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Page 4 of "Sins of the Fathers"

Taking advantage of Carmelita's momentary distraction, Penelope's enforcer pulls out a remote detonator and triggers the bombs that he planted on the fuel drums. The rapid beeping gives the Interpol vixen just enough time to realize what's about to happen before the ensuing explosion sends her flying!

CREATOR'S NOTES:

I need to do more action shots in SFM. Hopefully, Carmelita's posture as she's blown back by the shockwave from the explosion looks good; I was trying to go for the kind of pose she might have if she was in the middle of turning and running when the bombs went off!

CREDITS:

1) Carmelita Fox is copyright of Sucker Punch, creators of the Sly Cooper series.

2) The models used for Carmelita and her Shock Pistol came from the Patreon page of Warfaremachine. ( https://www.furaffinity.net/user/mrwarfaremachine/ )

3) Cerberus is an Original Character concept of mine, created for fan-adventures in the Sly Cooper series and related toons.

4) The model for Cerberus is pieced together from several model packs by Petruz (the Wolf V2 pack for the main body, the Dasha & Nataliya pack for the mask, the Cattle Gang pack for the shirt, hair, jewelry, and handwraps), purchased via their Gumroad page. ( https://www.furaffinity.net/user/petruz/ )

5) The detonator in Cerberus' hand comes from Overwatch's Junkrat – his Junkenstein persona, specifically. The model was found on Steam Workshop, ported by Spooy-Majora. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....xt=junkenstein )

6) The crates and barrels...are either from Steam Workshop, or native to Source Film Maker. All I know for sure is I'm not the one who made them.

7) The explosives hooked up to the barrels are based on CounterStrike: GO's bombs. They were found on Steam Workshop, courtesy of jermacore enjoyer. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....searchtext=ied )

8) The explosions/smoke from Carmelita's landing were created by use of an explosion particle effect found on Steam Workshop – specifically, one found on the workshop page of MysterAC. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....text=explosion )

9) The high-rise building that the action is unfolding in was found on the Steam Workshop, courtesy of Anomi. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....htext=highrise )

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Page 3 of "Sins of the Fathers"

As Carmelita finishes off the last wave of Penelope's attack drones and heads up the ramps towards the top floor of the building under construction, she reflects how busting a high-profile criminal like Penelope will help counter the rumors floating around the office at Interpol -- namely, that her integrity as a police officer is in question after the fallout of the whole "Sly Cooper Amnesia" debacle.

She's so caught up in said reflecting that she doesn't see the fuel drums ahead of her until she's almost staring at them. Skidding to a halt, she finds herself wondering why Penelope would arrange the gas barrels in such a pattern, and here of all places...

CREATOR'S NOTES:

Yeah, I know, this pic isn't quite as action-packed as the previous one, but I added a bit of world-building here. Namely, that after the events of Thieves in Time, Carmelita's reputation has taken a hit thanks to the fallout of the whole "Constable Cooper" arc. Maybe it's me, but it seems like 1) brainwashing a criminal who took a bullet for you, 2) taking that criminal on as your partner, and 3) having said criminal go back to thievery would be the kind of chain of events that would blow up in your face. After all, it could be easily inferred that said criminal got their memory back and took exception to your attempted brainwashing/gaslighting.

CREDITS:

1) Carmelita Fox is copyright of Sucker Punch, creators of the Sly Cooper series.

2) The models used for Carmelita and her Shock Pistol came from the Patreon page of Warfaremachine. ( https://www.furaffinity.net/user/mrwarfaremachine/ )

3) Penelope's attack drones are based on the ones from Wolfenstein: The New Order (though Penelope herself is NOT a Nazi), found on the Steam Workshop page of martianinferno98. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....archtext=drone )

4) The crates and barrels...are either from Steam Workshop, or native to Source Film Maker. All I know for sure is I'm not the one who made them.

5) The explosives hooked up to the barrels are based on CounterStrike: GO's bombs. They were found on Steam Workshop, courtesy of jermacore enjoyer. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....searchtext=ied )

6) The high-rise building that the action is unfolding in was found on the Steam Workshop, courtesy of Anomi. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....htext=highrise )

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Just...everything about this was needed.

            I wanna analyze part of the exchange between Luz and the Titan, because I’m seeing some people misunderstand it by claiming the show is saying that Luz doesn’t need to self-reflect because she always means well, unlike THOSE guys (Nevermind everything she and others have gone through up until this point). Maybe I’m repeating the obvious, but;

         “I’m not so kind. When I saw the Collector fly up to Belos, I hoped with all my heart I would see them blast him away, and-”

         Here we have Luz insinuating that she’s not kind, simply on account of wanting Belos dead; Nevermind the fact that she has plenty of justified reason to want gone someone who has maliciously caused her and her loved ones so much pain, trauma, and agony across so much time.

