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[deerspherestudios]

Hello hello! I'm excited to announce my submission for the Monstrous Desires 2024 Jam: Astronought is out! 🌑🎉

If you're interested, I really hope it's not with the expectations that it'll be similar to MO. I really wanted to try out different things with a new character and had a lot of fun with the process!

Be sure to heed the general warnings, and if you're sensitive to body horror,,, maybe sit this one out hjhs (tbh it's my first time attempting it so it's probably not even that graphic but just a heads up! There will be mentions of fleshy things!)

Anyhoo, I don't know if MO enjoyers will like it, but it's certainly a game I made! If there's any bugs/issues I'll get to them as soon as I can! Maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't; I made it, so have it! <3 /aff

[filurig]

närsi in her working uniform - ive mentioned it when i posted her first, but she works in the sartrill defense force, the Sartrill Tirsekki (more specifically in the Rau-Tirsekki, the division for basilisks). and yes her wings look different bcs ive been pondering a bit of an anatomical revamp of basilisk wings... so they can have silly hands. Yey. more rambles under cut

in most basilisk communities it's not seen as indecent to not wear clothes really, as they don't really need to. but in many communities it is a fun decorative element they like engaging in and clothes may often be seen as more associated with certain events or social positions. bcs of their anatomy most clothes however extend to chest/neckpieces, hats and legpieces as it can be a struggle and a hinderance to put on stuff below the arms as their wing membrane stretches from their arms to about halfway downt he tail.

the basilisks in the Tirsekki have their own division as they are usually delegated to special reconaissance roles separate from the rest of the order, who are usually trained in more typical forms of defensive and offensive combat. the subdivision has their own leader/trainers who are usually basilisks themselves as they know their own abilities best, rather than a harpy. their shapeshifting is obviously a huge part of their work, and scouting/surveillance is their most common form of work. sometimes they are called to stuff that involves combat however too.

the sartrill tirsekki formed as a revival of an older defensive order, the kaskin tirsekki. kaskin was a crakam town that fell due to human discovery and attack, and the crakam that formed sartrill were the fleeing survivors from that siege

[flame-of-a-candle]

okay I have to write this down before I forget

let's do some math here

ARCANE AGES

What we know at the beginning of the series:

Jinx: Approximately 11 or 12 years old

Vi: Around 14-16 years old

Ekko: Stated to be around 12-13 years old

Cait: When she's introduced she's about 15/16

Mel: 26 during Act I

Jayce: Stated on the Wiki that he is 24

Vik: The in-between (25 lol)

Act II of Season 1: 7 years has gone by

Jinx: 11/12 plus 7, this makes her around 18/19

Vi: 14-16 plus 7, about 21-23

Ekko: 12/13 plus 7, he would be 19/20

Cait: 15/16 plus 7, she's 22/23 (I like the idea of Cait being older than Vi)

Mel: Would be 33 if I can do basic math

Jayce: 31 (more basic math)

Vik: 32 (these three are the easiest to math)

Their ages remain the same throughout Act III and Act I of Season 2. The time skip between Act I and Act II of Season 2 is months. So, if we were to assume people had birthdays, we would simply age them by 1.

Jinx: 19/20

Vi: 22-24

Ekko: 20/21

Cait: 23/24

Mel: 34

Jayce: 32 (more like 55 💀)

Vik: 33

Additional character ages (as of Act II Season 2, or at time of death)

Isha: We don't have an exact age, but judging by her appearance, we can assume she is between 8 and 11.

Sevika: Between 39-41 as of Season 2

Vander: Between 41 and 46, however I'm not entirely sure if Warwick ages the same

Silco: 43-46 at time of death

Sky: ~31 at time of death

Singed: Over the age of 70 according to the Wiki

Ambessa: 60ish years of age

Heimerdinger: As of Act II Season 2, he's roughly 315

Let me know if you want me to add more characters or somethin, I'm a junkie who loves research 😼

Feel free to ask about other fandoms too, any that I've reposted about, probably 😽

[partfae]

the sinners score & the filí remmick theory

in the opening number (“filídh, fire keepers, and griots”), the music that plays under annie’s narration changes slightly as she introduces each of the three oral mystic traditions: for the fire keepers, there’s a brief sample that sounds similar to precolonial choctaw music and even postcolonial hymns. for the griots, there’s a soft humming similar in tone to much of the gospel and blues music in the score. neither of these lines are reprised later, at least that i caught (also—if anyone can identify those two songs please let me know!!). but the refrain associated with the filídh? it’s remmick singing rocky road to dublin.

