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[izzizzels]

My first attempt at some designs for the THB! TAZ balance still has me in its clutches

[knightforflowers]

quick experimental sketch thing, been feeling a particular way abt Kodira lately

[thornsword]

Finally remembered to post the comic I did for @under-the-etherzine ! and you can download the whole thing for FREE right now!!

I had so much fun making this zine with everyone and it's got some really incredible stuff in it go check it out!!!

[anistarrose]

so when we look at the titles of the seven birds, Lucretia's and especially Davenport's stand out — The Lonely Journal Keeper, and The Wordless One. they're less applicable to the Stolen Century than the titles of the other birds — Lucretia was always the journal keeper, of course, but back then, she was surrounded by family. you could possibly still characterize her as lonely in the last few years of the century, when her family rejected her plan (and that does provide some delicious angst), but that still doesn't explain Davenport. he wasn't "wordless" until the very end.

and the reason this jumps out at me is because for everyone else, almost the opposite is true: their titles fit their Stolen Century incarnations better than they fit our heroes post-Voidfishing. Taako does not have any idea that he's a twin. Barry is left alone with no one to love but memories of his absent family, and sometimes, he doesn't even have that. Magnus fails to protect Raven's Roost, and grapples with the guilt. Merle can't even make peace within his marriage, much less with an aspect of an eldritch force like John.

so this all feels like an odd discrepancy... until you realize that the Seven Birds prophecy came from Maureen. who knew Lucretia, and most likely Davenport too, in person after the Voidfishing — but never met any of the others, and only perceived them through the Cosmoscope in her dying moments. she described the five birds she didn't know as she saw them at their best, but the birds that she did know as she saw them last. it makes me wonder what she might've called the others, if she'd met them, too.

[elfish-echoprax]

NYAAA!!! ^_^ *blasts u with magic missile*

i usually shade but i would literally eat shit before shading this.

Scene taako. this stemmed from a conversation i had with a friend where we absolutely agreed that taako would be a scene king in highschool.

also gen question, what would be the best way to describe this in alt? There's just. a lot going on.

[monogramsalarm]

who else thinks about glamour springs forever and ever

[ID: A digital drawing of Taako with his hands clasped over his mouth in shock. He's in a chef's hat and apron, and there's two spotlights shining down at him. The background is red and has repeating exclamation points. END ID]

[do-you-know-this-adhd-character]

Do you know this (canon) ADHD character?

Proof: Mentioned in episode 18.

[weedle-testaburger]

one of these days i should compile a list of 'things tumblr tried to get me into that I just didn't get'

[starryiedd]

number of times I've listened to TAZ ethersea: 3 in probably 2.5 years?

when I realized Kodira was a TITLE/name Oxana adopted: like 3 days ago

[trif333cta]

i love blurring lines between being character and being obsessed w them

[epersonae]

Love to see a reblog of something I posted six goddamn years ago, and also I STILL have "you're knee-deep in test-town" in my head at all times, Madame Director, icon of all time.

i love re-listening to taz episodes, specifically in this case because i always somehow forget how hilarious lucretia is as a character. 

like so often she gets written very serious in fic, and it’s a travesty because Madame “we’re gonna hurl you like lawn dart” Director is a grade a shitshow.

[knightforflowers]

Spotify wrapped number drawing game thing...67

67 is Third Eye by Florence + The Machine! A song that happens to be on my Devo playlist that I think very deeply abt, many such cases

(for this Spotify wrapped character drawing game! not taking anymore atm ! <3)

[thornsword]

they bring terrible four-armed woman person to our home and hang her in sky like star to boil seas

[shepavellan-blogs]

I miss when TAZ was TAZ

[anistarrose]

[Transcript:

Griffin: Uh, so yeah it safely enshrouds you and Merle in a silvery light as you slowly descend to the floor below.

Clint: I want it stated that I rolled a 13, I mean, he got five, I shouldn't have needed that much help, should I?

Griffin: Uh, no actually, you probably wouldn't have fallen, but you would have gotten some bad burns on your hands.

Clint: Oh okay, I don't want bad burns.

Griffin: And you nee- (brief, slightly foreboding laugh) you need those hands. End ID.]

I'm relistening to TAZ Balance because I missed it and I might be making some kind of foreshadowing compilation (maybe, it's shaping up to be pretty long right now, so we'll see)

anyway this wasn't worth putting in the compilation but like. jesus, griffin

[froggheadd]

me? posting taz art? in 2025???

(click for quality)

[ID: art of Taako from The Adventure Zone. He's in a seated position, calmly reading from a spell book as a purple glow emanates from the pages, and swirls around him. The Umbra Staff leans against his side. Taako is a slender elf with light brown skin, and and braided brown hair. His outfit is mostly purple and olive-green, with a patched-up wizard hat, fancy blouse, and long plaid pants. Several tiny items hang from his belt: an hourglass, set of measuring spoons, whisk, and corkscrew. End ID.]