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Announcement regarding personal feelings and frequency of updates

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(In order not to disturb the homepage that doesn't want to receive posts containing negativity.)

Hello, I hope that after a few long months I'll be able to post some drawings to enrich my homepage, but I have to take advantage of the fact that I have some free time to confess some personal feelings.

Because of some well-known personal tastes, I know what someone of this fandom say about me - (and that includes people with tastes similar to mine) - they think people like me are wrong in the head, and I can see more and more similar comments popping up, and my presence seems to be to be particularly embarrassing to some people.

I've also received warning emails, and that was months ago too. I didn't think there was much to say about it until I realised that it did affect my mood, as if everyone could spit in my face.

Every time I think about it I feel tired, I don't have the extra energy to deal with this emotion, and just talking about it makes me feel like I don't have much energy left. Thinking about such things is fruitless.

I'm in a mood where I don't want to post arts anymore, that very much feels exhausting. I also don't have time to expend my energy on difficult circumstances (or whatever you want to call such things).

I've hesitated many times to bring this up on the table because it sounds more like a personal emotional issue, but it's not realistic to pretend that nothing happened, and the bad feelings will come back again and again, with the practical consequence that I'm really exhausted.

It's not that I don't draw anymore, I think I'll be uploading arts, after all I'm lucky to have some of you that likes my work, but this cycle, I don't know. I'm not optimistic about the efficiency of making my own artwork, it needs a weeks, a months, six months...a year.

It's just that something has become different. There's nothing more to say.

Thank you to those of you who have been interested in my art.

I hope you have a great day.

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Alive.

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Them.

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February is still a little humid, but dance.

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Rabbit and Dragon.

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The height of the six

Step 1; Derive Qilby's height from Eva's height.

Conclude; Qilby's height is around 194cm or ≦ 194cm. Using Qilby's height as a base value, extrapolate the approximate height of the other members.

Step 2; compare the heights based on the screenshots of the stills

*Qilby's second form is approximately 2,28m tall

Thank Twitter @fen825 for compiling the height charts for the other characters.

Pay particular attention to the following. Prince Armand; 190cm Adamai; 80cm Joris; 95cm

I happen to have some stills of the two of them standing together, so you can get a feel for Qilby's height.

Note on the first chart； Directly multiplying 24cm by 8 cells would give 192cm, but 170cm divided by 7 cells equals 24,285714… Infinite decimals. Take the infinite decimal and multiply it by 8 to get 194cm.

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The height of the six

Step 1; Derive Qilby's height from Eva's height.

Conclude; Qilby's height is around 194cm or ≦ 194cm. Using Qilby's height as a base value, extrapolate the approximate height of the other members.

Step 2; compare the heights based on the screenshots of the stills

*Qilby's second form is approximately 2,28m tall

Thank Twitter @fen825 for compiling the height charts for the other characters.

Pay particular attention to the following. Prince Armand; 190cm Adamai; 80cm Joris; 95cm

I happen to have some stills of the two of them standing together, so you can get a feel for Qilby's height.

Note on the first chart； Directly multiplying 24cm by 8 cells would give 192cm, but 170cm divided by 7 cells equals 24,285714… Infinite decimals. Take the infinite decimal and multiply it by 8 to get 194cm.

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Hi everyone, this is the duck one quack quack. it's my side blog. At the moment there is no content in this side blog.

Sometimes I just want to simply share my feelings and interests about something, rather than put effort into preparing a feast on a particular topic. I want a little world where I feel at home. Talk about all sorts of things. x)

大家好，这位是quack quack。它是我的副博客。目前这个副博客里还没有任何内容。

有时我只想单纯地分享对某些事情的感觉和兴趣，而不是花心思准备某个主题的盛宴。我想要一个让我感到自在的小天地。聊各种东西。x）

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Additions to the last post.

These words are an extension of a discussion I had with another fan, @th3lost4uthor, in a previous post about Oropo, but since mine are so long, and reading them in the small viewport is a bit of a torture. So this is just a post to add to the two-person exchange.

I can also use this opportunity to post my own thoughts on some of the things that have been said about Nox, Qilby and loW. I can also add a little to the last thread that had something to say about Oropo.

Whether or not I feel right about these things is irrelevant. I'm just writing down my own reflections, feel free to look at them.

