#ITS INTERESTING TO ME

[dayurno]

honestly you can say anything about the ravens (and you'd be right to) but you can't say the concept of them isn't delicious. a group of collegiate athletes in their intimidating raven motifs and their black uniforms who are basically bred to become the best of the best in a bloodsport. the adrenaline rush of every game being a competition between yourself and your teammates. knowing you're not just gearing up towards court but following in the footsteps of the alumni before you. the parties and the victories and the mindless sex and the way everyone around you somehow seems to always be thinking the same thing as you are. you are never alone and you will never be again if you just do as we say. who knows the kind of relationships that can happen in a place like that?

[muscariii]

WIP-IT'S THURSDAY BUT THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH TO WEDNESDAY

Thank you @falmerbrook for tagging me!!

I've got some stuff that I'll be posting soon!!

Let's start with Morrowind related things because of course I'm drawing Morrowind.

This is a little special something. It's two pages from (drumroll please........) another thing for the comic!! Yayy!!

It's a bit different since this part?? (I suppose it's the next part because bonus doesn't sound quite right) won't really be Rasha's pov. I actually wanted to add something for the comic which is changing the pov from Rasha to Nerevar/Dagoth from time to time. I think it could be fun. What would you guys think of that?

Next is also Dagoth. I have a very specific vision for an outfit for him (which I'll also make a better drawing of, this one is just a vision). Let's just say the wearable ribcage is key. But I'll explain more when I post the finished piece.

This is a shitpost for mhwilds because I've been playing the beta test as much as I could (of course I have. of course I have. it's amazing).

And lastly we have Lorestone related stuff but it's just Myosotis (the fleshy form). One is going to be just an illustration of her from a specific moment in the story and the other is part of an expression study I'm doing of her.

That's all!!! I'm having lots of fun drawings these things!! <:3

I don't know who to tag so how about this. All of my mutuals can consider themselves tagged if you want to do this too!!

[soaringsummerbird]

Unfortunately, the enstars narrative has a lot of limitations baked in to the gacha visual novel medium. One that always bugs me is that the side characters are usually literally invisible. It would be too much of an investment to create models for insignificant characters, so instead they often have to shout at us from off screen, then be awkwardly interpreted by the canon idols. It's always immersion breaking imo.

This situation used to bug me in particular in regards to Knights. The Knights frequently reference their junior members, and state opinions on their growth. The characters are invested in their juniors, and it feels like we're meant to be too. But none of these junior Knights have a face or even a name, so how can I care about them when they're literally invisible? It feels like an essential part of Knights identity as a unit, but the awkwardness of them being nothing but soundboards (if anything) made me resent the concept. I often just disregarded the junior Knights entirely when reflecting on the unit.

But lately I've changed my mind. The more I thought about it the more I liked the concept of there being more than 5 Knights? I see Knights' role within the in universe industry as the most mass-produced generic boy band of all the units (positive, I find that concept compelling). They're one of the big 3, and they most often sing songs about chivalrous romance — easily palatable content that appeals to general audiences. They are the closest thing enstars has to, say, One Direction. They are factory produced homogenous idols — in the form of an entire order of chivalrous Knights.

So I like the idea that there's back up Knights on standby just off screen. The idea of them effectively having understudies makes the five idiots we do know even more impressive performers by association. Leo, Kasa, Arashi, Izumi, and Ritsu are the best of the best. They're the headliners for one of the most popular units in the industry, and their egos are deserved.

And I like the idea that if one of the named Knights had a Tatsumi incident and got a debilitating injury... then they would be replaced in a nanosecond. I think the other four would be upset and try to protest, but I dont think the industry executives would give them a choice. Knights are too profitable to be out of commission. If Arashi breaks her ankle, then she's out, and one of those invisible backup boys is instantly in. That's how I like to interpret Knights anyway. Cutthroat, because they can't remain on top if they aren't.

Anyway, my point is it's a shame those understudies aren't "real" characters. In a traditional anime they could at least have faces and names. I like the unique dynamic they give to Knights, at least in my interpretation of them. With the eclectic units, it's impossible to imagine any of their idols being replaced. Who could replace Shu or Mika? Natsume or Sora or Tsumugi? Keito or Kuro or Souma? You can't just slot a stranger into their place. Their personalities and passion are what shape their units.

