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"dolphins are completely evil" I actually don't think we should assign human morality to animals with no concept of law or civilisation with an intelligence roughly equating to that of a toddler
#I KNOWWWW ITS FUNNY TO SAY.#and I KNOWWWW they do fucked up things#BUT THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE. they're fucked up but they're not evil#I love dolphins. I think they're delightful. they're complex and intelligent and unfortunately complex and intelligent animals#sometimes do bad things. this doesn't make them evil. they're ANIMALS#also I think its a liiittle unfair. most dolphins are purely fun and games oriented silly water mammals. SOME dolphins are dickheads#don't take this post too seriously!! I am simply musing I am not trying to start Dolphin Discourse
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We as a fandom moved way too fast past this:

And this:

#she has so much complexity that we as a fandom NEED to unpack and discuss#would kill for a book or chapter or snippet literally anything from her perspective#like yes she is a queen and icon with the best comebacks and sassy insults#but what is her lore?#thg#sotr#sunrise on the reaping#my post#thg sotr#commentary#maysilee donner#sotr spoilers#maysilee#merrilee donner#merrilee#merrilee undersee#sunrise on the reaping spoilers#suzanne collins#the hunger games
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sketched this out at jury duty actually
#i sat there for eight hours and wasn't called at ALL. even for selection >:(#death note#light yagami#l lawliet#lawlight#i don't ship them that hard tbh#i just like to cheer for classic yaoi as i'm rewatching this series#yippeeeeeee love at first sudden-death mind game 🎉🎉🎉#edit: omg multiple ppl have pointed out the hand (positively)...#i've been wondering why it's getting so much attention... it's probs bc i over-rendered it since i was worried it looked bad LOL#edit 2 months later: i'm glad DN is still enjoyed by so many people!! it's rly nice to see 😭#also i saw notif for a reply that started with “shipping light with L while the former is only-” but it doesn't show up under the post#so i can't read the rest... tumblr saving me from something vile truly. i assume it's about age#btw this character is a magical serial killer#like be fr LMAO i think there might be other issues here!!#the elitist morally bankrupt 17 y/o murderer with a god complex can have a little crush#as a treat <3
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Happy one year anniversary to In Stars and Time!
#ISAT#in stars and time#siffrin#loop#I truly mean it when I say that this was the best game I have played since Disco Elysium.#It pulls off some of the best examples of Ludonarritive Harmony in a video game...possibly ever?#Not to mention just...wow. What a great story. What a tale of twists and introspection. What a tale about the need for home and connection#I know many of you have trusted me before with media recommendations. Trust me one more time.#Do you want to experience the torment of being in a timeloop? And *still* have fun and feel like your time is being respected?#PLAY IN STARS AND TIME!#Do you yearn for complex characters and love unravelling mysteries? PLAY IN STARS AND TIME!!!!#Please heed the content warnings; I took them a little too lightly on my playthrough! They are there for a reason! Don't be like me!#This game means a lot to me and so many others. On the small chance the dev sees this (they are on tumblr after all):#Thank you so much for all your hard work in creating this game and seeing the project through.#It has been a year for us fans but many years for you. So thank you!#I hope it has been a joyful year for you! Watching as people descend into shrieks of agony from playing your game.#It's good! It made me vomit blood. I had so much fun! I felt like I was torturing the protagonist when I played it. I loved it! I cried.
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LUCAS JOHNSON YOU IDGAF FAKER I SAW YOU VISIBLY REEVALUATE EVERYTHING WHEN YOU REALIZED YOU WERE WRONG. I SAW YOU TRY TO FIGHT YOUR OWN BROTHER TO PROTECT JEAN WHEN YOU REALIZE THE SITUATION WAS OUT OF HAND. I SAW YOU FEEL BAD FOR YOUR ACTIONS. I SAW YOU NOT IDOLIZED YOUR BROTHER AFTER HE DIED BECAUSE YOU KNEW WHAT HE HAD DONE. I SAW YOU BE CONCERNED WHEN YOU REALIZED JEAN WAS YOUNGER THAN YOU. I SAW YOU RUN TO COACH RHEMANN AND TELL HIM ZANE IS ATTACKING JEAN. YOU CARE SO MUCH.