         “Hey, I can relate. I was willing to do anything to keep my kid safe. But I attacked the wrong person, dragged the Collector down here for nothing.”

         The Titan does relate to feeling shame over ugly emotions like hatred and anger, which can make people lash out; Bringing up how those feelings brought him to make a terrible mistake that would have a lasting ripple effect on the Boiling Isles up until now.

         “Does that make us as bad as Belos?”

         At which point, Luz drops the question, the false equivalency that it’s fair for her to nevertheless entertain for the sake of self-reflection; Does her and the Titan feeling anger and even hurting people over it, or planning to, make them as bad as Belos?

         “What? Have you been drinking Eda’s homemade apple blood?”

         The Titan’s skepticism over this false comparison is self-explanatory.

         “Well, Belos says he’s trying to save humanity, and we’re saying we want to save our families, so isn’t that the same thing? Don’t- Don’t these feelings come from the same place?”

         When Luz says ‘feelings’, she’s very much talking about anger, even hatred; The kind that drives people to fight and even hurt others. Belos is angry, but Luz notes that so is she, as was the Titan, and all of them claim to do this over loved ones they’re worried about, right? That’s the ‘same place’ she’s referring to.

         “Well, you assume Belos’ goal comes from a genuine place. But, that man doesn’t care about anything but his need to be the hero in his own delusion. And because of that, he fears what he can’t control.”

         That’s when the Titan clarifies the difference; The anger of the victim is not the same as the anger of the abuser. The anger of the oppressed is not comparable to the anger of the oppressor. Anger doesn’t necessarily make you the bad guy, especially when it moves people to do the right thing. Both Luz and the Titan are angry, yes; But they’re angry because they legitimately have loved ones, and themselves, who have been hurt, and are genuinely at stake here. They're still allowed to feel this way. They only want Belos dead because they can’t get him to stop hurting people, so this is the only option left to make him stop endangering others.

         Whereas Belos’ hatred is that of the colonizer; He never really had anyone at stake here. Humanity was never in any real danger, especially not Caleb, whom Philip consciously disrespects by going against everything Caleb stood for, despite Caleb having made it clear with an open-armed welcome that this would never have to exclude his love for his brother. Philip made the decision to choose a world over his brother, NOT Caleb who understood he should theoretically have both, as a parallel/foil to Luz who wants both, but is still struggling to accept she can have that.

         Dana confirmed at Pixelatl –and it’s fairly obvious even without said confirmation- that she based Belos off of televangelists, cult leaders, the conservative relative, etc. The first two especially are hardcore bigots, the kind who really double down on their prejudice, and actively make it happen on a larger scale; These are the kind of people who go past that reasonable point of being well-intentioned but misinformed about their biases.

         Yes, Luz and Belos are both angry, but Belos’ anger is that of the reactionary conservative, hence “fearing what he can’t control.” He claims to feel threatened, but unlike people like Luz who really are endangered and fighting for their lives, the only thing being threatened is Belos’ worldview of supremacy and self-righteousness, so like a lot of right-wing “morality police” and the like.

         In the end, TOH is calling out how bigotry did not start from a place of good intentions, which is fitting given Belos represents the type of OG bigot, the Puritans who were among many who made contact with the Native Americans and vice-versa; Prejudice was born as a way to justify narratives of power and control, by dehumanizing others and thus justifying their suffering and exploitation for the sake of those who ‘really’ matter. These narratives, when perpetuated, create self-fulfilling prophecies and issues that the misguided but well-meaning are concerned about, which leads them down flawed attempts to address these problems.

         This is to say people who genuinely mean well, who have been hurt and do have others at stake, can make mistakes; This very exchange reminds us that the Titan hurt the Collector, something she does nothing to justify, and something the viewers know was objectively wrong, and has deep consequences as we’re currently seeing. Luz and the Titan both contributed to the Collector falling into Belos’ hands, but while Luz was genuinely manipulated and didn’t realize what was going on, the Titan chose to lash out at a bystander because she couldn’t channel her anger successfully towards the Archivists.

         But the Titan has learned, and she’s recognized what she’s done as wrong, and she’s made efforts to undo and make up for that. And it’s important to remember how all of this was prompted by the genocide of the Archivists, who claim to be preserving life, yet destroy it when it does not heed their plans. People are still responsible on an individual level, but it’s also worth noting how the system can influence them, just as it did for Amity and Lilith. And the system was started by people who didn’t really have a system over their heads, or were rebelling against a different kind.

         It’s not as if TOH is saying you can’t mean well and make mistakes; So much of the show is about people meaning well and making mistakes, especially parents towards their children. And this is fitting since a well-meaning parent nevertheless hurting her child is the inciting incident of the series, and it’s something that is brought up and resolved in the previous episode between Luz and Camila. Hell, Luz herself understands that meaning well can hurt others, like when she kept secrets from Amity, under the guise of not wanting to burden her girlfriend.