PS: Please don't just intercept one part of what I'm saying and then make a comment. I've seen people do that on places other than tumblr, and that would make me a bit misunderstand the intent of doing so. ^^；

I have a cautious, conservative and open-minded attitude towards reflection itself.

(*Continuing to add to the content until I feel complete.*)

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Personal style, general setting, theme, characters, desires and goals... (under the umbrella of "setting and characters") make and influence each other.

Sorry for the laziness of my statement earlier. xD Without a good setting there can be no good characters, and at the same time a good character can confirm the setting of the story in reverse. I think impressive characters are the product of interaction and communication through the people and things that surround them.

Why I think Oropo has the potential to be a great character is the issues, the themes, the setting, the struggles, the mistakes, the actions, the realisations. He's got it all.

-- Perhaps in the end it wasn't Oropo that I admired, but the issues behind the character that I wanted to tell. Idea is to present the theme of "self and reality" in the context of the clone's identity. Oropo himself would not have been so off-putting if they had carefully shown how it all played out. At least his narrative as a character would have been complete.

It would be better to say that Season 3 spoiled the lore than to say that it was predicted from the storyline in the Wakfu OVA that Season 3 would go to such an outrageous choice. -- No, it was even obvious from the end of the Wakfu manga. The whole story went haywire from that point on.

Oropo had a rich family fortune, but they chose to let him lose it all. He is the glue that ankama fills the holes with. As a character, Oropo's does acts that do not serve to shape him personally in the first place, but are made to rationalize the MMO setting.

I feel like Qilby himself is "hanging by a thread" on this issue. Assuming he doesn't have a loW background - I would also feel that the time left for him to be portrayed in season 2 was "rushed". I'd feel like "I feel like there's something missing in terms of getting to know this guy." That is, specific context. 

The people who hate Qilby, who find his ideas "incomprehensible", "always complaining", "selfish", "extremist "? Although the character of Qilby goes to great lengths to describe to others the pain of his loneliness. And yet there are those who feel that it is all "self-inflicted and self-inflicted"?

It's possible.

Why Nox is the best rated and most consistent of the three. As a character, he is responsible for stating things like; remorse for neglecting his family, the struggle between family and career, the madness of doing whatever it takes to make amends, the suppression of his conscience as a human being...

All that is needed is a magic cube, (as an opportunity for tragedy to occur) a motivation that inspires public sympathy, full of humanity. (To lift the family out of poverty.) And a personality that "would make him wrong". (Nox is curious about studying the unknown. Seeing it as a potential risk leads him to "a situation of inevitable obsession and madness" when he encounters the Rubik's Cube.) In this way, Nox is able to achieve what he is meant to do as a character.

So much for the starter resources needed to tell Nox's story well. Simple, but the themes behind what is trying to be stated through this character are not shallow.

In Wakfu - the World of Twelve, it is not very difficult to portray a father who is lonely at heart, suffering from remorse and pressure to miss and love his family. We can feel Nox's fate tied to the land. We feel how the land feeds its people and how the people who live on it give back to the land. A great example of how the characters and the setting are tied together. We love Nox, and with that, we fall in love with the world he lives in. This is a perfect example of how a character's story is told so that the world can be shaped sideways.

We could easily feel Nox's charisma. He is also the most effortlessly appreciated of the three, the friendliest to the audience's brains and the most easily accepted by us. This is because of his easy-to-understand launch resources, interesting personality and sympathetic backstory. We see humanity through Nox, feel sympathy for what happens to him, his goals resonate, and feel helpless and hopelessly deplored at his final end.

Qilby's initiation resources are more complex than Nox's. In the second season, fatally, Qilby is not in the context in which his story takes place; he is in the twelve worlds of the here and now, in a place where the story that took place in the past has died.

His story should have started in his real hometown, where there was the setting, an atmosphere that would allow the audience to fully understand his motivations. It allows us, the audience, to really feel the neglect of Qilby's family for his suffering and his own struggle with loneliness.

Qilby is given a sense of mystery and left to us imagination as to what happened to him. And as a result, they are able to easily push back on the promises made to Qilby's character - here comes the manga.

We don't really have any details about Qilby. Even in loW, getting information about him is, at best, through some visual dialogue/NPC conversations/plot hints. The side stories are ultimately not as vivid as the character's present tense. He is not directly present in loW to interact with others, and the story is "like it's about him, but too distant from him". He is present, but always outside the here and now of the story, in a place we cannot see.

