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ppl be like “some tavs i designed this month”

[human, elf, elf, tiefling, half-elf, tiefling, tiefling, human, tiefling, elf, human, half-elf, tiefling (they made dammon so they could romance ppl w him), human, human, half-elf, half-elf, elf, tiefling, self-insert humansona, elf, tiefling, tiefling, tiefling]

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Strange how people keep saying that "Shuro hates in Laios the same traits he supposedly loves in Falin", which is...

Seriously, look at him and his dialogue - does he hate Laios for being a monster freak? For being nerdy and weird and loving nature? For eating bugs? No, that's not it.

Shuro hates* Laios for being so profoundly socially inept (from his perspective).

The key difference between Touden siblings isn't that Falin is a pretty girl - the key difference is that Falin is caring and accommodating to other people, and Laios is awkward and unobservant, seemingly egotistic at the surface level.

(others have already written wonderful essays on why and how they grew up like that)

It has to be noted that Shuro is a sheltered noble from a land where proper etiquette is paramount - he is used to people being incredibly subtle AND incredibly observant around him. He comes from a high-context culture where everyone assumes things based on lots of social cues and shared understanding of context. That's not even a matter of being neurotypical, that's his culture (in addition to his personality and brain chemistry)

He is also rather introverted as person and doesn't have many friends. Even his attachments and emotions in childhood are expressed subtly, in a restrained and proper way. He is polite and refined, perfectly fitting into his house's expectations - even if that means repressing his childhood interests and little weird joys.

In that particular way, the opposite of Laios.

Shuro hates* Laios for being the opposite of the image HE was grown into. This strange man is so utterly insensitive and so open about it - he has no sense of shame (like Shuro), no tact and ability to shut up (like Shuro), no restraint (like Shuro). Look at him talking non-stop about things he wants to talk about and having fun (unlike Shuro) while completely overestepping Shuro's obvious boundaries!

The boundaries, I must say, that not only never before needed to be spelled out, but in Shuro's upbringing and culture would be as ridiculous to spell out as "I want to pee, so I'll go to the bathroom and remove my pants and sit on the toilet and release the sphincter holding my pee in my pee bladder"

Falin is not only awesome in his eyes for being weird and in touch with nature, but for being very delicate, observant and caring AT THE SAME TIME. She is a gem in Shuro's eyes, a miracle of his dreams.

In Falin, he not only sees a nerd-freak - he sees a hope for an introverted, polite, restrained person like himself to reconnect with that love for nature and nerdiness and freakiness.

Laios isn't like that. Laios is unobservant for subtle cues - and so a lot more loud, persistent, enthusiastic and unwittingly annoying. Yes, Falin has all that inside her too - but she restrains herself in order not to be a burden. And so does Shuro, in order to fit expectations. There's similarity between them in that regard, between two introverted and restrained weirdos. And a hope for a kindred, more open soul, from the more restrained Shuro's perspective.

* - I don't think Shuro's feelings to Laios are properly described as hate. Yeah, in his darkest moment he says that, but honestly it felt more like an accumulated stress from a continuous cultural and personal misunderstanding, rather than a profound personal hate.

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What was the post about?.. Oh, yeah, Shuro loving Falin and disliking Laios. That's not him being too horny to think, that's him loving in Falin the defining difference between the two - they aren't gender-swapped clones, after all. Give my boy some respect and nuance.

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OOPS FORGOT TO PROMO THIS SORRY

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The book comes out 6/4/24!!! AAAA

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"you hissing?"

I. Love. Mary Ann. I was gonna inevitably make fan art of one of the Fantasy High Bad Kids, but here we are with my favorite background NPC.

If you want to print her out, she's a free model on MyMiniFactory!

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Endless Fantasy High

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The photosynthikids!! I’ve been rewatching freshman year because I physically cannot wait for the new jy ep to release… It’s so fun to see the evolution of their designs as they get older!!!

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"You hissing?"

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Endless Fantasy High

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i know he looks very cool in the new art but [shoots him with my-style-inator 3000]

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There’s GOTTA be something with kipperlily’s name. Kipper is a herring and copper is red. Is she a red herring…. I’m manifesting being right…. I gotta be….

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Theres no other tav out there!!! I keep seeing art of tavs smooching origin characters but theyre not even horcs!!!!! Fakers!!! This is the only tav and shes the best tav and there are no other tavs!!! Shes beautiful and perfect!!!!!!!!

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new irrational phobia: naturally-occurring sandstone concretions found in France known as "gogottes"

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Replace elves with...

huh.

Well, we've already removed the elves. No elves until we think of something.

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god forbid 5000 year old girls do anything

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Big honkin' mama spider and her spiderlings! The last boss of the level 1 dungeon, this month's theme on my Patreon. This is an exclusive model to Tribers or Patrons this month! You can also buy physical prints from my official merchants or from Only-Games.

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These bats were EXTREMELY fun to work on, and practically sculpted themselves! They're based on the keese from Legend of Zelda, a classic low level monster that is forever annoying and startling when they're flapping (and possibly on fire) in your face.

You can grab 3d-printable files this month on my Patreon or on MyMiniFactory, and physical prints are available through my official merchants and Only-Games!