve into deep emotional wounds in order to reach the truth. What does the floating obelisk in the middle of town really do? Why is there an abandoned building covered in magic sigils outside of town? Who is trying to destroy Friendship Valley, and why?

Try to Save the World

You won't be able to do it alone. Fortunately, you have help. The friends you make along the way will be there to support you in big and small ways alike, from a fresh meal to a trek through the wilderness. Each Friendship Encounter you successfully resolve brings you closer to the goats involved: Friendship Valley is a mistrustful place, but with time and effort, it can become a home.

#games

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I couldn't NOT draw a jester today...happy april fools day!!

#art

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"Zoro falls in love with Sanji when he talks about All Blue. Zoro sees Sanji's smile and blushes"

#RIP to Zoro #one piece

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having such an obvious favorite character trope is life ruining bro

#mood #SO MOOD #me so weak to knightly men