For me, loW acted as a riddler, with plenty of metaphors, hints about the relationship between nation, family, and faith. The background information gave me a general but incomplete understanding of their characters' relationships. It left me curious and confused about all the details of what actually happened, but that's where the imagery came from. A double-edged sword.

For loW the actual mention of the present tense plot, i.e. the invasion of Orgonax, the destruction. Is given as a consequence of the events of these characters. what Nora discovers through her quest, for the main characters in these backstories, their stories are heard by us, but are not being played out.

It seems that loW did it on purpose. But the shadowy white space drove me crazy. None of the theories that actually stand up. We find our own satisfying explanations to restore our peace of mind from a story that has too many gaps. And manga has destroyed this land of peace of mind.

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Added* Nox and Qilby

Nox has a nostalgic quality to some of his fans, so he gets extra points for impressions. Not only that, but in my observations of Wakfu fans everywhere, Nox's appeal continues to appeal to old and new audiences all over the world and has received fairly consistent praise.

I myself have become a fan of Wakfu because of Nox. This has led me to reflect on the polarisation of fan opinion of Qilby.

Why does the general public treat Qilby differently from Nox?

Excluding the 'outliers' who are strongly interested in Qilby himself and those who hate him, I found that the general audience tended to express their own understanding of Qilby's loneliness and pain. But Nox's behaviour was not only understood, but also sympathized with and loved. Add the latter to the mix and there is a world of difference in how the general audience feels about the two characters.

The reality is that Nox's act of exterminating the Sadida nation is of the same nature as Qilby's decision to cause the demise of Eliatrope.

The audience noticed this, but the difference was that the Qilby haters were obsessed with the fact that attracting Orgonax to cause a second war led to the extinction of Eliatrope's people, but they didn't take Nox to task for that. Why?

Assuming that their crimes were brought before a modern court, Nox would have received a lighter sentence than Qilby. Because Nox himself felt that his actions were wrong. Whereas Qilby would insist on admitting that he was right. In the eyes of those who hated Qilby to death, this was his greatest crime. And in the eyes of those who love Qilby, this is what makes him most interesting.

Behind the reasons for both men's wrongdoings are human motives. But the two characters bear separate problems on their shoulders.

The grief that Nox experienced left me with a secular and pure impression of the man himself; his suffering was clean, clear and easy to understand.

But Qilby as a character, what needs to be stated behind the scenes is deep, chaotic, dead, depressing, primal, vague and mysterious incarnate.

That's why I'm conservative about loW; the official message about Qilby's past remains hazy, preventing the jury that sees Qilby's problems from accurately and easily measuring his guilt. In terms of how they view Qilby, people in the wakfu fanbase vary in their attitudes towards his interpretation of the Qilby character.

In my opinion, these views on Qilby, these blossoming ideas, are double-edged swords. It means that fans don't get the accepted consistency in their views of Qilby, unlike Nox who has a consistent view of his behaviour, a clean sweep of praise.

Qilby in loW, Qilby in episodes, and Qilby in manga are three people to me. In the eyes of Qilby haters there is not much difference. In their eyes, the constant fact in all three versions is that Qilby was the cause of the second war. But the deeper reasons and motives behind it are explained differently in these three versions.

In my feelings about all three versions, loW's Qilby has the air of the ANTI HERO, the misunderstood man with good intentions, exposing lies but in the end choosing to go to extremes to solve the problem. Single-minded.

Qilby in the episode, on the other hand, emphasises the problem of loneliness brought on by his eternal memories, and his reasons behind starting the second war become more complex compared to loW, and in one of these deep and complex reasons behind it, his personal inner need to explore the universe and thus satisfy a solution to his emptiness is the one that is most easily checked by the viewer's brain. This is why his attraction to Orgonax feels utterly selfish in the eyes of those who hate him. This is because in the episode Qilby is presented as being more self-conscious about his own needs. Here I use the word "shown" rather than saying that this is the essence of Qilby. There is a world of difference between the two.

In loW, there is no mention of Qilby being plagued by the loneliness caused by eternal memory, i.e. this setting does not exist in loW, but was added later. If loW is to be considered a classic, then Qilby in the episode is not canon.

My own impression of Qilby is formed by the loW version and the episodic version complementing each other.

And in any case, Qilby cared about his people and took them to heart.

The manga version is a pale explanation of Qilby's past that complements the episodic version of Qilby's actions and Eliatrope's history. It spoils the complexity represented by the issues that Qilby had to take on as a character in the first two versions.

