#anyway meta knights so cringe i love him

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when the knight is meta idk

ill draw other characters…eventually

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Loki S2 Pre-E6 Thoughts

So I know that this is totally random content to give to y'all this morning, but I wanted to post up my thoughts about the series before its final episode airs tomorrow. I have, in the past, talked about my thoughts on S1 and how I really did like it until the last 5 minutes of Episode 6 and how out-of-nowhere-forced the Sylvie/Loki kiss felt (I was physically cringing about it).

Given how S1 ended, I was a bit wary about S2, but decided to watch it anyway, and holy hell I think Season Two is KNOCKING it out of the park. I'm loving it as much as I loved Moon Knight, and it's right up there now in my top 5. The episodes are SO cinematically beautiful, well written and flow nicely, the characters are all so charming, and the Mobius/Loki relationship is being built up so much that it COULD lead to more or canonization in the final episode. During the past 5 weeks, I've been lurking on the meta spaces for Loki on Twitter and Tumblr, and wow the nostalgia I feel for it, it SO reminds me of the hey-day of my Johnlock meta-ing before S4.

I think my only gripe right now with this season is that they wasted Sophia DiMartino... her character Sylvie feels like such a... filler character (like they just put her in there because she was in the first season and they didn't know what to do with her this season)? But I think ALSO she's meant to be a counter-mirror to Loki, to show that he ISN'T like her anymore, that he grew and changed for the better with the positive influences in his life, and unlike her he doesn't WANT to be alone and such. And they're REALLY making her so unlikeable this season for me... I'm glad that it's looking like they're pretty much not going the Sylvie/Loki route (and I honestly don't see how people who ship it think it will canonically turn around at this point), but the showrunners are having her have every interaction between her and Loki rather hostile, demoralizing, or toxic. And rather that, they're countering it by showing a more positive alternative for Loki with Mobius as his potential romantic partner. Which is fantastic because I've shipped Lokius since Mobius came on the screen in S1, LOL. I just think they could have done that in S2 without making Sylvie an unlikeable character (like have her be a cheerleader for them instead?) I dunno. It's a shame because I did like her in S1. Don't like her at all in S2. She's so MEAN to EVERYONE. To Mobius especially, like CHILL girl, let a man stress-eat, JEEZ.

And here's the rant I actually wanted to write this post about because I didn't want to clutter up other people's threads with it: So, every week, I usually watch breakdowns and review videos so I can understand the characters and their comic counter parts a bit better, and usually the breakdowns are really good because they show the nods to comic-canon things and such. But OMG these past two weeks, I had to stop watching the reviews because LITERALLY all of them ship Sylvie/Loki and are trying SO hard to prove that it's canon when the past few weeks it's only been more and more likely that it's not happening.

NONE of Big Name Reviewers (NRS and SC specifically, if ya know you know) acknowledged AT ALL the RIDICULOUS amount of romantic tropes and dopey staring that Episodes 4 and 5 had (Loki watches Mobius through a window the first time he finds him, and the second time before going to talk to Mobius again Loki LITERALLY groomed himself and then stutters like a lovesick teenager. It was very rom-com; and they're skirting around the fact that all the empty places in the TVA that Loki kept slipping to were ALL places that Loki tshared time with Mobius in... I CAN GO ON FOREVER HERE, AND AND AND that Loki is constantly panicking if he can't find Mobius). LIKE. NONE OF THE REVIEWERS, who literally break down all the episodes and point out shit like All That for het-ships, just won't acknowledge any of it!! They glossed over both Loki's and Sylvie's bisexuality confirmations in S1, and only briefly mentioned their genderfluidity in the comics and in actual mythology. I usually watch the breakdowns because I'm not familiar with comic lore so I find it interesting to learn about those backstories, as well as little details they find, but they've been dropping the ball ALL season, and EVERY one of them mention EVERY single breakdown that Loki just wants to get back to "his one true love Sylvie!!", like what are you smoking?!?!? I was getting SO FRUSTRATED because they skipped over LARGE chunks of E5, especially, just pointing out the surface level stuff instead. I literally turned it off after all that.

THAT ALL SAID, since episode one it's been clear that Sylvie wants NOTHING to do with Loki – she just wants to live a quiet simple life. Then when shit goes bad, she blames Loki for all the problems SHE caused, shits on Mobius every chance she gets, and then in that bar scene when Loki's bearing his soul to her, telling her that he wants his friends back and DOESN'T want to be alone, she basically is like "tough titties" and leaves him ALONE, showing she's not a friend at all.

But the reviewers literally just gloss over all of this. ANYWAY.

Ugh, sorry about that, that's been eating at me for like 3 weeks and last week's reviews finally just pissed me off so much because even casually watching the show I could see all this shit. I only REALLY started believing Lokius could happen after Episode 4 aired, and then Episode 5 had me reeling.

I am DYING to write meta about every episode as it comes out... I just feel that other people are writing better stuff than I could, and much faster than I have time for, and really it's nice to be on the reader side of things for a change. I just... don't want to add in my own two cents to their posts because I'd feel I'm intruding, is all.

