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[call-me-oluss]

My favorite trio ✨

[catcherwrites]

The first batch of my Arc 3 concept designs are finally done! It felt fitting to begin with the three who started it all: Rayla, Callum, and Ezran

Check out the more in-depth story and design choices below

Rayla

Story Choices

In the wake of S7’s Finale, Azymondias wasn’t just a 2-year-old King of the Dragons, but the only surviving Archdragon. That means he’s a very important figure across Xadia and the Human Kingdoms – and needs to be protected. Shortly after the events of S7, Rayla reclaims her title as ‘The Last Dragonguard’ and resurrects the order to act as Zym’s attendants, advisors, and protectors. She’s spent the last few years travelling between the Storm Spire, the Silvergrove, and Evrkynd, helping where she can and leading her fellow guards (who may be revealed in a later post). Rayla’s relationship with Callum has grown stronger than ever. Even though they’re holding off on marriage until Aaravos is dealt with for good, Callum gives her the Xadian equivalent of a promise ring he handcrafted (Ethari helped). With them both feeling secure with each other, they are more comfortable with being separated…but that won’t stop them from being attached at the hip whenever they’re near each other.

Design Choices

Going into these Arc 3 designs, I had a much clearer image in my head of Rayla compared to the other characters in my lineup. Using reference images of Tiadrin and Lain made creating Rayla’s Dragonguard uniform feel very bittersweet. Unfortunately, from a creative standpoint, uniforms run the chance of limiting the personality in a character’s design. I tried offsetting this by making Rayla’s undershirt and embedded gemstones in her armour more Silvergrove-y than Dragonguard-y. I also kept Rayla’s iconic belt, Arc 2 colour scheme, and added some of Ethari’s swirls where possible. Beyond the uniform, I kept going back and forth about her hairstyle. Keep the Arc 2 bun? Return to Arc 1’s style? Braided? A simple ponytail? Eventually, I settled on a half-up braid that let my sleep-deprived brain think I was getting the best of both worlds.

Callum

Story Choices

Ezran was disappointed when Callum turned down being his High Mage again, fearing that he’d lose his brother’s support in the council room. In reality, stepping down as High Mage meant that Callum could step up as Crown Prince. In the years following S7, Callum splits his time between assisting Ezran and studying magic on expeditions across Xadia. One of those expeditions leads him to Aaravos’ book in Elarion, which helps him delve deeper into the other primal sources. He’s fully mastered Sky and Ocean magic and has grown incredibly proficient at Earth magic. To Callum’s dismay, even with the help of Lujanne, Ethari, and Aaravos’ book, he still isn’t clicking with the Moon arcanum. He also hasn’t fully unlocked the Sun arcanum, but he’s getting very close and is a strong fire mage when wielding the Staff of Ziard. By Arc 3, Callum has gained the title of Archmage – and people far and wide seek him out for magical assistance, leaving him overworked and exhausted.

Design Choices

I was very excited to come up with Callum’s Arc 3 design for one reason: the parallels. His Arc 2 outfit is meant to resemble Viren, as Callum had taken his place as the High Mage of Katolis. But because he is no longer ‘High Mage,’ and instead ‘Archmage’, Callum’s Arc 3 outfit is intended to reflect Aaravos. I tried to do this with his uncovered arms, the open coat, and the vaguely celestial elements on his tunic. The geometric pattern on Callum’s coat is meant to look like a feather (symbolising his first primal source) while in the style of his Arc 2 coat. Rayla gifted Callum a matching belt buckle to hers (though with a moon opal for emergencies), which he wears alongside his uneven towers buckle from Ezran. His hair is mostly the same, except slightly longer, because I don’t see overworked-mage Callum caring about his hairstyle.

Ezran

Story Choices

S7 was a massive tipping point for Ezran: losing his brother, his true heart, and almost losing himself to the cycle of violence. While he stopped before he could go too far, Ezran was unequivocally changed by what happened. After Aaravos’ defeat, Ezran has been overseeing Evrkynd’s construction, ensuring it’s a safe home for humans and Sunfire elves who lost their home. However, it is also open to anyone, regardless of their origin. While he and Queens Janai and Amaya decided the people would rule the city of Evrkynd, Ezran continues to rule wider Katolis alongside his council. He does spend most of his time in Evrkynd for his royal duties, but Ezran is learning to take breaks – occasionally joining Callum, Rayla, and Zym on small getaways. As is tradition for anyone in the royal family, Ezran began combat training in his mid-teens with Soren as his teacher. He’s grown quite good and can hold his own in a battle (long enough for his Crownguard come to his aid, at least).

Design Choices

Ezran’s design in TDP has always been one of the simplest ones, probably symbolising his humble personality despite his status. I tried to maintain that effect in his Arc 3 outfit but with one major alteration. Going into this design, I wanted Ezran’s struggle in S7 to have had a visible impact on him by including armour in his design. His outer tunic is now gambeson, and his shoulder pads are scuffed-up leather. If he decides to wear it, the gold studs on Ezran’s shoulders are where his cloak will latch on. As should be expected from an age jump this severe, the biggest change to Ezran was his build. He’s finally overtaken his brother in height, much to the dismay of both Callum and Rayla, and is expected to be as tall as Harrow when he’s finished growing.

[leblogreblog]

ok, but imagine a post/mid-credits scene:

We see a dark door to Bucky's apartment from the inside, then hear rattling. Bucky opens the door while on the phone with Sam, ranting about what happened during the movie.

Then, he notices that there's faint light in one of his rooms, abruptly stopping the conversation and saying he'll call back. He cauciously walks up to the room as silently as he can, pulling out some kind of weapon in the meantime. He takes a steading breath and walks in.