#All for the game fandom will be like “we love complex characters” like you can't even handle Lucas Johnson#Lucas they can never make me hate you#Lucas they can never make me forget you are a 20-year-old grieving brother#Lucas they can never make me ignore the fact that you are human#Lucas Johnson#jean moreau#aftg#all for the game#Tgr#Tgr spoilers#the golden raven#coach rhemann
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THEY MATCHED EACH OTHER’S FREAK
#canon’s art#fanart#art#squid game#squid game 2#squid game season 2#thanos#choi su bong#nam gyu#i love squid game yaoi!#i’m all for the one sided nam gyu pining mixed with the inferiority complex and jealousy#FIC WRITERS HURRY!!
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After much consideration, it has become apparent that the original image is slightly outdated due to the discovery of a new species and advancements in technology to research cellular life. Therefore, we have determined this new species, the space niche, is an offshoot of the transitional and aquatic niches. It is suspected this is due to the similar facial structure and anatomy of the aquatic niche, as well as the adaptation to combat shown in the evolution from the transitional forme to the underground niche, as well as the agility and dexterity capabilities shown in the former. As for the shared ancestor, shared similarities have been found between it and it’s offshoots, as well as having the capability of life that can adapt to new environments.
#Ori#ori the game#ori and the will of the wisps#ori and the blind forest#Rain world#slugcat#rw slugcat#rw#rainworld#rain world slugcat#rain world survivor#nine sols#wei ying#tbh creature#tbh#conways game of life#Hollow knight#ghost hk#the knight hk#Baba is you#toby fox#Undertale#Toby dog#Undertale dog#Evolution#biology#science#natural history#Very complex science#White creatures from indie games
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the prince that was promised
buy a print here
#supporting women’s wrongs#like YES mother I will feed your god complex with my bare hands and an ipad#hotd#house of the dragon#rhaenyra targaryen#queen rhaenyra#the prince that was promised#hotd season 2#hotd s2#fanart#art#procreate#illustration#a song of ice and fire#got#game of thrones#rhaenyra#fire and blood
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teapot dragons!
in a way i like this design a lot. on the other hand i think the original teapot animal having a humanoid face is part of the charm; it is supposed to be uncanny. anyway, here be dragons, both available in my shop.
#bjd#art doll#custom doll#dollblr#ooak#last teapot animals for a while#next drop will be something more complex#and consequentially more expensive#i'm thinking of making two carousel horses#a light green and a lavender#but we'll see when i get to that#currently still somewhat on a break#i have some projects in progress but mostly i'm playing video games & gathering creative energy
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"how do you enjoy *insert fandom here* I hear they're the worst"
Find the ppl who enjoy the thing you like the way you do. Ignore, mute or block the ppl who don't.
Ta-Da~
#literally just unfollowed someone posting petty snark about choices ppl made in game#their good taste in fanart isn't worth their superiority complex that THEY made BETTER CHOICES or whatever#been doing this since I was in Sailor Moon way back when#It helps a ton for Dragon age as well#and a MILLION PERCENT what I do for CR lol#I just thought adding the veil here was funny#b/c you do lose some of the magic#but at least your life isn't MISERABLE#No fandom is better than being among bad fandom TRUST me#and much like me in my own fandom space this probably will give me and 5 other ppl a chuckle XD
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Canafinwë Macalaurë Fëanárion, aka Maglor.
Companion piece to my Maedhros. I've painted a Maglor before, but this one is my own vision, from Light. Hence why there's a 'marriage halo' in his eyes, and he also looks quite a bit like his father.