I have lots of hope about where Episode 6 will go... like I'm feeling pretty good about them canonizing Lokius... However... I'm not gonna be disappointed if it doesn't get canonized simply because this is Disney and I am REALLY not thinking they're going to explore Loki's comic-canon genderfluidity and sexuality on a surface level.

Good thing I eat subtext for breakfast LOL. I lived through BBC Sherlock, hahah. BUT... can I get a third ship canonized in one year??? Is it wishful thinking? Oh, for sure. I hope so. I would be so happy if Disney even ACKNOWLEDGED that they love each other But I'm not expecting it. I'll be happy with another hug at least, or a forehead touch or hand holding. I'm a simple gal.

Honestly though, I do inevitably want the last episode to have Loki as the ruler with his friends, because they built up to this for 12 episodes, I DON'T want an unhappy ending for the sake of a twist or whatever. Truly let him be the Loki Who Remains (a callback to Episode One) as the Keeper of Time with Bea, O.B., Casey, and Mobius at his side <3

I LOVE the character development of Loki in this series, too. I legit didn't really care for Loki all that much in the MCU, but this series did the same to him for me that FatWS did to Bucky for me: Make me want to see MORE of them and their adventures with their new friends.

Anyway, thanks for reading and indulging me, I mostly just needed to get that rant out about reviewers and wtf people still think Sy!ki is happening. Feel free to discuss in the notes, I plan on posting a reblog with final thoughts after it airs on Thursday <3

[otaku553]

Dreamy Gear Waddle Dee and Dedede are here! I’ll do Daroach and Magolor next :D If you’re looking for Kirby and Meta Knight, they’re over here.

Design process under the cut again!

So with Dee, I knew I wanted them to be young, but still older than Kirby since they seem to explain stuff to Kirby. I settled on the age of 14, which would make them young but still old enough to work as a mechanic (sort of) and knowledgable enough about the world to explain things to Kirby (but still having the naivety of a child). You can see that I kept making Dee taller and taller in every iteration XD

I wanted to keep the bandana in there somewhere, so I made it a scarf under the collar of their shirt. Dee’s design was sort of difficult because I still wanted to keep a somewhat gender-neutral design. A lot of the fashions I saw either leaned towards masculine or feminine, and nothing much in between. I settled on more masculine clothes because it would make more sense for a mechanic at the time, but tried to keep some of the gender-neutral aspect through their coat.

The hair turned out shorter than I would usually draw their hair, but much longer than Kirby’s anyways, since short hair was much more popular at the time. I wanted it to fit nicely with the cap, and I’m pretty happy with it!

I think at first I was thinking that Waddle Dee would be sort of middle class, which is why I had that vest. It looked too formal though. Since they were a mechanic, but still young, I reconsidered. They were probably lower-middle class or so, especially considering the sewn in patch on their hat. I tried to include the sewn patch motif in several places, since it would really drive home that they didn’t really have the money to replace their coat. I like to think that they’re reasonable and would’ve saved up enough for one by now, but they also always buy food for Kirby, so they’re sort of giving up some luxuries to make sure Kirby is alright.

The discovery of overalls was amazing. It fits them so well! I was a bit worried that they wouldn’t maintain as much of their color pallette without the coat though, so I made the suspenders colored, to keep some of that orange. Overall, I’m pretty proud of this design!

Dedede’s design is where I realized I sort of screwed up?? Aviator hats didn’t become a thing until early 20th century which yeah is pretty close to what I had of like the 1890s, but not quite there. Oh well. Anyways, I saw this really nice image of a vintage pilot, and I thought that suited Dedede perfectly. Not only did it keep that nice formal looking suit that a president of a factory would have, it had fur!! which is a must in any Dedede design. So there wasn’t as much research into the styles for this. I ended up hiding the inner jacket layer so that the vest would be more visible. I also made the zigzag pattern a vest instead of a sash because I thought it made more sense that way. I wanted to keep it as close to the official render as possible so I kept the belt buckles on the vest, but I personally don’t think the buckles are really accurate for the time period-- I’m not sure though.

It’s subtle but there’s also pockets on the coat, which I think he stores his gloves in. Hmm, I thought I should maybe put the goggles on the aviator hat in one ref image, but the big ornate bulb thing at the front would probably impede that. There’s also the black fur on the coat! Just to give a more classy look. The collar can also be flipped up for a high collar to protect him from the wind. My priority with the coat was to make it practical while looking classy, so it can close all the way.

That’s most of it! Thanks for reading, if you did. I love seeing people appreciate the thought I put into these because I really try my best.

In other news, I started a fic! It’s just about cute interactions between Dreamy Gear Meta and Kirby, which is a dynamic I really want to see. It’s also got a summary of the Dreamy Gear novel in it, but I am not going to link it because my account is cringe. I’m not hard to find at all, so if you do go looking for it, you won’t really need any hints.

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Was feeling nostalgic way late at night

Guys. Do you. Have any idea. How lucky you are. That the person running this account is 20 year old experienced-artist me, and not 12 year old Meta-Knight-is-my-first-crush me? 

