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They're like poison dart frogs, they announce to the world that they're dangerous by being pretty

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Because he's absurdly fucking thick, that's why

why are his thighs jiggling OMG

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Judging by the concept art, Mistral's head has to be detachable to work with the design of her collar.

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Hey! I wanted to say that my blog is going through strange times right now, and unfortunately not the happiest ones. This account has been shadowbanned, and not everyone can see my work. I love the MGR fandom, but I feel uneasy that this situation happened to me because my content, although strange, does not violate the rules :") I would be grateful if you support my efforts, since by and large this blog was created for you and my endeavor as a graphic artist. Thanks to everyone who likes or reblogs, it motivates me to continue drawing and delight you with content.

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[it's totally not me again] Could you draw more chibi Sundowner? They're so frickin' adorable I can just imagine him being like ~casually uses scissors on victims~

Aye aye

This one's not chibi but I'll add him to the pile too

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Chapter 2 out!

Have fun, feedback appreciated

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A little Kevin for the soul

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Bunch of silly practice stuff. Putting the Winds into random locations found on Pinterest

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So N'Mani's like average dude size, right?

Good God Sundowner's ass is fucking huge then

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I got random inspiration to headcanon dump about Khamsin and I'm making it everyone else's problem. Particularly on how and why he's disliked among other Winds of Destruction and what contributes to it.

So, what wiki says about the guy:

"A former Marine who first served active duty during the Gulf War, he was once a loyal soldier who greatly contributed to the success of Operation Desert Sabre, but his lack of flexibility and disastrous personality caused internal troubles within his own team, ultimately leading to his discharge during the Iraq War.

Khamsin became a private military contractor afterward and used the majority of his income to turn himself into a cyborg."

So he has one thing that very clearly separates him from other Winds: it's directly stated that he used his own money to convert to a cyborg body fully willingly without prior injuries making it necessary. Unlike him, Monsoon and Sundowner converted out of necessity because they were thoroughly disabled otherwise. And that difference shows: Khamsin's upper body is in a different style than any of the Desperado soldiers, be it the Winds or basic soldiers.

All of them got variations of this dark brownish gray going on for them, meanwhile Khamsin's is this noticeably lighter, golden olive shade that I don't recall on any other cyborg in the game

I can't pin down exactly what it is besides the color, but the style just feels different. And it also clashes noticeably with the black and red color scheme of the mech, so I'm speculating that he isn't in debt for his body at all because he owns it and had it prior to joining Desperado, meanwhile the big mech is Desperado property that he can swap in and out of (meaning he has a spare ass, somewhere).

Also, his skin is definitely artificial, because of the seams, but he went out of his way to get a replica of his battle scars on the fake skin as well. It's quite in line with the arrogant attitude he'd shown in the brief scenes he had for himself.

Alright, that context out of the way, onto the actual issue of his "disastrous personality and inflexibility".

It's my personal interpretation, but I think Khamsin isn't an asshole on purpose, but it's a side effect of a specific brand of socially awkward that results in him just coming off as, well... He isn't trying to be a cunt, he just naturally had very few skill points allotted for the social stat, which resulted in strained relationships with people around him. And since it was a pattern for a long, long while it could have resulted in a "me against the world" attitude where Khamsin deems everybody else as the asshole rather than aknowledging that he is the issue.

That said, he was definitely a skilled fighter. HAS to have been and outstanding one to be able to afford his own cybernetics, and not the standard chassis either, but the expensive stuff that let him retain his original face. Dude got DOUGH. So, he has ample reasons to be proud of himself and grow arrogant, mix it with resentment towards others for not meshing with his innate confrontational personality and you get a man that is just a joy to be around.

Despite this I can't say he didn't desire belonging. I have to wonder how much being kicked out of the Navy affected him, it was likely a scarring event because even after switching to merc work he didn't abandon his loyalty to the idea of bringing freedom 🦅the American way🇺🇸 and his whole song is about being part of some whole. That whole being the Winds of Destruction unit (I AM A WIND OF DESTRUCTION sure buddy).

So that's how I see it: he wants recognition, he wants belonging and when he doesn't get it, he doesn't look inwards and instead grows outwardly unpleasant in retaliation.

I don't believe he was a true Wind of Destruction, because if he was, Kev would mention that there are four commanders in Desperado rather than just three. So he was most likely a step below them and if that's the case, then the WoD is like a carrot being dangled in front of him: status, recognition, ability to command others and prove that he's the cream of the crop. But being a leader with a personality like that? Haaaa

The others would stall his attempts to become part of the unit and he'd grow resentful. And he does actually have ammunition for some really nasty remarks, such as about how the others are indebted to their employer and he isn't, the only one actually free. How he's the one who worked for his body and they didn't. How he didn't lose his body to an IED accident, unlike Sundowner, such and such. "Pick me" attitude if you will. If he did have contact with Armstrong, then this is a very apt comparison.

There's also possibility that he's a contractor rather than full time just like Sam and if that's the case, he'd get to live after Tecumseh because he's technically not responsible for the plan. I suppose being the only actual idealist in Desperado it's feasible that Armstrong would want him to live?

I see why Mistral would want to take him down with them tbh.

Anyway

I don't know what came over me, headcanon dump over

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The only reason you don't hear me yapping about MGR right now is because I'm writing another fuck off huge chapter, just fyi

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