Near a lightstand sits a man, one Bucky knows all too well, reading one of his books, his coat folded nearby. He doesn't look at Bucky but acknowledges him, greeting him.

Then he starts to talk.

He talks about power, how it corrupts absolutely. He talks about irony, how somones impulsive want can become their only purpose, the thing that was supposed to kill them the only value keeping them alive. He talks about a mission he was sent for, how it obviously is something he wasn't supposed to return from alive. He says that they can call it paying back for his help from last time, to make them even.

Bucky only raises his eyebrow, visibly unimpressed that so little info was supposed to convince him to do anything, especially for him. He asks for more details.

The man looks at him for a moment in silence, then closes the book he was reading.

"Say James," says Zemo, tilting his head, "What do you know about Latveria?"

[flintandpyrite]

Finished! He’s been wearing it all day, I’m so happy it fits.

[courtana]

ALAN WAKE 2 (2023) | dev. Remedy Entertainment

[galacticgoldfishart]

quick storyboard doodle of Abbald doing a big jump

[stayasleepanddream]

I keep imagining what would happen between Telemachus and Penelope after "We'll be fine"

He just, comes to her room, very proud, very bloody too and immediately tells his mother everything that happened

Penelope *eye twitching just a little bit*: so you fought the suitors because they insulted me.

Telemachus nods

Penelope: and you were losing

Nods harder

Penelope: then Athena. The goddess of wisdom, intervened and helped you stay alive

Telemachus smiles brightly

Penelope: and now you're friends

Telemachus: Isn't that amazing?!

Penelope: I'm sensing a pattern in the men of this family

[victoriousscarf]

And it's Commander Bly in the "this took me forever and I ran out of yarn twice" shawl!

Commander Cody * Commander Fox * Commander Ponds * Commander Bly

Pattern: Moorland Shawl

[yikes-ajax]

My crochet assistant has been working hard tonight 😁

[calscompositions]

a little analysis of the “Where is he?” lyric

putting this under a cut so i don’t spoil the Ithaca Saga for a mutual

The suitors have a recurring leitmotif that appears in three songs: Legendary, Hold Them Down, and Odysseus. This leitmotif is, of course, the line “Where is he?” and various variations on the subsequent line. The thing is, this line originated from a cut song, Man of the House, where the “he” in question is first Odysseus’ father, then Odysseus himself.

Which got me thinking.

The first three times the suitors sing “Where is he,” they think they’re referring to themselves. They think one of them will be “the man who’ll have [Penelope] to wife,” “the man with whom [Penelope will] spend [her] life,” “the man who can string this bow.”

When really, Odysseus is all of those things.

And when he finally comes home, the suitors ask one more time: “Where is he?”

But this time, they understand that “he” isn’t a suitor— he is the king.

[washisart]

A bit of brainrot for this GinHelios AU? Ship? yes. This time is the Golden boy himself.

Gingka's image in me has worn down and changed over time, but I've always had strong impression with his character development in Fusion. Almost literal embodiment of the wind (in my tween/teen's vision). So I imagine his transition from secluded famous mountain guy in Fusion to (almost) be a permanently known icon of the sport in Japan is rough. From country pumpkin to city boy-

Anyway have some low-res GinHelios for now~

[doppy-enjo]

Goddess of Wisdom...

My take on Athena for Epic: The Musical!

[sarahdawnsdesigns]

For this week's Free Pattern Friday, here's something a little different!

This is the WIP of Saga's Sweater from the Alan Wake 2 video game - someone requested it as a commission piece, and I'm thrilled to do so! And, the wonderful folks at Alan Wake even put out a free pattern! (Hence, the Free Pattern Friday!)

I went with the recommended yarn, so as to colour match to the original game as much as possible; and I'm really, really, hoping my customer likes it when it's done!

(I keep hearing very good things about the Alan Wake series of games, and this has inspired me that I probably should give them a playthrough!)

[simplelobster]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANYA DEGURECHAFF

This piece took me two weeks, but I've got her whole shovel monologue stitched out.

This was a really fun piece! I made the whole pattern myself and will be posting it in a few days as there were a few things I was unsatisfied with during the stitching, so I'm going to fix it first.

The fabric affects were all done with watercolor which turned out really well!

The most difficult part was 100% her name since the Empires language is a little too busy to come out clean in stitch. Still love it tho

(btw papercraft tanya by @/rimupon)

anyway close ups and glamor shots under the cut

[honeycomb-crochet]

Winion and Princess Winion Pattern

[jaxie-the-kat]

Wind bag dice bag!!

Tah dah! I made it for my friend and I'm really proud of it!

Pattern and (hopefully) helpful images below the cut! It doesn't have to be used as a dice bag, it's just the right size to hold a standard set of 7 DnD dice!

If you make your own bag with this pattern, @ me! (Not because I care about credit, I just wanna see it lol)

1. 6sc in mr (6)

2. 6 inc (12)

3. (sc, inc) x6 (18)

4. (2sc, inc) x6 (24)

5. (3sc, inc) x6 (30)

6-17. 30 sc

18. Sc, ch2, skip a st, (2sc, ch2, skip a st) x5, sc (20 sc, 20 ch)

19. 30 sc (put a single sc in each gap)

20. (sc, hdc, [3dc], hdc, sc) x6 (this makes the top have a wavy edge! If you don’t want your bag having it, simply repeat rnd 19)

Fasten off (i recommend using this method!) and thread your drawstring of choice through the 10 small gaps made by rnd 18!

The wispy designs I just slip stitched on!

Pictures of rounds 18, 19, and 20