I do consider myself lucky for how things played out for me in life so that I probably haven’t had to cringe at old-public-things-on-the-internet stuff as a lot of people like me, more so than anything I am glad to have always been able to stay out of big drama. 

Anyway, when I was in middle school, there was a period of time when I was obsessed with Meta Knight. I mean obsessed. Autism hyperfixation mode cranked up on high. Of course I did have a few Kirby games at that age, but more importantly... there was Kirby: Right Back Atchya and Hoshi No Kaabii. It’s kinda weird how I remember after my parents divorced when I was 9, my dad gave my sis and I a gamecube + LoZ: TP and SSBM, and SSBM was kinda my introduction to Nintendo. Anyway, cut to some day idk when, but my sis and I were hanging out with our two next-in-age cousins, and watching TV on the 4Kids channel. Suddenly, it says that Kirby is up next. My sis and I were actually supposed to leave earlier, but I begged mom to let me watch Kirby, because even though I still hardly knew Kirb at this point in my life, it was a video game character I recognized and there was apparently a cartoon about him, so I had to see it. I didn’t have any context for hardly any of the characters, but I watched the whole episode and I think I probably found it fascinating. It was the episode about Meta Knight’s sword. It actually became one of my favorite episodes when I got into the show... because all the episodes with good Meta Knight shit were my favorite because I was a weird round knight stalker. 

Hnnnn my moods towards characters I like are a lot more... stable now I guess you could say, but naturally I still get hyperfixations, and once you love something you tend to carry it with ya always. There is always a little piece of my “Mety Muffin” I hold in my heart dearly. I consider Kirby an important artistic influence, along with this stupid manga that reigned in my brain for a while after the Meta Knight obsession calmed to a certain level, and “Peta” from MAR became my edgey jackass minor character who wears a stupid pointy hat and triforces fave boi. 

I think I had this kinda stuff on my mind because... uh... tbh I get really emotional and depressed and shit around m’ period. 

Anyway, in honor of Meta Knight, here are some of the things I found amusing from the show:

|He likes to be tall, always perched up on something. Owl cat. I actually made kirby-parody-characters once basically, and that’s exactly what the MK equivalent was.| |There’s no other way to say this, there’s an episode where he basically had JK Rowling on speed-dial. No one ever talks about this.| | His mitten handssss.| | That time he kicked King Dedede’s car down a hill.| |He, Sword, and Blade sleep each have a pink blanket, and they have a jar of candy in their room.| | Meta Knight is basically an old man in a snuggie giving commentary most of the time.| | To be honest, I really like how they made Kirby and MK have a size difference, their size fits their characters more.| |My friend informed me this past year that Meta Knight is voiced by the same guy who does Brock in Pokemon, “Eric Stuart” and I was internally scream-laughing| |Let me see his face! *let me in! let me iiiiin!*| |Sword and Blade are dorks, but they’re our dorks.| Whenever Tiff/Fumu comes at MK ranting about some bullshit, he’s DAD MODE ACTIVATE, awkward bat cat, or just “lol”.| | The penguin suit. No other context needed.| |Pie. It got on his precious snuggie cape. He feels dirty. Save him.| |Those times he makes a dramatic turn and his cape flutters, but his back is still completely covered by a whole damn layer of cape, it’s as long and fabulous as it has to be.| |We never got a ninja episode sequel. Meta Knight and the evil ninja handled their angst off screen.| |*Johnny Cage voice* You know your ship looks like a dildo.| |I love how every single character has their own distinct voice. Thicc accents. Especially Blade Knight’s... good lord, it’s  e x t r a  thicc.| |Kirby things are full of so many round characters, and I have a long history of loving round things. No wonder I love Kirby and the gang. Blue chonk and pink chonk are here to slice and explode monsters. Watch out, Nightmare, because Oh lawd they comin’.| 

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okay fine i’ll bring back the egg. sorry for the pun but i’ve been sitting on this for a while because i can’t decide what to name them

(thinking they/he???)

they love being warm and must be approximately as snug as a bug in a rug at all times <3

didn’t give much context before but we’re going with that the egg was abandoned in winter horns and recovered by a group of waddle explorers

there wasn’t a lot of (known) writing on dedede’s species so figuring out what to do from there was kinda hard and they didn’t really know anything for certain, but between a little research, a gut feeling, and dedede and mk already used to Parenting, they passed the egg onto them to look after and well. yeah

it was definitely a rollercoaster for dedede, to be given hope that there were others like him after all - so it was only natural he’d take it very seriously. he spends a lot of time with them and they’re very clingy because of it. he says they’re like a duckling

being so big also comes with problems because as clingy as they are, they outgrew being able to be held by other people pretty fast lol

“meta pls stop looking like ur gonna punt our kid”

anyway i guess i’ll introduce the other kid next? between the two of them uhh dedede had a very tiring few years. stay at home dad problems i guess. on top of being a king lol

he probably realized how grateful he was that kirby was so independent lol..

the real enemy is everyone (meta especially) having a busy schedule

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happy Valentine’s Day remember to tell your favorite friendly penguin you love him

if you don’t have one of those then a friend is fine i guess :/

(kidding. go hug your friends <3)