#botanicaxu

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Blend Waxillium Ladrian from Mistborn Era 2, please

Waxillium Ladrian from Mistborn Era 2 is being blended!!

You cannot save him.

[onlycosmere]

(Art is the WoR Ghostbloods by @botanicaxu )

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⛅️ CONTRIBUTOR LINEUP ⛅️

We are so excited to announce the creative team behind GENERATIONS: Tales of the Four Nations Vol 3! Please check out all the artists and writers below and look forward to what everyone has been working on.

Cover Artist @mizunoir

Page Artists @arsanders • @botanicaxu • @chiptrillino • @thyinum • @bluedrifting • @novaneondream​ • Grace • @sketchinwithgretchen​ • @katanasonata​ • @lilliansketch​ • @grrrenadine​ • @teenytraveler​ • @thebxghag​ • @otakubeast-1010​ • @tismoonie​ • @toriily​ • @wyrmsfornerves​ • @crotovane​ • @asterlizard​​

Merch Artists @astrolunos • @jaradraws • @elle-arts • Eveen • @pinceauarcenciel • @sakaruii

Writers @guileheroine • @kuchee • @dark-green-line • @arriettvs

Mod Team @emptysekai • @casxia • @vireosy • @rosymiz • @chaasiu

[botanicaxu]

Hey folks and dear followers! Here is some treat for this year’s Dragonsteel Con!

Though I still can’t attend, there’s something I’m considering to do. Together with some other artists who are not able to go, we’ll prepare some Cosmere art swags for people to claim for free, and they’ll be placed at 17th Shard’s booth.

On my side, I’ll be glad to distribute more hand-drawn art pieces like those below. So if you decide to go (or you have friends to pick up stuff for you) and want a piece from me, feel free to DM me or drop a massage via Discord (botanicaxu), telling me who is your desired character and I'll draw them for you!

📅 Request ends: 8/31/2023

One of the swag is ready! (Transparent IG card of Kelsier &Vin)

[bukibug]

Stormlight archive edits (or any cosmere edits) are an interesting change of pace with no video to use 😂

Art credits

Petar Penev

Ari Ibarra

Petar Penev

Alba Real

Audrey Hotte

Petar Penev

Randy Vargas

Ari Ibarra

Ari Ibarra

Randy Vargas

Artur Felipe Mósca Vargas

Petar Penav

Ari Ibarra

Conor Chamberlain

Xabi Gazte

Botanicaxu

Marie Seeberger

Randy Vargas

Ari Ibarra

Petar Penav

Rixt Heerschop

Greatunknown

ToastSamurai

Jules Aguimatang

[ultimateknightbattle]

Round 1 (Group 2)

Kaladin Stormblessed art by botanicaxu

[mattyconcarne]

My hot take is that, since only women read or write, the works that they dictate from men are used like the burn book in Mean Girls.

Adolin Kholin fan art by Exmakina, Amaral image by Botanicaxu

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I'm so excited for era 3

Kelsier and his slutty rave fashion, going out to clubs with Mauve.

Art by @botanicaxu requested by me! Kelsier in a crop top. I like to think this is his regular outfit in era 3.

In fact...I wrote a little something awhile back that some of you may have not seen yet.

[zukozine]

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🔥 CONTRIBUTOR LINEUP ⚔️

We are so excited to share Forged in Flame's roster, a lineup of incredible artists and writers that have been hard at work the past few months to bring you a project full of love for Zuko! 🔥

🔥 Page Artists ⚔️

@Akittyk_

@alartriss

@cowgirlongirl on twitter

@kleprite

@arsandersar6 on twitter

@blauereiter_ on twitter

@BotanicaXu on twitter

@coloursdraws

@dat_sazu on twitter

@Yayee_prsp on twitter

eliphantart on IG

@feeplings 

@babjustbabs on twitter

@mackerelbones

@mihaellustrates on twitter

@theminiyunart

@lumintsu

@miquachdraws

@miyankoart

miyonautica @ IG

musdswo @ tumblr

@NoahCoelhoo on twitter

@pinceauarcenciel​

p.omelo @ IG

@ramyeonguksu

raybae._ @ IG

@Tea_Caakes on twitter

@TenaceTracks on twitter

@tododoodles 

@Artof_winter on twitter

🔥 Merch Artists ⚔️

@Akittyk_ on twitter

@AzoriaWolf on twitter

beelimepie @ IG

@pichirobi 

@Jasmin_ByTheBay on twitter

@onipilot​

🔥 Writers ⚔️

@captaineldritch on twitter

@bodhanew on twitter

@czqy_ on twitter

CobaltCephalopod @ AO3

@kroalias

@jdominique37

@outpastthemoat​

@suzukiblu

@vannahfanfics 

@voxiferous on tumblr

🌟 Thank you for supporting Forged in Flame so far. Please stay tuned for individual spotlights further introducing our team! The first one begins tomorrow!