this might indicate remmick’s longing for the skill of a filí, hence his draw to sammie. it could be a simple parallel between them. it could just be there because it’s a historically significant song. it could mean nothing! but in a score that was assembled so intentionally, i’m so fascinated by the choice to specifically use his singing there.

if he were a filí, his singing of a comparatively more modern song instead of a dán direach could illustrate the loss of pre-christian gaelic storytelling traditions due to colonialism. that they used a famine-era song is also interesting, both for the obvious anti-colonialist narrative and because the great famine saw the birth of the friendship between ireland and the choctaw nation—his direct conflict with the choctaw vampire hunters becomes another metaphor for assimilation and cultural loss.

there’s much more to this i’m certain, but the theory sits nicely with the existing story and opens the door to some interesting analysis, especially of how song and religious recitations are used by members of two diasporas whose oral traditions were quelled by colonialism.

[hplonesomeart]

Uh something something fruity T.V guy and a mythical-looking star entity start poking fun at you POV. I’ve had this audio saved on my device since November of last year but didn’t have an excuse to use it until now!! So here ya go merry Valentines :))

(This REALLY shouldn’t have taken me the entire day to finish but uh—technical difficulties and all that. You guys already know the lore for it lol)

Audio found from Jello Plays Games channel when a group of voice actors collaborated to play the video game In Stars and Time! Worth a watch incase you haven’t heard of the game before. For those of you not in the loop (har har Loop character joke) JelloApocalypse/Brenden Blaber is the voice actor for Mr. Puzzles. It’s been joked about many times that the voice he put on for preforming Loop (in the playthrough this audios from) bares striking resemblance to how he delivered Puzzles lines in SMG4. Therefore coined his “non-binary voice” impression lmao. So yea why not indulge and adapt more of his Loop lines into matching Puzzles role; it’s been done before but I don’t think many people knew about this snippet of it? So here have some goofy Puzzles teasing✨

[sticcmann]

Jinx and Orianna designs for a Sinco au where everything basically plays out the same except silco and singed have been together for 13 years as of season 1 act 3

Jinx is raised by both of them. She assisted Singed until she was 16 when she got her own lab and started working mainly for Silco. Singed is a man of medicine, so he actually gave Jinx antipsychotics regularly, and she recovered and stopped taking them 3 (more research pending?) years before act 2

The events of the show are mostly the same — Jinx has a psychotic relapse after she finds out her sister isn’t dead and does the shit she does, except Singed, when he got his hands on exploded Jinx, doesn't just let her walk out of there, and so no dinner party :DDD everyone lives. Silco and Jinx fire the rocket together after a heart to heart about Jaycies deal and the war between Piltover and Zaun starts. Mel, Ekko and Jayce still disappear, since those circumstances are not connected. Jinx is on the frontlines, Vi joins the firelights. Caitlyn and Ambessa are trying to navigate martial law

Singed still makes Warwick (feels immense guilt for it in relation to Silco, but its ultimately for his daughter) and he is used in the frontlines (kind of what ambessa wanted to do lmao). Silco finds out he is Vander eventually, and Singed has to show him the Orianna room! He visits herald Viktor (because he might be the key to reviving ori) but then Viktor gets killed by saviour Jaycie and Singed brings Warwick to save him. Then he takes some of Viktor’s newly formed cocoon fluid and injects it into Oriannas tube (like in og arcane in that one scene). Orianna is resurrected and Jinx must learn to live with a new little sister. Meanwhile war is still going on.

I have not thought of the evil mage Viktor situation for this AU yet since that is a big part of arcane season 2 but after the war is won and idk how long it takes silco and singed get married!!1!1!

Orianna in this au is also raised by silco and singed. She’s attending private ballet classes and learning mechanics (after the war lmao)

[br-disaster]

My take on Baxia and Huaisang's unnamed saber, inspired by CQL's designs

[nixotinix]

I adore this one, soooo? <3

harvey,,,, hgarvey my beloved,,,,

i searched far and wide and i could not find the name of the comic that this lovely lad is from 😔 i know im a fake fan i don't have every single one of his appearances memorized i have to go into hiding now

(but if you have the name of the comic please educate me)

edit; i have been educated and this is from Two-Face Year One! thank you to those who jogged my memory in the replies <3

[soggyfirefly]

day 12: new lizards

Text description below

[From top to bottom:]

[1. A drawing of an original Rain World lizard, titled "Sail Lizard". It is a long, thin lizard with a dark, faded purple body, pale lavender limbs and head, and bright green eyes. It has a feathered tail, two small feathers atop its head, and two long feathers extending off of the back of its skull. Along its back, neck, and sides are bright green sail-fans for gliding short distances. The lizard has six legs and only two protruding fangs. It is set on a gray-blue background.]

