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This is the original cirnovslobster.jpg, taken some time in September of 2007, though the oldest version that can be found now is a 4chan post from 2009, but I tracked it to a now defunct website that seemed to be a personal blog of some sort. The lobster is a scorpion mud lobster, and those are likely mangroves in the back, but I could not find a definite location in my research two years ago, when I became enamored by this image despite knowing it for many years before. Outside of this I still know little about it and could not find any further information, so there are many things I still wonder about it to this day (if any more is known, do share). But I did find an ebay listing where someone was selling the exact model of Cirno figure (a keychain/charm), baffling because of how old they are, and since it was a "factory reject" or something, but I managed to snag the powerful artifact for five dollars. She is very cute and I have her attached to my bag. One day I hope to recreate the image with her somehow. Happy Cirno Day.

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here's a compilation of Every FreakTV Bumper That I've Made, in chronological order of creation, along with titles and reviews of them.

FreakTV is a fake TV channel my friends and i created to be used as a discord bot that streamed randomly selected episodes from our favorite TV shows, 24/7, in a dedicated channel. between each aired episode there was a "coming up next" break, and one of hundreds of bumpers that all of us created over time

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Кото-Хиггс? Дайте два

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I can't believe it was five years since I've got my first touch with DS. yes, exactly five years ago I started watching live stream by one of the popular streamers in my country and after a couple of hours I found myself completely captivated by that was happening. It was crazy. It was absolutely amazing.

Now I already have 200+ hours in the game, I have read novells, collected merch and wrote many thousands of words of fan fiction and drew some fan art.

Today I would like to go back in time to that autumn day and start that stream again. And fall into this universe again.

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[pointing at 2 guys who never met] they are best friends. to me. anyway happy birthday death stranding!! 🎉

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War is Hell: The narrative parallels between Gabriel and V1 and what that means about Ultrakill's overall message

(At this point a lot of other people have probably brought up similar points in their analyses of Ultrakill, but I've had this post in my drafts for more than a year so I'm gonna post a version of it because I really need to express this somewhere)

These two beings are so dedicated to their code that they violently execute it even after the death of their creators who made that code in the first place. They kill those who have already died, they punish those who have already been punished.

Their attempts to follow the will of their absent creators could be seen as a twisted, unintended version of that will, or alternatively, an exact performance of it, making you question the creator’s intentions.

Humanity's justification for making V1 parallels Gabriel as well. Because it's a weapon, its creators must have seen the bloodshed it was designed for as necessary and justified. Gabriel believes at first that his violence, even his killing of beloved leaders in Hell, is a just punishment.

I think Gabriel himself started to see all of these similarities he has to V1, a mindless killing machine following orders, when it matched his own strength, and upon self-reflection it caused him to realize his own lack of free will and break out of it. Part of why I see it this way is because his epiphany occurs to him after he literally consumes blood like V1.

In terms of overarching themes, it's already obvious to a lot of people that Ultrakill is a criticism of the entire concept of sin and of Hell, but I'm gonna add to this. The parallels between V1 and Gabriel are suggesting that the constant escalation of military technology and attempts at calling it "necessary", "justified", and "honorable" are a kind of worship and punishment too, and layer 7 emphasizes this the most (so far). Both the torture of sinners in Hell and a military's endless cruelty towards opponents require the fabrication of a "dangerous other" so unquestionably bad that both their humanity and all possible mercy should be forgotten. These both result from ideologies convincing their followers that a group of outsiders is completely disposable and must be destroyed at all costs. tl;dr my analysis of Ultrakill's big themes is a very direct interpretation of the phrase "War is Hell"

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me, incorrect: everyone is probably sick of me drawing this character by now...

my inner voice, wise: ah, but this cannot be... because I am part of "everyone"... and until I am sick of drawing them... it will not be everyone

me, opening a new blank canvas: ur so right

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In case any of you here also use X/Twitter.

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Love that if you look really closely at DS2 Higgs’ hands in the trailer, you can just barely make out these robotic tendons inside. It’s especially clear on his thumb. Like his hands aren’t solid, they’re full of mechanisms letting him move 👀

Yoji Shinkawa’s mechanical design owns so hard

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a study of Sam I painted based on a screenshot ^-^ realism practice but with video games instead of photos lol

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another study, a portrait of Amelie this time

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my other Amelie painting! this one's my favorite

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more Death Stranding studies that I forgot to post!

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the first breath of a new life.

even if he no longer needs air, i saw it like a vision

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The fifth time...?