         TOH still has plenty of examples of genuine intent leading to bad things; So it’s entirely reasonable, in this case, to bring up the original people who codified bigotry and prejudice, because being a freak and a weirdo does not happen in a vacuum, it is in relation to a society. At some point you have to discuss WHY someone is considered strange; Who designated the guidelines for the deviant, and by extension, what are the guidelines for what is ‘normal’, who decided this would be normal, and why? And that’s why the story brings these back to the settlers who made contact with the Native Americans and vice-versa, and established a precedent for prejudice towards these people.

         The point is that the show is refuting the centrist idea of Both Sides, that if you’re violent and/or angry then you’re just as bad as the oppressor, if not worse; Victims are allowed to be angry, they have a right to be upset, as Eda herself says. You can’t expect them to appeal solely by peace when that’s clearly not working out, hence Raine and Darius’ rebellions, which do necessitate violence at times, even if they’d love to minimize it and try; Which is why the finale shows the initially-cautious CATTs accepting covenscouts who are willing to change, why Kikimora is shown doing community service (and that's assuming it's not just a job given her lack of uniform; She may have been allowed to reintegrate into society as a regular citizen).

         Between the juxtaposition of the Collector hearing about how Amity and Lilith were successfully appealed to, and applying that to Belos, only for that to fail as Luz explains this individual situation is a bit more complicated… Basically, what the show is saying is that you should choose to be kind and give chances and grace, anyone can change; But people also have a right to prioritize themselves in self-defense, and just in general health, when people continue to refuse to reciprocate, and leave no other choice. Because there’s still responsibility on the other party to respond to these offers of kindness, and make the same choice to improve the world; They have free will, everyone does, and you can’t force people to be better, anymore than the Collector can force people to be their friends.

         Not to mention how victims have a right to be upset and don’t owe forgiveness, but at the same time, the concept of Restorative VS Retributive Justice argues that it’s better for the world if everyone improved; That doesn’t mean victims have to forgive or even necessarily help, because improving oneself does not rely on your victims doing you favors. It’s ultimately about harm reduction; Ideally, harm is reduced by helping people open their minds and change, but if that isn’t working and the person keeps hurting and even killing others, then yes, harm must be reduced by imprisoning, or even killing them in self-defense.

         Hence the difference in that Luz’s anger comes from ultimately wanting to reduce harm and being frustrated by those who continue to perpetuate it; Versus Belos whose anger isn’t really meant to prevent harm, but pointlessly cause more of it, because of his immature disgust towards those different, as well as the supremacy and selfishness that actively puts down others for Belos’ own sake (because Caleb isn’t allowed to have more than one person in his life, apparently).

         And note that Belos is already at the end of his life (because people only have so much time to change before it's cut short by death), because extending it requires sacrificing palismen, which goes against harm-reduction; So they can’t just imprison Belos without killing him. And in the end, the protagonists don’t prolong Belos’ misery by letting the boiling rain finish him off, they get it over with by stomping on him; Not only does this allow them to vent much-deserved anger towards an oppressor, but it cuts away any chance of Belos coming up with something last-second by just ending him right there. That reduces harm from Belos, and harm TO Belos, because his death isn’t any longer than it needs to be.

         And on Luz’s side, her not doing anything to Belos is justified because it’s about her refusing to help him, thus standing for herself and what she believes, and not letting this traumatic, gaslighting presence have any more power over her. Luz still allows her loved ones to finish off Belos; Her not responding to Belos is about reducing harm to herself.

         It’s a lot of stuff. It’s about balancing a lot of seemingly conflicting, opposite ideas, like Luz balancing two worlds; As she herself explains to the Collector, it can be “complicated.” It’s about nuance, and a case-by-case basis; Because note that the Titan doesn’t tell Luz that she will always be right because SHE always means well. Just that in this specific case, in regards to this specific guy, things are not equivalent. Hence why the Titan focuses on deconstructing Belos and not Luz. 

This moment specifically is breaking down colonial rhetoric by calling it out for what it actually is, because Belos is 100% a colonizer and this is one of the most important aspects of his character, and his contributions, to the narrative. And whatever mistakes Luz and the Titan made, at least they care enough to make up for it, because they really are trying to do this for others, instead of prioritizing an ego trip; That kind of mentality is doomed to being static.

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Walter: 621… go back to base … right now.

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Lum looks lovely in black with pastel patterns.

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UYZINE was a free fanzine dedicated to the series Urusei Yatsura, done in 2016 and organized by Sukiline and deadpiecez (no known website presence). Unfortunately at the time of release, the link had restricted access and required permission from the author to be able to access it. As a result, both groups of contributors and fans were unable to acquire a copy.

