#arknights arturia

[mui-ka]

Arknights: Zwillingstürme im Herbst

[mokadevs]

in a boring world where everything is your fault

[ywraa]

originium is magic or sumthin

[cilundi]

Shoddy Doodles but its in COLOR

[astr-hal]

waiting for playable arturia.....

[soluknight]

Wip

[lassifaer]

No longer NPC, finally! I love Arturia so much and finally got around to drawing her too. Also, since it's all about music - posting this along with the one of my old instrumental melancholic cello tracks w/ a bit of orchestra. (From an "OST" to a personal project. There are three more, and this one's Maki's theme, hence the specific sound FX and "tango" stuff). None of the plugins from Arturia FX Collection were harmed in the process of making this. However, it's still a demo, so the mix sucks, sorry for that.

[stelladess]

Today I learned Amiya is in Arturia´s oprec so I went and read it and its pretty interesting. Lots of serious character stuff for Arturia, some pretty interesting stuff for Amiya too, but I wanna say I am happy to see she is still wearing her superior Victoria arc outfit instead of going back to the old one. I dont care how much people say her Victoria arc outfit is uggly or dorky or whatever. Amiya is a dork and her outfits are both great for character design purposes. Also her Victoria arc outfit is cool no matter what people say!

[gancegancerevo]

Arknights Hortus de Escapismo Thoughts

An aspect about the story that I found interesting is how it shed light on the fact that Laterano and the Sankta have a stake in both the fate of the Sarkaz and the Church of the Deep. This can kinda be extended to the conflicts around the Seaborne and the Demons (but not as much for the Demons [haven't played that stupid Minecraft gamemode so I wouldn't know]). Laterano seems to be on the verge of a change and while we have an idea of who might be involved, what that change will bring remains to be seen.

I feel Stefano's ending captures the ideas they wanted to express with Andoain way better then he ever did.

Firstly, the age of Stefano gives his grievances a gravity that is lacking with Andoain. This applies both to the era of Stefano's life and how many years he's actually lived. Stefano has lived so long and that gives off the feeling that he knows what he's talking about when he speaks of his trials.

Secondly, Stefano's pain is much more palpable. Andoain advocates for outsiders but he doesn't give off the vibe of an outsider. He feels like a Laterano Sankta who just so happens to differ on this one issue. Stefano on the other hand, is a member of the abbey first. He is unsure of the Lateran Sankta even though they should have empathy to connect them. He fights for the Sarkaz because his principles built on experience cannot deny their humanity even when it's the best course to let them go.

Finally, Andoain just isn't rooted in this conflict. His inciting incident is wanting Lock and Key and breaking his team apart because of it. He leaves, starts a sort of cult, and just stops by because he can. Stefano on the other hand has to grapple with questions about Paradise because that is where both his faith and troubles lie. What is Paradise? Is it worth to enter a Paradise that runs counter to your principles? What does it mean to believe when your faith mandates some inhumanity? All these questions and more define the abbey's choice of going to Laterano but they plague Stefano most because he's their religious leader. And he used (and bent) religion as he saw fit because his principles, though rooted in faith, come first. Stefano (and Hortus de Escapismo as well) embodies this conflict is a much more depressing way than Guiding Ahead because they actually gave thought to what value Paradise holds when you have to watch it turn people away.

It's the difference between theory and practice in a sense. Andoain v. Yvangelista XI was a lot more talking and philosophizing. Stefano and all the rest of them have to actually grapple with the choice before them. Because they are actively being separated from family by seemingly nonsense rules. The higher-ups can wonder why the rules are unreasonable but they're not the one who have to slice their own heads off because their kin might be massacred based on their past crimes.

All this is to say that I am kinda disappointed that everything can be traced back to Arturia and her Arts. It makes an interesting series of events built on the divisive nature of Laterano seem hollower than it is. Like, oh if only Arturia's ride got here on time maybe Fortuna wouldn't be Fallen and Gerald wouldn't have killed himself (but Oren still had the troops so I dunno)

As much as the ideas explored were interesting, the Laterans themselves didn't see much development aside from Executor and even he went from brick to pondering brick. I don't know how good of a story this was overall; maybe a 6 out of ten because I do like it, just not as much as others of its type. Hopefully Viviana's event would give the Giallo siblings a better showing but whatever.

[markedbadguy]

It's quite fascinating if we look at the player base's reaction to Arturia as if this was a social experiment.

There are those on the opposing extremes:

She has knowingly done harm to many, and her motivations don't excuse her in any form. She is the worst kind of evil. Evil that believes it's good.

All she wants is to free people from their inhibitions, whether that results in people doing harm depends on the context. Besides, she's sticking it to Laterano and has stopped harm like the case involving the Victorian soldiers.

Then there's those more moderate in how they see things:

While Arturia has done harm, she doesn't intend to harm nor has her every action resulted in harm seeing her as the epitome of evil is just wrong, and while she rejects Laterano society and has let people reach for their dreams and stopped harm from happening in certain occasions that doesn't make her good either. Ultimately I believe she is neither good nor evil, she is a somewhat like a trickster an agent of change that rejects the status quo whether she does good or harm depends on situations she has no control over.

[akakris10]

" Why don't you give it a try? "

[mui-ka]

Arknights: Zwillingstürme im Herbst

[dlartistanon]

My last drawing for the year; let's continue with more AK Gays in the future!

[cerastes]

[melfiiis]

viviana i don't want to alarm you but there is a crazy bitch right behind you

[n0ctiluntill]

antagonist + female lead from the k-drama (they kissed)