But there must always be five pretty palatable dancing Knight boys. So that's why they keep extras. Just in case.

[isuggestwishcraft]

oh

the skill... evolved? developed? idk the specifics. but it now deals Big damage instead of Weak damage

[ex-vespidae]

Riot being awful and making their games actively worse to play again what a complete surprise, this is sarcasm its not surprising. yeah no wonder you're losing money when you laid off tons of your employees who make your skins causing new skins to be lower quality meaning no one wants to buy them wow what a surprise and now you're actively isolating your community more by removing free chests and being like. "if you can't afford our gacha you are broke" insulting your players is definitely a smart idea. making your players hate is is totally not a one-way ticket to forcing your game to shut down.

which is a shame since you have interesting characters and stories that you could do something with but you also don't care about doing anything with like half of them. In fact you made Arcane canon but you still haven't actually updated your FUCKING UNIVERSE website to work to that canon.

shame. I will continue to imagine gay sex with your characters though because if I know anything about greedy fucking capitalists it's that they are generally homophobic too yay!

[skitskatdacat63]

Gah when I wake up I need to write a meta abt the intersection of ships bcs its suddenly hit me in the head 😭 why do I always have such great prose in my head when im trying to fall asleep WAHHH

[lepidxpterxphxbia]

Neighbourly episode 40 spoilers

Hey so like.... Why did the narrator have a brick in his house(s) to begin with. Like maybe he just happened to have a brick in his house to beat someone to death with. But that seems kinda unlikely and it really begs the question.... How many times has this happened before? Has he had to beat people to death and try to keep them from shutting the podcast down before? Who?

[swindledin77]

interesting bit from paul gorman's biography of malcolm about his relationship with johnny

[descriptionofaruby]

and he still doesnt like dresses

[zorangezest]

rafael the 12 year old of all time. he should’ve been on hypixel bedwars

soundwave was not in fact hacking

[what-the-floofin]

Ever get absolutely blindsided by a fixation

[otaku-tactician]

also i gotta say its really interesting when some minus posts on reddit come from really interesting opinions. like the minimal room guy he was a riot. theres some real gems in the minus like posts and comments sometimes

[artistotel]

hey! for todays protest, i made this little zine about palestine (holding just simple and basic information).

you can download the zine here, fold it yourself, and distribute it around.

no credit is needed. feel free to leave it around bars, protests, or wherever. simply print it (borderless) and fold it. here is a tutorial on how to do it.

dont stay silent. there is a genocide of horrendous, atrocious proportions going on. also if you are a zionist here to argue with me, i dont plan to entertain you at all, not on my art blog. fuck off, you'll be swiftly blocked. i see enough of you clowns on my main and i have no energy for you. you can skip the death threats too bc i dont give a shit.

(i'm off to get ready for a surgery now, i just wanted to post it before this. if you need anything, i might take a bit to reply)

[spoopdeedoop]

king and harbinger, old and young

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

[egophiliac]

Final manifestations for Book 7?

I'm trying REALLY hard not to build up any solid expectations, because I wanna go in ~fresh~! they're already so far away from anything I thought would happen (not in a bad way, I'm just accepting that I'm on Miss Yana's Wild Ride at this point and we're seeing this thing through 'til the end, by gum). so it's nothing too major, but:

they've been handing new crying expressions out like candy lately, I want to see some delicious Malleus tears.

honestly I want everyone to cry buckets. their tears sustain me. the more Silver angst specifically I get the happier I am.

SILVER!!!! 👏 VANROUGE!!!! 👏

just let him have this. the poor boy's been through so much. let him have his big "I'm proud of you, son" moment with Lilia.

I'm 100% expecting Grim's arc (and probably whatever's going on with Crowley) to be its own episode, but a nice hook to leave us hanging on would be good!

a nice hook though, please, I don't think I can take another "Grim is attacking us! now wait eight months to find out what happens :)" cliffhanger...

some Meleanor? as a treat? just a little bit, a tiny quick flashback or something, please Twst I just, I just want to see her again. let her have a little ghost cameo like Dawnathan Knight got. Lilia and his kids are all having their big group hug or whatever and she can gently fade in to be all like

(turning asks off until I'm done playing, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE Y'ALL)