[2. Another original lizard, titled "Frond Lizard". It is a dark maroon with orange speckles and spots across the top of its body. It has two large armor plates on its body, covering its hips and shoulders, which are a bright orange that matches its head coloration. The armor plates are scratched from deflecting spears. It has bright white eyes with a red slit pupil, two short horns on its snout above its nostrils, and a short, forked tongue. There are three long feathers atop its shoulders and neck, and two shorter feathers along its tail. It is set on a light pink and gold background]

[3. A third lizard, titled "Toadstool Lizard". This one is a very large, robust lizard with a dark green body and an olive green head. Its body is covered in red spikes, spanning from its nose all the way down to its tail. The lizard has a narrowed red eye and bright red protruding teeth. It is set on a dusty brown background.]

[4. The final lizard on the page, titled "Blueberry Lizard". It has a pale purple body covered in fluff. Its narrow head is a purple-blue color, matching the racing-stripe that runs down its flank and ends at the center of its tail. The lizard has two wide, bat-like ears on the top of its head, and a long, sticky blue tongue. There are dark blue feathers on its tail, hips, shoulders, neck, and ear tips, matching the color of its tongue and inner ear. Its eyes are black with a white pupil. It is set on a faded blue background]

[End description.]

[crystalchimera]

Angry Slayer.

[bellhopping]

Various pieces of dreamside concept art from the past week or so! I love drawing these goobers & can't wait to very eventually put em in something

[adamanteine]

placing myself in low activity jail for the next three weeks or so because i'm moving on the 9th to a new flat (WAHOOOOO) and i still need to finish packing and then will be starting a new job on the 20th so i need to finish sorting out my current projects! not a semi hiatus per say just a "my schedule is packed so activity will be spontaneous"

[dykephan]

i ♥ weird girls

[aliusfrater]

i was originally gonna make a joke about how 'even crowley's quote unquote intervention is less violent that sam's (x2). he gets company at least <3' but the differences and similarities within these two dynamics is actually super interesting to watch back to back

[kitnita]

goody gets some company — BOS vs SJS — 03.22.25

[ficswithtacotuesday]

Been thinking about the use of names ever since reading @aquitainequeen's post about the use of "the" in characters' names, which made me think about something. Rant ab the warlords and their titles below:

Despite being in one of the highest positions in Immortan Joe's rule, The Bullet Farmer and The People Eater's names are more like job descriptions than actual names. The names give some idea as to who they are, but the general idea is that one's a manufacturer and the other's an accountant. That's all that really matters.

There's no personal connection to the titles. The Bullet Farmer does have a passion for what he does, being ex-military and all, but knowing a lot about guns isn't unique when everyone has to use them now. The People Eater's name has more than one meaning, him working with numbers and being a cannibal, but cannibals are more common and anyone would learn how to count and calculate if it meant getting a safe place to sleep. Anyone could take their titles and places and nothing would change, no problem at all.

But no one can take Joe's name. He IS The Immortan Joe. Joe the Immortal, who rose from the dead and is saving the Wasteland. His name was Joe and it still is, now with the reminder that he is above any and everyone.

The other two warlords don't have or get that image, and Joe made sure of that. He could have called them something that mattered more than a job, but that would mean sharing the spotlight. And no god likes sharing their influence and power.

With this in mind, I wonder if Joe sees The Bullet Farmer and The People Eater as an extension of himself, and expects them to follow his exact orders and ideals. I personally think Joe just sees The Eater as a tool to look after his strongholds, which would explain why he just shot him in Fury Road. The Farmer is different.

Joe's view on The Bullet Farmer is more complicated because of their longer history together, so he has a warped perspective on their relationship. I can see Joe trying to push his own views onto The Farmer, trying to make him share his thought process and explanations, but still follow and admire him. Kind of like a narcissist trying to control their close friend. In a way he wants to bring The Farmer to a "higher level" in his leadership because he cares about him, but he also wants to use him and live vicariously through him.

"You are important to me, but you will never be as important as me," The Immortan Joe to The Bullet Farmer at some point.

So what better way to "elevate" and "support" your closest comrade while still controlling and ensuring their loyalty, than by making them accomplish what you are (currently) not able to do. They won't be hurting your ego by doing this, because, in a way, you are allowing them to do this (whether they want to or not). They have your permission, and a reminder that you control their every move.