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got tagged by @recurringwriter !!

Favorite Animal: Raccoons have tiny lil criminal hands and I love them for that and their mischief (Also do enjoy a good pigeon but I think that goes without saying)

Last Song: End of the Line by the Traveling Willburys! Just found out who actually made up that band and now that I know Tom Petty's voice sticks out like a sore thumb lol

Currently Reading: A novelization of Jim Henson's The Storyteller, the stories are all individual so it's easier to pick up and put down but I've really been enjoying it whenever I've had time

Currently Craving: a long nap and bag of chips tbh

Currently Working On: So much cosplay, i have a week left 😵‍💫 BUT i took a break to do this

Looking Forward To: A bunch of things!! the school year is ending soon, they're switching one of the classes I teach, the con is next week, i just commissioned a few people and my family is moving closer. lots happening but i'm hopeful about it

absolutely no worries if you want to pass on this one, but i'm tagging @mcmissileproof @ronsenburg and @telliusisgay ^^

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learning together

i had this incredibly old doodle lying around. i almost scrapped it several times, but today i decided to work on it for a bit and i think it looks nice enough.

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Ah, yes, I see you’ve taken notice of the fine knight I keep dangling in a big gilded cage above my evil throne. Quite the pretty little ornament the would be savior makes, wouldn’t you agree~?

What? No, it IS a big cage. That’s- it’s the standard size for a knight’s cage I’m pretty sure. NO I’m not going to invest in 500 square feet of dungeon, it’s ONE knight! I’m pretty sure knights live in hovels in the wild anyways which is basically the same- Look, the cage is quite literally gilded. He loves the cage! He loves obediently preening in the cage! Yeah well, when you capture your own knight you can keep it in whatever size castle you want to, but this one’s mine. Especially since you’re so obviously jealous of me and my cute and awesome knight anyway.

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Cleaning out my art folder to show you guys what I have been up to

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class photo ! happy fe3h anniversary !

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Cats getting caught doing crimes

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what a beautiful man that you are 🫶🫶

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They are on a phone call

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it doesn't look like much yet but I DID THE SCARY PART 💪💪💪

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I was just reflecting on how the way Dedue acts about attempts to connect with him before the timeskip, when he's been completely isolated from his community for four entire years with no hope of reconnecting with them, is directly echoed in the way Dimitri behaves after the timeskip, when he's been completely isolated from his community for five years, to the degree you could legitimately take it as foreshadowing.

Dedue before the skip, convinced he will never reconnect with his culture again: You shouldn't talk to me, you'll only be punished for it. Dimitri after the skip, convinced he will never reconnect with his proper role in his culture: Don't talk to me. It will only get you killed. Dedue before the skip: -doesn't even respond half the time when spoken to, gives curt answers most of the time he does respond.- Dimitri after the skip: -Doesn't even respond most of the time when spoken to, gives curt answers most of the time he does respond.-

Dedue before the skip: I'm just a tool, there's no point in wasting your effort treating me like a person. Dimitri after the skip: I'm just a beast, there's no point in wasting your effort treating me like a person.

Dedue before the skip: -Shuts Ashe and Mercedes down hard when they try to connect with him on a personal level.- Dimitri after the skip: -Shuts everyone down hard when they try to reach him on a personal level.-

Their circumstances flip so completely during the timeskip and so do their ways of interacting with other people. Dedue before the skip has been completely alone except for Dimitri and is standoffish and rejects attempts by anyone else to connect with him, while Dimitri is reconnecting with his friends and acts open and engaged and speaks frankly with them. Then, Dimitri is severed from his community and is completely alone for five years and becomes standoffish and rejects attempts to connect with him (except Dedue, with whom he audibly starts to cry while reconnecting with him at Myrrdin), while Dedue has been reunited with his community and returns more relaxed and open, willing to be open with people and speak frankly about his feelings with them.

I think there's also something interesting too visually in how Dedue and Dimitri obviously are wearing a uniform before the skip but the color palette is basically black, with Dedue only wearing one small indicator of who he is individually (his earring) - but then when he returns flanked by a squad of his countrymen, he's wearing silver armor and is blatantly wearing his culture's colors and motifs in your face. Dimitri, meanwhile, after the skip is still wearing black, and his armor has a Crest of Blaiddyd on it but it's completely hidden at the base of his neck...but when he opens back up and reconnects with his community and support, he changes to white armor as well, with the Crest of Blaiddyd fully in your face across his whole chest.

I guess my conclusion is Dimitri and Dedue are both not only in a yin and yang kind of interplay with each other, but that they both demonstrate the effects of isolation vs. integration with community, flipping who is isolated and who is in community during the skip and showing incredibly directly how much Azure Moon is about the importance of community and connection for support.

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von aegir

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speaking of the new dedue alt--

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Had to draw Dedue’s new alt bc he’s cool

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Subjecting sylvain to the true horrors of war (sweaty helmet hair)

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Who’s ready for summmerrrrrrrrr yayayayyayaay

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holiday photo ft. Annette in the outfit I wore that day