#dainix answers

[dainix-suggestions]

It's pride month dainix, you know what that means

huh. what. do you want me to like. fight my gay inner self and eventually find myself on a path of reconciliation with the part of me that I find beastly which only resulted from my repressed emotions? really? during pride month?

[sylvermage]

Okay, in this panel, Erin's mouth is full and he's still holding most of a sandwich...

But in the next panel his hands are empty...

...and I can't stop thinking he shoved the ENTIRE SANDWICH in his mouth to answer Dainix's concerns 😂

[red-velvet-0w0]

Favorite head canons for the floof squad?

Kendal: has a golden retriever fursona hes only ever told alinua about (she helped him design it)

Alinua: when forced to sign something with her full legal name she uses the last name Fairblade because she sees Kendal as her family

Erin: Made everybody refer to him as "Your Magusty" when he was 13 and Tarren and Tess have not let him live that one down

Falst: Secretly an amazing artist but is embarassed about it

Dainix: Says "flameo hotman" regularly, we just never see it

Tess: every so often when Galen is on a trip she redirects a storm in his path just to fuck with him

[comicaurora]

Wholesome facts has turned into vaguely bad foreshadowing. Any wholesome facts about Zuurith (city) pre-destruction?

I don't know why you guys believed these facts would be wholesome considering my track record

[somebodynew1guess]

back at you- top 5 best/favourite characters of all time, from any media !

In no particular order:

The Friend (Time to Orbit: Unknown).

Dainix (Aurora), though all of the Floof squad is great!

Loki (Marvel, especially in Thor and Loki: Double Trouble and Thor 1), with Steve as a close second.

Tiara (WychWood)

And Diana (OC)!

:)

[catboy-artist]

We’ve got a hiatus, which means fanfic/fanart/headcanon funtime! And fuck it, it’s almost Halloween and I love zombie AUs, so.

Feel free to answer how/why in the tags! I have an answer for this but I will not say as to avoid skewing poll results :3

[firesofdainix]

carrd (that I will have to update again...)

Introductory Post

dainix

19

aroace spec | mirror pronouns

filipino 🇵🇭

undiagnosed ADHD

All of my Tumblrs are tagging archives, but as this blog is the first of many, it's seen tons of Fandoms.

This is my main blog, my 'fandom of the week' kind of blog. Where all my recent fixations are reblogged. The reason why my separate blogs exist is to have a different kind of tagging archive or for me to be insane in alt. accounts

I've had this Tumblr since 2017.

this blog is also a reblog cesspool. I may tag some posts here if I wish to catalog them into different tagging sections. If you want me to tag something please DM/send me an ask.

Original Hashtags:

#chelbabbles

#loisedraws

#manjiwips

#chelanswers

BYF

I do more reblog content here rather than original content, as I think I don't have anything to say in a platform like Tumblr. I also take a long time (or maybe never) to answer asks, so sorry if your ask will forever be stuck in the abyss that is the inbox. I just don't know how to answer them. I barely know how to make meta posts or character analysis, so good luck getting those out of me. I also move on from fandoms easily, so if that's not your kind of thing, you can move on.

DNI

Basic DNI

Racists

Transphobes/TERFS

Homophobes

Flag discourse/sexual orientation discourse peeps. no one cares

Zionists

Pedophiles

While I no longer associate with the anti label, proships are still in my DNI

Speaking of antis, those who police legal ships or Fandom culture are not welcome on my page. Yall are annoying

Fandom DNI

Bubblegum haters

Simon Petrikov haters who project their shitty ex onto a flawed character for the sake of making him seem like an abuser to Betty

Wu and Misako haters

Morro haters

OC haters

I don't really care about what fandom you're in, just be sure not to be a fucking asshole

Various other links:

DC blog - @bi4biwallylinda

Classics blog - @idamante

Animanga blog - @falling-akiangels

My old country humans blog - @countryshitposts

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[falst]

For the ask game: kendal, falst, dainix

Since I already answered for Falst and Dainix I won't again uhhhhhhhhhh I think he would be a nice lab partner bc of his curiosity about the world, same as Alinua :) he's just nice y'know

[silveryinkystar]

Ask Game: Kendal?

character: hate them | don’t really care | like them | LOVE them | THEY ARE MY PRECIOUS

ship with: Nobody, I'm thoroughly rejoicing in canon ace Kendal (though I think he and Alinua could be qpps)

general opinions: BEST BOY. 110/10 would give him a lil forehead kiss and bear hug. He's so kind and thoughtful even though he's only existed for a week and a half (maybe 2 weeks by now?). Bless him for immediately deciding to take on a quest of such dimensions, though I sense an identity crisis coming in a while if he doesn't take a break to think about who he is outside of what he's planning to do. Someone wrap him in a huge, fuzzy blanket please I'm very worried about him

Send me a character's name and I'll share my opinions about them!

