i love how i made my url when i was knee-deep in my hamilton hyperfixation and just went wordplay mode on lafayette's name and everyone thinks i just really like baguettes
And now for something completely different!
Dragon Concept
I like drawing parallels so I thought about what if Melkor took an eagle or a similar bird and corrupt it and turn it into a mockery of Manwe’s eagles as some sort of power play.
Footsteps approached and Kon draped a thin blanket over Tim’s shoulders. It wasn’t cold but the gesture was nice anyway.
‘Hey,’ he said when Conner sat beside him.
Tim stared out at the garden. He watched the sun fall and the sky turn orange.
‘I found your affirmations list.’
Tim swallowed a groan. ‘Yeah?’
‘Yeah.’
They fell into silence.
He’d started the affirmations after the accident, the first one. Bruce had said that if he didn’t want to be manhandled into therapy then he had to do something to get himself out of bed.
Later, probably after a talk with his therapist, he’d apologised and suggested the affirmations. Tim was supposed to write them whenever he had thoughts about being pathetic. Like earlier.
‘I think they’re supposed to be objective,’ Conner said lightly.
‘They are.’
‘I look out for my friends,’ Conner said like it was incriminating.
Tim twisted to look at him. His face was open, no judgement. Tim swallowed.
‘What’s up with that?’
‘It’s not about you. You’re trying to serve other people.’
‘Oh.’
He’d overheard Bruce telling Dick something similar a few months back. Tim wondered if the problem was widespread within the hero community.
‘I’m good at staying calm in a crisis,’ Conner said suddenly, dipping his head to look at Tim, ‘I’m thinking about how you almost got yourself blown to pieces and I didn’t freak out.’
That was objectively true. Conner was great in a crisis. Tim thought about his list.
‘I’m a good friend.’
Conner wrinkled his nose adorably. ‘You don’t sound like you believe that.’
‘Because I don’t.’
Conner tugged the blanket playfully. His arm pressed solid against Tim’s. Tim wondered when he’d gotten so good at the whole mental health thing. If it was the self-reflection he’d been doing, or if it was just living in a well-adjusted household.
‘That’s not how this works. You have to come up with something that you believe.’
Or maybe he was only good at it when it was for Tim’s sake. Like how Tim could run Wayne Enterprises for Bruce, but not for himself. There was a permanent wrinkle between Kon’s eyebrows and his eyes looked dull.
‘I have good hair,’ Tim grinned.
Conner grinned back, ‘yeah, that’s better.’
Tim bit his cheek.
‘I smell really good,’ his voice was quiet.
Tim watched Conner’s face change as he realised that Tim had used his shampoo earlier instead of his own. He stiffened and then relaxed, laughing breathily.
‘You do.’
Tim mentally noted that he could make Conner blush, which was still focussing on others but it was something he liked about himself anyway.
He slung an arm over Tim’s shoulder and pulled him backward, off balance. Tim leaned into him, eyes crinkling.
So, I went down another rabbit hole for Red. I'll be making more posts soon but yeah this one is what it says on the title.
It's based off of how Red's arts are depicted within Arknight's animated trailer and similarities with her Skill 2.
So there should be no spoilers but nevertheless it'll be under the cut.
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So this is the trailer wherein we see Red in her full animated glory, alongside an interesting depiction of her arts which I'll post an gif of just for easier access going forwards:
I'll also post a bad gif of Red's Skill 2:
Now, on the surface there's not much too similar between these two animations besides the elements of red within.
It's mostly because of two things:
The Wolf image in her Skill 2 animation
Her skill animation is her coming down while in the animated pv she's going up
But I don't think that they're too different when you look at individual frames. What do I mean? Well, I'll show a sequence of frames, in order, from the animated pv:
As she runs a red cross appears in front of her that when close enough creates an upwards force, launching her up and creating red energy.
So then look at how her Skill 2 works:
She comes from the sky, her ability activates and there's an eruption of red energy which degrades quickly. Something which does happen in the animated pv as well:
After the initial explosion, it lingers for a bit before disappearing, like like her Skill 2 does. It's like Skill is the reverse of the Animated PV, activating an explosion on her landing instead of using it to launch herself up.
Think of it maybe like how Blaze can heat up the air in the area she's going to land after jumping out of the dropship, allowing her to cushion her fall. Red is creating this upwards force to cushion her landing. Or just to scare her enemies, which I mean she is an ambush expert.
But that's not the only connection I want to make, because this is cool and all (maybe you can imagine just how cool) but I said this answers her wall walking, right? And yes. Because of a moment that the pv hides quite well.
See when she launches herself up, she turns her body midair. Specifically so that her legs face the right wall:
And then:
There's a staticky effect and it appears like she's been pulled onto the wall.
And then she jumps from that wall to the other wall, the lightning disappears.
And it's her own strength that she uses to propel herself and is able to latch onto the side of the wall without being affected by gravity.
This is a clear showcase of her using her arts to magnetize herself to the wall.
And since both the pv and her skill 2 animation depicts her using a burst of red energy I feel confident that the pv is more accurate than initially thought.
Maybe compounded by this frame of her skill 2:
Which I would paste if I could but I exceeded the image count. Anyway, it is up above as the first frame of her Skill 2 which you can see, before the red explosion that there's a red blur following her and dark red triangles.
Now I know it's a stretch to claim this blur is the static that she uses in the pv but it is a thought as at this point she hasn't used the red explosion below her and it's not on her Skill 1.
As for the red triangles, they're appear frequently in her Skill 2 animation. Particularly at the beginning and end. And appearing before the red explosion I personally consider interesting. Like whether they're similar to the red cross in the pv.
Now, that's all I have regarding the wall walking Red exhibits and I can't post any more images. However, I want to point out the implications of this pv being canon accurate.
Specifically: Red being able to great such a powerful upwards force.
Because it's not mentioned once that this is how her arts work. Nor even that she can use arts. She literally has a "Normal" in Arts Adaptability which I believe is the worst besides the Sui Siblings' "Flawed" aka non-existent.
And personally I feel that her having the ability to create such an upwards force would be quite powerful.
Imagine how useful it would be for her to get around. She can use it to quickly ascend buildings. If she can use it horizontally and not just vertically, she can use it to dodge attacks, cover great distances quickly.
She can likely use it to do such things on her fellow operators or better yet, on her enemies. Like a Pusher Specialist without a fire hose or water canon. Able to just create a upwards force on an enemy.
I could say 'imagine the Alter possibilities' but I shan't. Just that I would love for this to be a canon ability of hers and I hope we do see it sometime in game.
And that I hope this came close to answering the question of why Red can walk on walls.
I would literally kill for an artist friend who I could write fanfics for but they could also make art for my fanfics and we’re both girls and we also sometimes kiss
With Liar Liar being released, ive started to ask myself do I really like this song just because Dan features/co-wrote it??? Or do I like because Dan features/co-wrote it?? Or is it just a coincedence?
Like do I regularly listen to Dylan? Sometimes. Do I listen to liar liar A LOT?? Yes.
Do I regularly listen to naughty boy? No. Do I love no one’s here to sleep? Yes.
Do I regularly listen to Craig David? No. Do I like I know you? More than any other Craig David songs.
Do I regularly listen to Banners? I know a few songs. Is Half Light my favourite? Yes. Why? Because Dan co wrote it.
Please someone tell me they understand this or if it’s just me.