#Echo Island

[this-is-cool]

Welcome to the strange and sublime Echo Island, a series of artworks created by Luzhan Liu - https://www.this-is-cool.co.uk/echo-island-the-amazing-fantasy-creations-of-luzhan-liu/

[theartofmany]

Artist: luzhan liu Title: Echo Island

"This is the graphic novel "Echo Island" that I have been working on in the past few years. It mainly tells the trivial daily stories of several children in the grand world The story is currently in its infancy. It will be completed within 1-2 years Stay tuned" Amazing...

[kpopandbookschild]

Book pole round 1 #5

if your favourite isnt on this poll, check a different one! it might be there!

[thunderstruck9]

E.J. Hughes (Canadian, 1913-2007), Echo Bay, Gilford Island, 1963. Oil on canvas, 32 x 45 in.

[superhusbands4ever]

In my most delusional of moments I like to imagine that The Bad Batch will end with Star Wars/Disney announcing a show about how Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor started working together and a clone rebellion in the Empire and how they ended up on Seelos in Rebels but alas, I have little faith

[poisonousrain444]

life on pabu 🍈

[variousqueerthings]

there’s so many ways that queerness exists in texts, unintentionally and intentionally, coded and uncoded and partially coded and baited and confused and limited and expansive, and then there’s whatever is happening with Hawkeye Pierce, M.D. of the 4077th MASH unit

[echolocati0n-art]

Aunque la vida me cueste Llorona, no dejaré de quererte

[perenlop]

theres something so odd about how team skull is characterized in the anime. like. in the games theyre a nuisance with a sad backstory to them and they take it out through rage, especially guzma. them teaming up with the aether foundation comes across as lusamine manipulating guzma tbh, like hes just a lackey to her

and then in the anime they water down how gross aether was by limiting the crimes to just faba being a dick instead of the entire foundation being complicit, and in return team skull has their backstory ignored for the most part and theyre perfectly willing to gang up on and hurt a six year old cause she told them not to be mean. like yes they were villains in the game but that just feels weird for them

[bericas]

let's have a toast to the good life; suicide before you see this tear roll down my eyes.

[basilibino]

Season 8 was like 6 years ago(I feel old) and I know ppl have differing opinions on the Mr Echo thing (but it was intended, made it to storyboard and blocked animation and then dropped, soooo) but. I can see his recruitment p easily tbh. Bc the whole reason Dr J was in that lighthouse was because he was resurrected, forced there, and ordered to build Skulkin vehicles by Samukai. But Samukai in the flashback we see has already been deposed as leader of the Skulkin/Underworld. Which means the orders to do so most likely came from Garmadon.

And since Mr. E is one of the head honchos, he's likely an early arrival to the team, so I don't think Harumi has a whole lot figured out at this point, she's just got her Trauma and some Bad Influence Friends and an obsession with Lord Garmadon. So. Like. Plausible deniability road trip that she's just visiting important markers of Ninjago's recent past, all of which involve Lord Garmadon in some meaningful way; its sightseeing, its cathartic, and it gives her time to develop her dream Motorcycle Gang/Resurrection Cult. She's not looking for anyone at the Lighthouse, but she is looking for vehicle blueprints so she can be the Koolest leader on the block. But oops she looks in the basement and there's an Echo.

And she's flipping out bc??? A Ninja???? In the Lighthouse basement??? I mean it makes sense that it would be this one but???

Except this rusty old robot has no idea what she's talking about with this Ninja stuff, he's just waiting for his dad to come back.

And Harumi pauses.

Because how long has he been waiting? He's not sure, he had no proper way to measure time in the basement, and he doesn't have the best view of his clockwork heartpiece. But it was after his father saw a strange ship docking; Echo was worried it was the People who had locked up his father in the first place, but instead his dad sounded happy when he saw whoever was out there. It could have been a front, though, as clearly it was never safe to let Echo back out. Then Dr J popped down briefly, while everyone above was resting, to tell Echo he was desperately needed elsewhere, that it wasn't safe to bring Echo, but that he'd be back in no time.

And the pieces are fitting together for Harumi. And she's like. Your dad's dead, bro.

And he's like. What? Did he die doing what was needed of him?

And she's like. Oh, no. He died a few years later.

And he's like. Why didn't he come back for me????