[jewishdainix]

@monachopsissssss these are the lyrics i imagined each character being about in the theoretical ''here i am" animatic

I'm getting tired of watching other people go The lights on my street never come on And the lines are overgrown

It's obvious now that I've been forgotten The hollow houses and vacant lots and The shattered windows and splintered doors How long have I been here all alone?

Here I am again The one who gets Left behind, left behind, left behind Settled in, had a plan But I never factored in Everyone else saying goodbye

This ghost town is making a ghost of me This ghost town is making a ghost, making a ghost of me

I promised myself I'd learn to be the one who leaves With no more roots to tie me down It's just a different kind of lonely

So I'm back to pulling arms And begging and begging For the love of God Don't leave me here again

Here I am again The one who gets Left behind, left behind, left behind Settled in, had a plan But I never factored in Everyone else saying goodbye

This ghost town is making a ghost of me This ghost town is making a ghost Making a ghost of me

They shake me off and ask why I bother The answer is simple My father, his father I come from a long line of people who believe In the flowers that grow In the cracks in the street

Here I am Here I am

Alinua Kendal Erin Falst Dainix Everyone

[dainix-suggestions]

do you think you will ever escape the angsty gay dungeon

do not underestimate the power of tactics OR homoerotic friendship okay

[acid-vanir]

Ok, Theory

Ok so in the webcomic Aurora, the “main” character Kendal is an entirely new uncategoriseable entity, a god’s incarnation that survived the god leaving it and developed its own mind and personality. 

Now the god that this happens to is the hero god of the city Vash and, like the Ancient Greek Eros or Nike is named after his domain. So what we know about Vash is that he cut his teeth in this god business by defending his city from and defeating the storm god Tynan, the way he does this is explained here with an in universe telling of the story. What we know is that an alien metal and jewel was worked into an incarnation of Vash at a thematically appropriate moment and became an extremely effective power up, enabling Vash to defeat the hitherto undefeated Tynan. 

Now how this works in the world built magic system of Aurora is really interesting. So in Aurora it appears they're are two (or eight depending on how you count it) fundamental substances of magic, the elements and soul energy, now we know where elemental magic comes from as a central piece of lore in the main storyline so far has been about the ancient war between the elementals and a Void Dragon and how the elementals died defeating this Void Dragon and their bodies meshed together supplying the materials as the world, but the elements still count, and can be persuaded to act, as one body essentially unique to the other elements and so because they belonged to a living entity with a soul can exist in two states, the material element and a sort of potential/soul element held in other materials or channeled by mages to enact elemental effects.

 Now soul energy is something very different and despite the excessive amount of time I've spent explaining the elements, is what we’re focusing on here. Soul  energy is what living things are “made of” being literally the material of souls, now I could be wrong but from I can figure out everything alive contains and in someway uses soul energy, and soul energy has a connection with other soul constructs allowing for an in any capacity uniform group of living things to develop a larger social soul that becomes a god. Vash for instance is a city of people and so through the interaction of their soul energy, construction of early incarnations, and people assigning these incarnations personality or motivations became the hero god the city imagined, as the god itself is made up of the whole cities population who once saw incarnation interpreted them a certain way and influenced some of their aspect. Basically, because the god is their domain how they are viewed by the creatures in their domain effects their personality and most comfortable form. 

So what does this really have to do with Kendal. Well if Vash’s sword was constructed from an alien metal, a solid substance, which issomething almost impossible to make without an elemental, after Vash worked his soul energy into like soul shaper monks do with human prosthetics, which would more than likely work some of this starmetal soul energy into his own soul lattice. Then its likely that Kendal’s soul is made of what little of soul star metal was in the solid material of the meteor. And it’s not just background lore magic systems backing this up.

In the series of pages telling the mythical story of Vash’s Sword we find out that it’s being told through the framing device of the smith god who forged it, to a similar style god to Vash of the Fire influenced race of Ignans. Now while why they're talking and what this incredibly effective smith who uses the arcs and emotional journeys of the wielders of his weapons in his smithing process is doing with a god of fire and fire people directly related to one of our adventuring party is incredibly plot important and personally intriguing, there is something else I wanted to focus on here.

