#…..Zenos ? technically

[puddraws]

a while back i asked luke allen-gale (zenos' VA) to read this dumb comic i drew and i don't think i ever posted it here lolol

[styxxsyringe]

night of the living pegasus!

[1driedpersimmon]

Words and such

[nshi-ao3]

I should probably save this for later, but I'm proud of how it turned out, so whatever! Another early glimpse of the distant future. :V

What can I say? In From The Cold gave me terrible brainworms...

[d4rk-x-w0lf-17]

yea i love twins in media

gaslighting

whatever the fuck they got going on

in desperate need of therapy

in desperate need of therapy pt 2

horny

in desperate need of therapy pt 3

:)

:) but even more so

[fatedroses]

Some body type references and notes I wanted to make, especially before I redraw some of my old pieces (plus, a bit of him as an adventurer having a crisis of a realization), and also just personally how I HC the change between stormblood to now based on some in game refs I've been looking at.

[tritoch]

i know some people will always have understandable gripes about zenos's story and ending but tbh as someone who finds a lot enjoyable and even self-taggable in the character i've always loved his whole arc, including its pointlessly self-destructive ending. to be clear this is a pro-zenos post and i'm talking about people who are like "it kind of sucks that zenos's whole thing is being depressed and then he dies cold and alone literally beyond the reach of any other person after finally briefly realizing there are other ways to live," a sentiment which i totally understand but very much disagree with.

is it good when carrie white is pushed to her breaking point and murders everyone around her, including the bullies who have made her life a living hell, the authority figures who failed her, and the remorseful penitent who tried to reach out to her? no. does it fuck? yes.

is it good when the hollowed-out and catastrophically depressed crown prince of the empire uses his wealth and power to hone himself into the finest killing edge imaginable? no! is it healed behavior when he directs that cutting edge at his own father and countrymen and the entire world in the name of his personal vendetta and desire for fulfillment? nope! is it evolved of him to transform himself into a monster to pursue you to the ends of the universe to help you save everyone simply so he can get his final, pointless duel, acknowledging only at the very end when he is mortally wounded that there were other ways to live? not at all!

but does it fuck? yes!!!

no one has to like zenos's arc. but i do feel that it's an arc partly about his refusal to ever relinquish his viselike grip on his pride and his self-concept. and there is a strange dignity, that in no way detracts from or counterbalances his monstrousness, in his insistence on living and dying as a monster, different from other men, and i think a lot about that is not just compelling but in some ways enviable or longed-for or at least capital-r Romantic. okay this isn't where i intended for this post to end but i guess my conclusion is that zenos has a lot in common with the phantom of the opera and that's part of why his whole thing rules.

[fishareglorious]

there is one thing in r1999's december horror events and its that i love these idiots to bits

[imperatrice21]

Killua being the only middle child that isn't forgotten

[tillman]

playing + having fun with my friend

[parallelkozak]

our warrior of light sucks and we are going to fucking die 💀

[styxxsyringe]

trixie could make anything about her fav bands, even the guy she likes

[leviiiachan]

hey so i know thanksgiving is in like a week but ITS BADICALLY CHRISTMANS AAHHHHHH AHA

happy holidays :33

i love christmas it makes me so haopy

[direful]

feeling like one of those insufferable dark sadist dom bloggers on here who posts 🖤⛓️𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘⛓️🖤 over a BLOND MAN. FROM VIDEO GAME. chat we are so fucking cooked

[nshi-ao3]

“In time, I hope you will come to think of us as family.”

[fatedroses]

The Devil's in The Details