None of these three versions of Qilby would be considered canon by me. All three versions are vague in their descriptions of Qilby's past and vague in their descriptions of the issues behind Qilby so to speak. I have never gotten Qilby himself from ankama's interpretation, and never will from now on. I have a Qilby of my own in my mind, while others have a Qilby of their own alive in theirs.

There just one Nox alive in this world, but millions of Qilby's.

* Given the reflective nature, this topic content is likely to be continually added to in the future.

—— （My buddy said that Ankama puts Qilby in an awkward but flexible position, allowing him to be both loved and hated by some people. I think that's right on. 🤣

If you guys want to explore the depth that can exist in Qilby as a character, I would recommend this fan's theory about Qilby that I chatted with. As I said earlier, everyone has their own Qilby, it's just that this fan has a wonderful and passionate understanding of Qilby. I don't mean here in terms of whether these understandings are absolutely orthodox, but in terms of the criteria for a good play, it is at least complete.

I would not say that there is such a thing as a true Qilby, nor would I admit any orthodoxy of an ideological nature. Even ankama. their act of manga overturned the previous portrayal for Qilby. So even officially I don't want to see their content as "100% canonical" anymore. But still, respect. Let's just say that I hope that in season 4 they give Qilby the opportunity to develop himself more fully, to have more possibilities. To say that I'm passionate about finding the so-called absolute canon in terms of understanding Qilby as a character...I'd rather keep my mind flexible. (My heart is so tired.

My own understanding of the characters, and whether they are good or not, is through whether they do the task they are given by the theme, by seeing whether the issue they are trying to present is fully developed, described and concluded in the plot. It is important to recall the theme, to interact with the events and with the other characters in a way that is useful for the presentation of the theme, and to have interesting ideas interspersed with it. But telling the full flow of an event as it happens is fundamental to a good story.

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Some thoughts on Oropo

Personally, I think Oropo is a promising villain with a chance to be portrayed on a par with the other two (Nox and Qilby). The "ego" he represents is a profound theme ……

Oropo has shown a strong belief in his own goals throughout the episode. But this is instead a strong suggestion of self-denial.

Oropo's notion of a "life of his own" is "false"; he carries the feelings and memories of Yugo, so he wants to win the love of the Tofu Brotherhood. (He has already done this with Adamai.) These actions are intended to restore his memories in order to feel his "presence". Although he hates Yugo, subconsciously he chooses to live in Yugo's shadow! His plan to "replace those gods" should really be described as "becoming Yugo, the man who created him", and it is clear that he feels strongly dissatisfied with his situation…

The Brotherhood of the Forgotten is a pirated version of The Brotherhood of Tofu. (An ironic point) The "good purpose of improving the world" thus becomes more of an excuse to disguise the true needs of the heart. But Oropo sees the transformation of the world as the right choice. He sees himself as a hero and is willing to pay any price to 'save the world' and 'make it better'. Even if it required the creation of a devastating bomb - but there is no denying that he did have the "dedication" and "passion for the world"!

Just like The Brotherhood of the Tofu will fight for the world, just like Yugo.



He comes across as so calm and self-controlled and swimmingly mature in front of everyone else. But when he blames Yugo, he looks like a big baby in his angry outburst. (The contrast is also interesting.)

Oropo is good at manipulating people's minds - I see this as a mechanism for him to protect himself. Essentially, he doesn't trust his demigod friends who are with him - he is wary of them. He is afraid to invest real emotion in them. (Disturbed by Yugo's memories, the love of the Tofu Brotherhood is the true 'orthodoxy' of Oropo's heart.) This also causes Oropo to appear calculating. As long as Yugo exists - (but Yugo's existence is a constant) he will doubt the "truth of everything around him." (That's a given…) Although his friends did once genuinely believe in him and love him. But at the end, they all become disillusioned with Oropo and turn on him. (Although it was Oropo who first began to act in betraying them. But the reaction of these demigods who chose to rebel against Oropo without hesitation still made me feel sad for that. The plot is fine, the actions are understandable, but my heart still breaks for their "friendship" after watching it. (Wanted to laugh xx But at least he wasn't alone, he had Echo! *looks silently at some man trapped in a white room)

"Despite having inherited the memories and traits of that man, I am still not him, yet I choose to try hard to be him. But unknowingly I already have friends and lovers of my own. So my life is still valuable and unique, and I am sure of my own existence." But what is tragic is that these are the things that Oropo figured out in the last few minutes of his life.