And she's like. Probably because they kept him away.

And he's like. Who's they?

And she's like. The Ninja I was talking about earlier.

And it surely can't be hard in universe to find pictures of Zane and Dr J post s2-pre s3, so she pulls one up and shows Echo who is freaking out bc why is that one kind of like him and Harumi explains that that was the droid his father created first, that he became a Ninja, and that hes probably the one who took their father away and kept echo waiting for years.

But Echo has doubts, shocked as he is abt a new older brother, he wants to believe the good in the situation so he's unsure. But Harumi mentions that the Ninja's failures to uphold more than their self preservation/interests has led to uncountable losses and devastation in Ninjago time and time again, before delving into her own story. And she seems so kind, and so hurt, and I do think there's a genuine connection btwn these two that forms from this shared emotional torment that they decide came from the Ninja, and now Echo is more receptive.

And then Harumi gets to start her Garmadon pitch because wait! If Echo was made here, then that could only have happened because of Lord Garmadon. And she reiterates that he's the reason she and her city could have even survived The Great Devourer. And maybe Echo's family-by-creation left, maybe they were untrustworthy and lacking, but that's OK bc if you look at it all a certain way, Garmadon is more of a father to Echo than Dr J was. And Echo is a vulnerable, overwhelmed mess who just found out his dad fucked off for years without him and also died, and also he has a brother??? Who their dad clearly seems to have favored??? Did they even know about Echo??? Did they delight in their life free of him???

Basically. Kinda Spinel-core but getting abandoned and left completely alone does that to you. Especially when the first person to find you after being abandoned is a deeply hurt and misguided teen who is probably kinda desperate for someone, anyone else to see the Ninja the way she sees them.

[jams-sims]

I feel like some farming sims (rpg) are missing the generational aspect of their game. Its so untapped to have a kid raise them and have them contuine working on the farm. It what makes the sims so popular you can have an entire generation in one game.

Down side is I understand why they don't.

First off you couldn't have a big cast. An if you did you'd have make them very felixable. You could probably get away with have the first set have a story/detailed background.

Two, character couldnt be design too uniquely. You'd probably wanna do a randomizer for the npcs.

An lets say the kids do grow up and the parents die etc. Who are they gonna romance. Their would be so much shit that would have to go into it. An most farming sim game are made by an indie group not like a sims 4 team. Harvest moon has to be the birth father of raising your kids and you getting old and what you do matters.

I just wish more games did that. Its a niche no one is fufilling not even harvest moon anymore. I think the closes im seeing is the game Echoes of Plum grove

[squidsponge]

Sims 4 CC Update: Commander Wolffe Armor

Commander Wolffe was the winner of February's Patreon poll, so I've finished getting his armor ready for you guys and it is now available for everybody to download :)

I also thought some bodyglove tops with rolled up sleeves would be a nice casual option for hot days and relaxing, which they deserve much more of, so those and the Phase I clone wars bodygloves are a WIP.

COMMANDER WOLFFE ARMOR

New Mesh

Handpainted texture

All LODs

Basegame compatible

DOWNLOAD

[oatbugs]

LOVELY DAUGHTER UNSOUND MIND!

[druidshollow]

>:( FARM ARRAAAAAYSSSSSSS

[mikesq10]

My Top 50 Favorite Movies

18

The Island (2005)

A movie that constantly finds itself on underrated sci-fi lists, Michael Bay's The Island is an action packed sci-fi blockbuster that is very apparent to Bay's known project Transformers. I believe that's why The Island is lesser known and hasn't evolved as it should've. The Island itself is a place where rich people store their clones so when those people die, their clone replaces them like a life extension project of sorts. The clones are aware of a process called "winning the lottery" where one of them would become selected to leave The Island but it's not a rosy picture like it sounds and only assumptions have been made to what happens to the winner. This movie takes on two courses, the first half is very story heavy that gives the viewer a clear idea on how The Island works and so forth (told by a man named James played by Steve Buscemi). Once you become drawn into the idea then the movie goes into an action-packed direction which is only minor in story and more guns-a-blazing. Normally, I would be against this but for The Island it's a natural fit and indicative to Michael Bay's style. The acting is top-notch and the chemistry between actors never dries out. This is a great cult film with a high re-watch value that has me zoned in every time.