By virtue of, uh, me bothering deadpiecez too much, however, I managed to get a copy for myself. It's only recently, when rehauling my website, that I remembered both about this zine and this situation. As such, even though it comes many years later, I have decided to archive this zine--given that the original download link is long dead. Perhaps now finally, contributors and fans can download a copy of this zine!

Download your copy, read more about it here and check out the list of contributors as well!

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I'm definitely tracking this down when it comes out.

Lum [Urusei Yatsura] 1/4 scale from FREEing coming March 2024.

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The drawing process is an intricate thing, as this artist demonstrates.

Mucho tiempo sin dibujarlos

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Stylish at the stadium!

Lum, Ataru & Ten At Lambeau Field

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Ataru be low-key chill about Lum being cuddly.

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I keep thinking about the Dafeng test pilot that you take down in the first chapter of Armored Core VI.

In any other mech storyline, this kid would have been the protagonist. Bright-eyed and hopeful, he would have been the poster child for youthful determination in the face of corporate war profiteering, either finding a cool trick to defeat 621, or being saved by the sudden arrival of other plucky young pilots.

But we both know that no one comes to save him.

The universe of Armored Core is fantastical by any definition, but in this one moment it is at it's most brutally realistic.

"I'm...keeping up with a real merc!" he says, "My training is paying off!"

Reality sets in as the tide turns abruptly in your favor. He is outmaneuvered, outgunned and outfought by the "merc who only kills for credits".

"I can't die like this!"

But he does. All the tenacity of youth couldn't save him from you, and he dies alone and afraid, lamenting his little dream of having his own callsign, his life amounting to the meager credits transferred to your account after the mission.

He would have been the protagonist anywhere else, but here on Rubicon he is a reminder that, in a warzone, no one comes to save little boys.

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#suckitgod

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Page 2 of "Sins of the Fathers"

As Carmelita breaks from cover and opens fire, Penelope's attack drones open fire. However, Carmelita's athleticism, organic reaction time, and sharpshooting skills end up giving her the edge, and Penelope loses contact with her gun-bots.

Quickly realizing that it's time to write off her current hideout and make her escape to another safe house, Penelope charges her newly-hired enforcer with buying her time to get the chopper ready. However, said enforcer hints that a hefty paycheck isn't his only reason for taking such a risky job. Could it be that he has his own agenda...?

CREATOR'S NOTES:

This was actually the first page I made for the comic, back when it was supposed to be just a few pages. As such, I was still getting a handle on things like speech bubble color and how to add spikes to said speech bubble when someone's shouting. I decided to keep it as is as a measuring stick of how far I've come...and also because by the time I was ready to start publishing, I was too burned out to go back and tweak something as minute as that.

CREDITS:

1) Carmelita Fox and Penelope are copyright of Sucker Punch, creators of the Sly Cooper series.

2) The models used for Carmelita and Penelope came from the Patreon page of Warfaremachine. ( https://www.furaffinity.net/user/mrwarfaremachine/ )

3 Cerberus/The Enforcer is an Original Character concept of mine, created for fan-adventures in the Sly Cooper series and related toons.

4) The model for Cerberus is pieced together from several model packs by Petruz, purchased via their Gumroad page. The exact models will be revealed alongside Cerberus' new look when it's fully revealed. ( https://www.furaffinity.net/user/petruz/ )

5) Penelope's attack drones are based on the ones from Wolfenstein: The New Order (though Penelope herself is NOT a Nazi), found on the Steam Workshop page of martianinferno98. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....archtext=drone )

6) The gunfire from the drones is based on Payday 2's muzzle flash effect, a particle that was found on the Steam Workshop page of Nonhuman. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....t=muzzle+flash )

7) The laptop that Penelope is using came from the Steam Workshop, courtesy of Andr00d. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi...../?id=644429203 )

8) The crates and barrels...are either from Steam Workshop, or native to Source Film Maker. All I know for sure is I'm not the one who made them.

9) The muzzle flash and projectiles from Carmelita's Shock Pistol were created by using different elements of the Power Beam particle effect from Samus' blaster. This was found on the Steam Workshop page of Chaofanatic. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....ext=power+beam )

10) The high-rise building that the action is unfolding in was found on the Steam Workshop, courtesy of Anomi. ( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....htext=highrise )

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These two being just so adorable.

** Permission to post it was granted by the artist Do not repost/edit the art without permission Please, support the artist on their pages too **

Artist : ミユキ (pixiv / twitter)

Source

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If Ten ain’t breathing fire for a few weeks, it’s because Lum delivered ALL of the burn in that last panel.

Such questions lol 

Inspired from a certain Peanuts comic ;) 

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I very, VERY badly want to know the context behind this.

Yeah, I know I suck at drawing fireworks 🥲 but still I wanted to practice with the lights ❤️