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Life is too short.

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(detail + ratio rambling under the cut >_>)

This is one of those "I need a break between my ten other illustrations, let me do a lil sketchy sketch :D" that got too ambitious etc. etc. I never want to see the color red again" moments. BUT!

I really, really like to explore Ratio's viscerality and what's happening between his brain and his nerves, like... all of this thorough control and discipline and he still has to breathe and react to himself and his surroundings, you know? His accomplishments are insane for "his age"* but he's going to run out of "age" at some point! His ambitions are so far reaching that he's not worried about getting doctorate degree Number Nine! Rather, his efforts are pointed outwards, into the universe, for the universe. As you know.

Speaking of his degrees, I had a half thought a while ago that we've seen him with two types of laurel pins.

One is him in his suuuuuper cute mother goose avatar (three leaves) and the other is the hat he's wearing everywhere else (eight leaves).

The thought was, "Aww, what if they're like commemorative pins counting the number of his degrees or whatever :)". Literally only because there's eight in the current one. This is kind of silly because then you'd HAVE to have an obscene number of degrees even for a normal person for your leaf pin to start looking like a laurel in the first place so scratch that BUT it's cute to think that it's still academic regalia. Something something I work in higher ed myself and it's like... it's like that.

The university goldsmith appreciates the job security.

I REMEMBER WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP. FOLLOWING the fantasy where more leaves = more knowledge!, in summary, even though Ratio seems to be a little beyond trying to get a prize every time he learns something now. But he does want to Keep Going. He can only Keep Going.

So I drew him in a bathtub full of an uncountable amount of gold leaves looking at the camera with an indescribable expression born from a hunger that will never be satiated lol DETAIL SHOT!

*Referenced only vaguely in a comment in the context of astonishment, but it could have easily have been "woah he's accomplished so much for his age (young)" as it could be "woah he looks good for his age (older)". There is no canon age and even then, reconciling standardized system time versus planetary time versus "does his particular breed of lizard human have the same lifespan as tumblr user nhura?" is a losing game for everyone involved! Here's what I think: I think he started going grey in his early twenties, whatever that means in spacefantasygame, and that that's very cute on him.

Do YOU think Ratio would be tempted by immortality???? Or would he MIND HIS BUSINESS

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GENUINELY SORRY TO ANYONE WHO FOLLOWS MY OLD KIN BLOG. IM MOVING STUFF FROM BLOGS TO THAT ONE SO ITS A LOT OF FEELINGS ALL AT ONCE. ON THE DASH. IM SO SORRY

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How could you NOT fall in love with the glow of the moon and stars, the warmth of the sun, the ancient life within the trees, and the sweet melodies of the winds?

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Vincent/Glen - 22 - hymn/they - white Maverique/Transmasc - Demiaroace gay - engaged to @lullabynorth 💚 EST - Spiritual Fickin - OSDD/P-DID System Host

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guy with carpal tunnel and possibly arthritis decides best idea is to pick up a passion project that involves drawing everything

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me trying to make a quick small cosplay prop vs being worried bc my meds suddenly smell like vinegary eggs

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if you saw the post about dimash's video . that was. that was my mom. that was my mom sharing it here on accident.

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i love u unconventional ways of showing affection

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having to write out a big announcement for a server u run bc 13 year olds don't know how to act is exhausting

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Pandora Hearts Month day 22: Hat

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"you're the only one who can leave a scar on me"

playing with the autofill on csp

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80% of OCD sufferers stop ruminating right before they’re about to reach true moral purity … NEVER STOP THE GRIND !!

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cuz like there both star-bearer leaders

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𖡼𖤣𖥧𖡼𓋼𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊 Commission for @ladyoratrice 💕

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the death of 8tracks made you all so bad at making playlists i fear. good ship or character playlist is max 16 songs and devastatingly perfectly crushingly curated. it should make sense musically, if not across the playlist, then at least from song to song. GRADIENTS of genre. think about this before you make a 200 song ship playlist that includes both maroon 5 and mitski. Think on it