heliphantie - Tumblr blog

[heliphantie]

April 27 is World Tapir Day!

Second one may be confusing out of context. Also, since then I learned tapirs do enjoy being scratched while lying like that (just not on the person's lap, as adult tapir is quite massive), as was shown in the TV program where zoo workers had to give it medical check, otherwise if the animal isn't relaxed it can kick the medic with its hooves. It kept lying here all mellowed even after examination was over, seemingly awaiting further petting, but later realised there's no more and got up to go with its business:D

[heliphantie]

"Viva La Vida", mini-comic from 2022. (Now with transcription in alt text.)

[heliphantie]

April 28 - World Book Day!

It was the very first fanart and first art in general I posted online in 2022.

[heliphantie]

"Trade Ya!", ep. 22(87) of season 4 (April 19, 2014).

“These books made Twilight the princess she is. Before that, she was nothing! A big, fat zero! Then she read these books, and voila - Princess!!”

Perhaps, funniest episode of entire season. But highlight, for me, is Pinkie (almost) giving Flim Flam Bros run for their money with her Princess Merch auctioning.

[heliphantie]

Akuryo Taisan! – Evil Spirit, Begone!

Happy Birthday to Rei Hino / Sailor Mars, the warrior of fire.

I imagined Rei, who has strong spiritual power, outside of her double life as Shinto shrine priestess and space guardian, having working side-gig as powerful onmyoji.

[heliphantie]

Redraw from "The Boy & The Heron" for redraw contest. The movie I have to watch yet, but can say from what Miyazaki's movies taught me, I like this character in advance.

[heliphantie]

Happy Sibling Day!

[heliphantie]

All works for the art marathon on VK themed around memories of Russian childhood in 90s.

Все работы для арт-марафона, проходившем в ВКонтакте, на тему воспоминаний о детстве в России 90-х.

[heliphantie]

Children's Day 2023

Six Eight Fanarts challenge I did on VK dedicated to Children’s Day June 1, 2023.

I’ve chosen 4 male and 4 female kid characters from those followers on VK suggested to me:

Ratibor (“Childhood of Ratibor”, Soviet cartoon);

Kaguya-hime/Takenoko (“The Tale of the Princess Kaguya”);

Boo/Mary (“Monsters Inc.”);

Alisa Selezneva, with Indicator (“The Mystery of the Third Planet”);

Girl & the Mitten (“The Mitten” /“Varezhka”/, Soviet cartoon);

Chuckie Finster (“Rugrats”, animated series);

Linus Van Pelt (“Peanuts”, comic strip and cartoons) /I got Charlie Brown suggested, but decided to go with my favorite…/;

Baby Luigi (“Super Mario Bros.”, game franchise).

Sketch:

[heliphantie]

April 8 - Russian Animation Day.

8 апреля - День российской анимации.

[heliphantie]

Take some tea

[heliphantie]

♚ fairytale princesses! ♚

-

my shop

[heliphantie]

"Leap of Faith", ep. 20(85) of season 4 (March 29, 2014).

“Flim Flam Miracle Curative Tonic is Granny Smith tested and Applejack approved! Granny Smith drinks it, why shouldn’t you?”

“Leap of Faith” may be my favorite Applejack episode, favorite S4 episode and one of the top favorite episodes in entire FiM! Applejack-focused episodes in particular are interesting in that, rather than having her learned to be true to her Element, they’re often about testing her faithfulness to it, making her putting her sense of justice in question and having to decide when she ought to follow her moral compass without risk to bring harm with it instead of benefits.

Flim & Flam, in that regard, make pretty good antagonists for her. Two families have quite a few similar priorities: like Apples, Bros are pragmatic, seeking profit from their actions, and work perfectly in sinch for common goal, but their ethics are diametrically different, and as it happens, Applejack sometimes even prone to fall into temptation to use rather similar tactics (take decision to rationalize technology in lieu of traditional work, or use invitation to gala for /pretty sure, illegal in these circumstances/ selling apple products here to rich attendees – wouldn’t she just ask Celestia for financial aid to the national hero’s family instead? – and don’t we forget her alliance with Filthy Rich without Granny’s consent) before it backfires on her as well. So, she has valid reasons for having disdain for methods of Bros, because she’s been here as well and reaped the bitter fruits of blindly following such policies.

Brothers, in particular, make formidable kind of antagonists on the show: for representing most realistic, mundane, everyday sort of evil, which can’t be redeemed or obliterated unlike any other foe our heroes had to stand against. The evil of commerce and material greed! Moreso, they even can be amicable and work together with heroes without having to change their ways, if that means any mutual benefits. (And basically cemented as allies of Mane 6 in the end of the series.) For, as it turns, money is at once the major drive and major scourge of society, be it mankind or ponies.

Anyway, the moral of this particular story is, one crazy old lady is enough to put the crushing end to your successful scam operation. Fatal flaw of these sleek guys appears to be not thinking their schemes far enough to prevent coming close to any possible source of damage. Other than that, they’re pretty fine, aren’t they? They’re, essentially, an embodiment of the main reason for the franchise itself – product promotion, no wonder they’re more frenemies than foes in the end of day.

[heliphantie]

"Pinkie Apple Pie", ep. 9(74) of season 4 (January 11, 2014).

We're here for each other, through thick and thin, You're always welcome with your Apple kin. We're Apples forever, Apples together, We're family, but so much more. No matter what comes, we will face the weather. We're Apples to the core!

[heliphantie]

Dolores

[heliphantie]

April 4 - World Rat Day!

[heliphantie]