Interesting psychological build up. I don't know if these words convey what I think are the contradictory points of the character in Oropo. "Struggling with falsehoods, going round and round, taking such long detours, and finally being surprised to realize that what he wanted to pursue was actually in his own hands." It was supposed to be a story with a crippling beauty…but something went wrong -- making his whole tragedy seem so deliberately shaped and feel so silly.xx Anyway, I'd rather believe that the performance missteps in season three weren't Tot's attempt to deliberately gross out the audience. No sane writer would want to disappoint their audience with a story they've written…

So damn it, let's say it's all the sponsors' fault. (???) Because they only subscribed to Ankama for 13 episodes, causing them to rush through all these stories like that that should have been handled carefully. (◐‿◑)But personally I think Ankama's story line was a bit of a mess too, look what they did to Qilby in Wakfu manga. -- I'm honestly curious as to how Ankama actually handled those character stories internally? (Desperate!)

I honestly never thought I'd analyse Oropo like this before - at the very beginning, after watching season 3, I was so pissed off with Oropo as a person and the decisions Ankama made. But I tried to make myself appreciate Oropo… even though he has "replaced Qilby as the most revolting villain". xx (That phrase itself also took my breath away!!!)

Even though the third season is "hopeless" for most of us, there is now a remedial OVA for Oropo, and there's no telling what they'll do to change the perception of Oropo…

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On the day of the memory, the wind was howling.

A follow-up to the story of the previous painting 《1920》.

I hide the story in the painting. Hope you enjoy it. ;-)

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"I’m waiting for any kind of future."

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The wind blew on the road in the evening

She gave him a soft look back.

So flustered, he tried to make himself look away.

(Not too obvious, but it's a shy Qilby😳 )

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Thank you for your response

To those of you who have encouraged and supported me, my heart is already lighter because of your words. Thank you very, very much indeed!

For the future update plan, I'm trying not to go too long between updates because I'm trying to juggle school and creativity at the same time (Oh well, I hope to come up with something interesting and satisfying!

As for what I create... I'll let my brain fly! : D

❤️ Thanks again to all of you for your support!!!❤️

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⚠️ Announcement ⚠️

It's time for me to say something from the heart to my followers, and after reading these words, I hope you have a clearer idea of my preferences and future creative direction.

These words, for me and probably for you who are reading them, are important because I don't want to scare you or cause you confusion in my future creations, so let's get it out of the way now.

First of all I would like to thank all of you who appreciate my art. I have built up a following by painting Wakfu's fanart, which is unimaginable and a great honour for me. ...... My paintings can be enjoyed by you.

But I began to feel the pressure of your attention and affection, and deep down I knew I hadn't really begun to create what I liked. In fact, I've never dared to tell you what I really like, because that's bound to be met with rejection, misunderstanding and resentment.

I SHIP Chibi x Mina, Qilby x Shinonome and Yugo x Nora. I love their family affections and I will draw this stuff. But at the same time, in my alternate imaginary universe, they can also be love. This means that afterwards I will draw romantic and ambiguous art for them.

I understand that I am totally crazy and inexplicable. I hope that you reading this won't start hating me. But I can no longer bear the fact that I avoid talking about it. It has created a huge psychological strain on my creativity - just imagining the possibility of so much opposition if I created this. I feel a complete panic for my future.

I have lost the courage to imagine it, but while I do not want to cause you discomfort, because I have learned through some observations how you might react to this fact ...... I am so torn inside. Torn between my own love and your moods over and over again.

And now I can't stand my hesitation any longer, so I choose to tell you what I really think.

I don't want to frighten you, I don't want to cause you discomfort and at the same time I don't want to stop creating because of my own cowardice and I don't want to blame myself for being different.

So here comes the choice, after you hear this, do you choose to leave or stay?

Whatever it is, I will show respect and understanding. I admit I must feel sad when some of you choose to leave, but that's the price, to take a different path than others ...... I have to have the courage to accept that.

For those of you who read these truths but still choose to stay and continue watching my art, I sincerely thank you for putting up with my madness! I hope to use my art to express emotions in the future and you have given me the confidence to create what I love ...... Thank you so much!

I await the results and, in any case, I am ready to create with a freer and more relaxed mind.

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Qilby is very good at ......

…… massage :-D 👍