[pretendthatssomecoolname]

Hello I'm in a big Maiko mood right now so here some maiko stuff for you:

Fanarts: I've found them all on pinterest and then haunted down works and authors on their other social media to find links to their pages, I hope it counts as proper credit! They're all also written here in the right order!

none of these is adult content, but some of them may be rather T rated

❤ 🖤 ❤ 🖤 ❤ 🖤 ❤ 🖤 ❤ 🖤 ❤ 🖤 ❤ 🖤 ❤🖤 ❤ 🖤 ❤ 🖤

Every single one is a fanart so better check all of them 😏😌😉

Authors in order: @kimmytsunami on tumblr (deactivated) and deviantart; 2× @minireklamo on tumblr; 6× @viria on tumblr; @botanica-xu and botanicaxu on tumblr; 123chachy on deviantart; @nananandann (comic panels) on tumblr; bryttkrou on deviantart; ds-china; @jhoca-art on tumblr; nini-pooh on deviantart (I think the account is deactivated😔); @allmaiheart on tumblr; ds-hina on deviantart (? I'm not sure if this account still exists but I know that you can easily find the art if you just type this name); @queenofthecute on tumblr and deviantart; @juney-chan that is still active on tumblr and deviantart!

I've also found more amazing work but couldn't find artists 😓😖

Here by Loppy777 on fanfiction.net is also one of my total favorites of maiko fanfic

Here some adult content 😳😳😳

Thanks for appreciating maiko and their greatness!! Have a nice day!

[anibydesign]

Best day ever! I received this awesome giveaway gift from one of my favorite artists!!!! Thank you so much, @botanicaxu! You are amazing! And I love the Wit and Shallan drawing you drew me!!!

[pisoprano]

Renarin Musing to Himself, a Bonus Picture, and Some More Renarin Musing to Himself

For @botanicaxu​ for the @renarinkholinexchange​.

I made a thing.  And then I wrote a thing.  And then I wrote another thing.  They don’t quite connect properly, but I’m going to post them all anyway.  Enjoy!

From the mind of Renarin Kholin (sometime before seeing the vision of Jasnah):

I don’t know how not to be broken.

First it was being the other son, the one Father didn’t really understand.  Don’t get me wrong—I love my father, I love my brother and I know both would give the world for me.  But Adolin was the one who took being the Blackthorn’s son as something to aspire to and then excelled past everyone’s expectations so far he became an amazing fighter in his own right.  I couldn’t help but want to be just like him—just like both of them—but how could I even come close to making a name for myself when I had two legendary Kholins to prove myself against?  Still, I would have given it my all were it not for the fact that I was forbidden by my own body from even attempting to claim my own place in the world.  I was invalid, useless, one who was born unto nothing—not even unto myself, as my mother wished, since I couldn’t even achieve my own goals, let alone anyone else’s.  At most, my autonomy extended to rejecting the consolation prize of joining the ardentia to instead hope for something I would actually choose to come along.

Then things began changing.  Inheriting Father’s Shardplate.  Training with Zahel.  Joining Bridge Four.  Bonding Glys.  Somewhere along the line even my fits stopped and my eyes healed.

And I saw the Everstorm coming.

I suppose you could say that it was the first time Father and I were the same—we both seemed to have gone insane.  When it turned out we were both Radiants instead, it was such a relief that I honestly started being hopeful about the future for a bit there.  For once in my life, I was the son who Father related to.  We had unbelievable ancient abilities, visions from a higher power, and a solemn duty to save Roshar itself.  The thing was, while Father became a Bondsmith—a member of the Order that is arguably the strongest of them all, just judging him by his spren alone—I became a Truthwatcher corrupted by the very enemy we fight.  I can’t believe I’d actually been hopeful for once—I had looked at my random string of minor successes and saw it as a sign that I could be worthy of being called Radiant, despite the fact that every worthwhile accomplishment of my life was made by pure accident on my part.  I know Radiants are supposed to be made from broken people, but that’s to give them room grow into their magnificence; for me, I could only heal my feeble body and let my spirit shatter into something so much worse.

But do I explain just how bad my situation actually is to anyone?  Of course I don’t.  Normal people understand how to open up and ask for help.  I never learned how to do that, not really.  Help was always something thrust upon me and the thought of proving the assumption that I needed that help as being correct has grown so abhorrent that I only even consider asking when I have no other choice.  I’d much rather suffer in silence—it’s not like I can’t handle a little pain—rather than risk being an even bigger drain on everyone else than I’ve always been.  That way I can at least pretend I’m not a waste of space.

I guess that’s why I’ve always tried to help with whatever I can.  I’ve probably operated the Oathgates more than anyone else at Urithiru since it needed to be done and I was one of the very few people capable of it.  I was and am proud to do it.  But even with this acceptance of responsibility, there’s that hole inside—and not just because of the corruption.  No, it’s that in pretty much every respect, I am replaceable.  There are plenty of others bonded to living spren who can work the Oathgates if I’m gone.  Both of my surges are covered by other Radiants and to better effect—Shallan with her Lightweaving (a power which I still don’t understand) and Lift with her Growth and Regrowth (which she somehow can fuel with food instead of Stormlight, despite that being impossible by Radiant standards).  The closest I can claim to being unique is that I can see the future, and that is a gift that makes having epilepsy look desirable.  It’s not like I can even change what I see anyway, so what good would it do to just make everyone worry beforehand?

