#final paradox

[creatiousclick]

I love Team Canada's relationship so much!

Pause said he only ever opens MineCraft whenever Etho and Beef ask him if he wants to play with them and he's always down to play. And seeing the three of them constantly laugh at each other is so wholesome.

I'm so glad they're doing CTM maps together again.

[onefey]

you're going about your normal day when, suddenly, surprise! you've been pokémon mystery dungeon'd!

unfortunately, due to budget cuts, the pokémon assigning quiz has been canceled. instead, you must spin THE WHEEL, assigning you a random, unevolved, non-legendary and non-mythical pokémon. you must now go on some sort of world-saving adventure as this pokémon. good luck!

tell me in the tags what you rolled, and how you feel about it - for bonus points, you can spin the wheel again for (or just take your pick of) a pokémon to be your partner.

bonus rules:

you're not shiny unless the wheel tells you you're shiny

take your pick of regional forms and evolutions (for example, if you roll vulpix, it's up to you whether that means normal or alolan vulpix)

apply whatever logic you like with regards to gender

have fun and be yourself!

[comicaurora]

You can tell us fans are going through various stages of comic withdrawal by how much you post the questions on when the next part is coming out. XD That being said, take the time you need, I'm still on my hiatus re-read. XD

your patience is appreciated! I have done nothing but draw filligree fractal magic patterns for 48 hours

[princeyam]

get ready

[maruren]

Youthful drama

[inayas]

diabolical 🩸

(spoilers for a killer paradox ep5)

[nomonormality]

yk i had half of an analysis post written out but i realized that this is basically it. does this make sense to anyone

[bloodlyst]

[genevawrenn]

As expected of my streamer, Philza will not be at the event due to avoiding lore.

Still can't break him of the habit.

[lunaticpsyker08]

Nero is just… a lil’ guy.

So, I’ve redesigned his outfit for an au, something to be more simple and easier for me to draw(?). I love straitjackets a lot, and so designing some alternate wear for him was really for enjoyment, I think I enjoy dress up.

Forced to learn how to mech for his wings….!!! I was in desperate need on how I wanted to have them drawn, so… here are some notes on his fancy metal pieces.

He is a little psychotic, hungers for endless darkness, very stubborn and loves Weiss (he also enjoys Vincent’s presence a lot too!!)

[fulcrums501st]

I feel like in season one they did a great job of spacing out information to build mystery and intrigue throughout the story so it always felt like the story was building and the world was expanding with each episode despite the fact that our characters were in the same office most of the time.

but in season two there doesn’t rlly feel like there’s a consistent through-line that we’re building towards. it’s just kinda cold harbor now and that’s it. a lot of moments happen without them directly affecting other events or we skip over a lot of the fallout. it’s all just less cohesive, each character’s plots are rlly separate and then they don’t rlly come together ever. and we’re introduced to information that the narrative and characters just sit on and do nothing with for episodes at a time and so the overall progression feels stagnant even tho there’s more plot lines than last season.

like instead of the story feeling like it’s slowly building like s1, season two feels like it’s delaying developments (even tho they totally have the time to do more with them). It’s not like the worst handled thing ever tho, just less tight than before.

[hotwaterandmilk]

Ameiro Paradox — Volume #7 Horin Love Books original acrylic stand (05/2025)

[niriaveil]

you know, i know there's some grumbling regarding how the drifter tends to have their very personal conversations in the KIM messenger rather than face to face with the Hex (talking about the Zariman Incident, talking about Duviri) and not to mention the whole animating, voicing, and playing out the scene in a development standpoint.

But. but. but.

Do you know how much easier it is to have a serious conversation about trauma when there's a screen between you and the person you're talking to? How even when you're baring your heart open to the other person, at least you can do it. How many times have you choked up, unable to speak the words that you know you can articulate but there's so many emotions just caught up in your chest and your throat and tangling up everything you say? How many times do you start to talk about your own trauma before you just break down into tears, crying and unable to talk about it?

I think the KIM messenger talks make sense for the Drifter (for mine in particular, at least) because they can talk about Duviri. We all know the Drifter downplays what happened to them, laces their words with sarcasm and laughs it off, but it still happened; the intensity of how it weighs on them is known only to them, and even though they could talk to the Operator, Ordis, or Lotus - why? Why bother? ("You're the me that got rescued from this shit. I'm the you that did not. Not sure which of us got it worse.") There's bigger things to worry about, more battles to get ready for, and honestly... who would care. The kid got their shit together, they've got a parental figure in Lotus, a caretaker in Ordis, and the Drifter...

Well. They're the Drifter for a reason.

So, the Hex are curious. They want to know. Why is the Drifter called the Drifter, what happened in Duviri, what happened on the Zariman. And the Drifter, so lonely and so sad, and so very envious of the counterpart that got to escape, to get to have a family, to get to be loved and wanted and adored - and the Drifter, so used to being forgotten and abandoned, sits down at their keyboard and says, "Well. You know the top level story."

It's easier to talk about Duviri when you know that if, at any point, you can't do it anymore, you can log off. Shut it down. A power plug on that trauma buried down so deep in your brain you tried forgetting about it - and how'd that go, kiddo? - and the other person can say, "Hey. I see this is hurting you, we don't have to talk about it."

Putting the ball in the Drifter's court. Giving them control over how they approach what happened to them. Giving them control over how much they want to share. Giving them some fucking agency and control over something in their life that is profoundly theirs. But the Hex - as the ranks goes up and the chemistry gets higher - won't let the Drifter hide in their pain, they'll push and pull and say, "Hey, I care about you. Let me help. Please, let me help. Please trust me enough to let me try to help and care for you."

So... yeah. I just think Drifter talking about their problems through the KIM messenger is pretty good and a good idea for delving into their character, because we've seen how they downplay their trauma when you talk to them face to face.

[bits-and-beasts]

hey! I'm looking around for artists who have comms open and might be willing to draw one of my oc's

but uh, so many people have "no mecha" in their rules, which I completely understand! but they very much are mecha, so I need help finding people who actually enjoy drawing that!

if anybody has recommendations or knows a guy who's opened commissions at the moment let me know!

[princeyam]

height difference

[koumeowkami]

everybody say thank you paralove academy for having a comeback