#Actually doesn't get dumped by his wife AND pulls Daeron. Best Ñoldo game tbh#Maglor#Tolkien#the silmarillion#Silm art#Lee art#Bi switch vers warrior/artist: man can do anything. Chameleon of a creature. Be afraid#Also is my mind in Tirion he was an unhinged strict tyrannical music snob#A la j k Simmons in whiplash (2014).#Daeron is: be one with the Music of Arda and its organic complex mutable natures 😌#Maglor: if 1 of the 43 guys in my personal choir effs up by a millisecond I will stab their kidney
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My Skyrim character, Ruis. She's originally from Daggerfall 🗡
#The city not the game. The oldest tes I've played is Oblivion#tes#skyrim#khajiit#c: Ruis#the elder scrolls#she's also not my dragonborn. Her two kids are tho#me and my sibling have a complex skyrim timeline with idk how many characters#been playing it recently again because I've been sick once again ouououough#anyhow have my beloved cat person
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ik we talk about how Neil’s an unreliable narrator in terms of leaving out details about his life & that’s true BUT it’s important to me that we acknowledge that he’s also deeply unreliable in the more traditional sense when it comes to his understanding of the people around him—it’s easy to overlook because the person Neil thinks about the most and in the most depth is Andrew, and he does understand Andrew incredibly well, so it’s easy to just trust he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to other people when that’s not necessarily true. Especially when it comes to Kevin and Aaron, who Neil has some pretty direct ideas about, but whose images in his mind are impacted respectively by Neil’s understanding of himself and his understanding of Andrew. To really understand Kevin you have to lose the idea that he only cares about Exy & is a coward for not standing up to the people who he fears will kill him for valid reasons. To understand Aaron, you have to acknowledge that Andrew’s view of events & their relationship isn’t objectively the “right” way to view it because that’s not how that works, and that, as much as Aaron didn’t understand Andrew or his motivations, Andrew didn’t underrate Aaron or his.
#i LOVE an unreliable narrator bc you as the reader are forced to look at context and figure out what’s really true#and nora did such a good job with neil because she captured the complexity of conflicting ideas so well#neil being an unreliable narrator isn’t bad! and it makes sense! and i love him & his unreliability!#neil josten#aftg#all for the game#aftg meta#kevin day#aaron minyard
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touched up penn doodles from the other day that i dontttt think i will be finishing but it feels like a waste not to at least post em
#i am tentatively making this rebloggable for any pennheads out there (has no idea how to tag it anyway)#penn#penn loz#penn totk#loz#tears of the kingdom#rito#botw#totk#zelda#dragon link au#<- this ones FOR ME !!! because hes inadvertently somewhat major in my roleswap fic. okay then#also i had to post this bcus the beaks on the early wips i threw on here are soooo bad and hes too Actual rito proportioned#birds like this are ofc a bit more complex than just raptors since you have to accomodate for how the neck looks (long)#i thinkkk this is fine for now though. striking that balance between Somewhat original and looking like the game#my art
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Low key very tired of people responding to veilguard criticism with something along the lines of “lol these people have no media literacy, didn’t you understand what the game was telling you??” Yes, yes I understand what the game was trying to tell me. That doesn’t mean I have to like it or the way the writers went about it.
Also the whole argument of “well, the dragon age fandom proved they couldn’t handle xyz controversial character/element of the story so that’s why veilguard had very little references to those things” kinda grinds my gears a bit. I don’t think it can be proven with 100% certainty what writing decisions were made based on past fandom reactions to the other games, but I do think it would be an incredibly shitty move to simplify or remove complexity from a story just because there might be a portion of the audience who doesn’t get it. “The fandom couldn’t even handle Vivienne” Yeah a good amount of people dismissed her as a selfish snooty bitch, but I didn’t and a lot of other people didn’t and to remove complex and interesting characters like her on the basis that enough people “won’t get it” just feels like a disservice to all of us.
#datv critical#BioWare critical#listen. I get that video games are products and for a product to sell more it’s gotta have mass appeal#and to have mass appeal it’s gotta cater to a wider audience#so yeah maybe simplifying things and removing controversy is good for the bottom line#but as an appreciator of art and good storytelling it just wounds my soul a bit lmao#also even if you’re afraid your audience won’t get something#wouldn’t it be better to present the more complex versions of things on the off chance some people grow and learn from it??#maybe some people will encounter something that makes them uncomfy#and if you give them a chance to just SIT. WITH. IT. something interesting and new can come of it#idk!!!!#don’t mind me yelling into the void over here
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