Keeping quiet is the only real skill I have anyway so I might as well continue doing that.

A Vision and a Reality

From the Mind of Renarin Kholin (sometime after the Thunderclast battle):

So… I’m not dead.  I didn’t expect that.  I also didn’t expect Father to be capable of defying Odium, but he did and I’m more than a little relieved.  And now I guess I’m in that weird place where I wonder: did that really just happen?

I went up against a Thunderclast—a Thunderclast—and won.  I’d assumed that Truthwatchers were meant to stay on the sidelines, acting as healer to all the injured non-Radiants who couldn’t heal on their own.  Instead, I was in the middle of the action, healing myself again and again so I could keep on fighting.  It scarcely mattered that I am sorely undertrained, I made up for it with tenacity.  I guess if there’s one thing I know how to do well, it’s taking physical distress in stride.

And I guess I’m—dare I consider it—a little hopeful again?  I know I can’t rely on Father creating a pocket of pure energy to draw upon every time I have something evil to take down and I certainly need to put in some long, hard hours with Zahel.  But I think being squashed repeatedly only to get back up again cemented it for me that I’m not a defenseless weakling anymore.  Yes, I feel like I overdid it and need some serious me-time to get grounded again, but now I know that I can do it—and with that knowledge, I will be able to fight yet again.  With the Last Desolation upon us, I’m probably going to need every scrap of self-confidence I can muster.

It’s just… the thought of throwing myself completely into optimistic belief in myself is more than a little terrifying.  I already have an impulsive streak—me jumping into a duel despite knowing full well my Shardblade would scream at me the whole time is sufficient proof of that.  I can’t just expect external circumstances to swing things in my favor.  Being a Kholin or a Radiant doesn’t make me immune from getting unlucky—ask Elhokar, ask all the Knights Radiant who lost their lives before the Recreance, ask the storming Heralds themselves.  And even if I just disregard all that, my Nahel bond is still unreliable.  Yes, I don’t fear what I see as inevitable futures, but that doesn’t mean that my visions don’t have a very good success rate that ought to be respected.  There are so many reasons to be cautious right now, when one wrong step can mean the literal end of the world.

But my soul now longs so much for unbridled freedom that I’m not sure I can tell it “no” again.

I might… oh, Almighty…  I might need to ask others for help with this.  I simply don’t have the experience to know what’s wise and I can’t risk Roshar taking the time to get that experience.  But maybe… I think I could talk to Jasnah?  Yes, she’s busy with running Alethkar, but I do have incontrovertible evidence that she wants to help me more than she wants to stop Odium, don’t I?  I won’t bother her too much, of course, but she is an Elsecaller, right?  The Wise and Careful?  If Jasnah Kholin doesn’t know what to do, I’m not sure who would.

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🪷 GUEST ARTIST 🪷

Welcome to our next guest, @botanicaxu!

Editor & translator based in Shanghai, but also draw! Loves art, reading & the Avatar universe.

Find them here as well: instagram.com/Botanica_Xu

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This took me a very long time, but I’m glad it’s finally done 😊 this is a redraw of @botanicaxu beautiful drawing (WHICH YOU SHOULD ALL CHECK OUT. It was beautiful and made me cry) and so of course, inspired me to try and draw it too.

This is of Elhokar Kholin and his son. It was done in pencil and oil pastel. I may come back and try color in Elhokar eventually, but I also really liked it like this 😊

[kaladinisntwhite]

after all this time with this blog, and five years later i'm just seeing @botanicaxu made a really good summary post of most accumulated words of brandon re rosharan races. i'll throw up some of the links i've missed so they're accessible here in bite-sized pieces as well

https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/55723-human-races-on-roshar-a-brief-guide-ver10/

[cosmererambles]

[ IMG Description: Black and white sketch of a couple standing in fine clothing. The man has an arm wrapped around the woman, who holds it with one hand. She wears a dress with a slit up the skirt, exposing a long leg. It evokes a sense of authority, danger, and sensuality.]

Some Mauvesier for you all. Mauve is actually an ash blonde, but this was a free sketch so I really don’t care. She’s gorgeous, regardless. 

It was done by the lovely @solarfry who is currently doing Mermay up on her patreon!

I plan on commissioning more Mauvesier and Maresier pictures from her. Kell was modeled after @botanicaxu version of him you can find on their blog!

Mauve, for some background on her, which I’ve actively been working on, is a Cognitive Shadow. She’s ancient, but unlike many Cognitive Shadows, she isn’t tied to one specific place; she has no Connection, and barely any Identity, which caused her to act almost spren like when she met Kelsier as he wandered the Cognitive Realm, attempting to save Scadrial. She kept him company in those long months, and he began to care for her, though he didn’t grow to love her until many years later. 

As she develops a Connection Scadrial, and an Identity of her own, her memories come back, and her memories are very violent, turbulent things indeed.

She is pinned to a set of female bones by a spike in her ribcage, which juts out the front, but not the back.