In these panels Tahraim appears to be talking about Dainix, a character Kendal is currently imprisoned with and who are jelling suspiciously well. Now we can see that Tahraim is using his Xanatos gambit forging technique of social engineering to forge out a weapon and fighter for Caliban (probably to fight the fire demon from Dainix’s backstory (who is probably another elemental emissary for Fire (like two other characters currently being heavily associated star metal soul Kendall (I see you Red, with each subsequent layer of brackets I get closer to the truth, witness as my bracketry grows)))) and describing some of the forging fires he’s using fo this weapon (who is probably Dainix, if not definitely)calls one of them “the divine blade”, referring to Vash’s starmetal sword currently held by Kendal, but the blade its self is isnt world shaking, its been around for millennia and everyone is very familiar with its power and prowess as a sword because Vash is an incredibly well known god. But that’s only as a sword, and we know Kendal is world shaking after his discussion with Ilia here where he is told explicitly that the gods fear what he represents but respect the fact that he is an incredibly powerful being with all the strength and ability of a godly incarnation but with no responsibilities of upholding a domain or the limits of staying within they’re domains range. And so the theoretical soul that is Kendal in this incarnation must be made of whatever remainder of star metal soul is left from the solid  star metal in the sword. That had been given the shape and properties of a human/incarnation soul by being weaved into and by Vash and then had the Vash soul ripped apart from they’re shared incarnation leaving the star metal soul to have to develop as its own being in this body

And if all you wanted is proof of this theory you can honestly stop reading here. So far this is dense and a lot and I wanna run through some stuff with this head cannon to nerd out. So if you don't wanna have to read anymore, my argument for this theory is basically through

Kendal being the star metal soul can provide a reason for, guess plot dent instead of plot hole? when Vash takes Kendal to where he is being held by the Collector. The reason this could be a plot dent is that one of the working theories for why Kendal exists can be found in the Sentinels. Essentially building sized stone statues animated by a god semi incarnating in them, its hard to explain so if your interested read here (Also read the comic, it’s really, really good. Like really good. If you get into the extra lore on the website and then scroll through Red’s Aurora Tumblr answers you get to appreciate how truly spectacular her worldbuilding and magic systems are. I mean clearly they’re cohesive and well thought out enough that just off of the magic system you could make a (if I don't say so myself) well reasoned prediction for a major character reveal.) the theory being that because these Sentinels can develop these echoes after being un-possessed by a god over time, the unique way Vash was taken out of his incarnation without dis-corporating it that the body developed a similar echo and is now ambient soul energy drawn into the empty body. However, this wouldn't make sense with Vash taking Kendal to the Collector’s hideaway in his sleep, as if Kendal is made of ambient soul energy he has no actual connection with Vash’s soul and so Vash shouldn't be able to bring him to the crystal he is being held in. But, if Kendal is in fact the star metal soul then he would still have that connection with Vash, as they are the same soul but different parts made of different materials, and so ca operate separately whilst still being so intricately connected.

On one final note, there is one character that already seems to know all this, Tahraim. That Kendal in everyway is the weapon he forged, that they're is a capacity for new elements and therefore different soul energies, that Erin has been possessed by the Void Dragon, and that the Collector has revived life, who has taken Alinua as an emissary, and is using this information not for his own divine or dastardly machinations but on commission. Which is A) a potential threat if Tahraim turns out to be a tad more amoral than he first appears, working as effectively for the next customer instead of esoterically guiding events for the cause of good and B) show cases an incredible mesh of world building and character work with gods being influenced by how their perceived and a god perceived and heralded as an unachievably proficient smith knowing more than any other character or entity we’ve ever seen before and doing exactly what is necessary to forge his commissioned weapons into the most powerful and effective instruments they can be almost only because of how in the magic system some gods are made from ideals and interpretations instead of groups of living things and actually fits the way they are most commonly perceived

[red-velvet-0w0]

rereading the most recent page and can we talk for a second about this comment from falst

(also keeping falst and dainix in the same pannel again i see you red)

How does falst know this about the sun being lower? like obviously he is clearly one of the most intelegent members of the squad, second to erin, but his knowledge mostly comes through in the form of street smarts, logical deduction, strong reasoning, and knowledge of magic and lacrimas. hes not implied to be a very well traveled person, as though he did have to flee from town to town for a while, i find it hard to believe that he really went very far on his own, probably staying in or around towns for long periods of time, looking for a way to cure himself (and his mother, if the "find a way if you are truly my son" is any indication), so its unlikely he would have learned this from experience.

there is the obvious answer that he read this at some point, but I would doubt that too, because while its implied that him going through Erins book has become more of a comon occurance, he seems to mostly be focusing again on lacrimas and magic, so i dont really see where he would have learned about the location of the sun in the sky from them.

theres the doylist explanation that red just needed somebody to say it, so she used falst, but that doesnt make much sense to me either because 1) kendal or even dainix knowing this would make more sense, seeing as both of them have been more formaly taught (and kendal has the entirety of the knowledge of a god) and 2) the position of the sun in the sky seems like such an... unimportant detail that it feels weird to mention it without some purpose to the comment

maybe i am overthinking this but FALST BABY HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?

[comicaurora]

Which character in Aurora would be most willing to break someones bones(If that person requested it)

This is a fascinating question. I think I know the answer, but I wanna open it up to debate first before I weigh in with my thoughts.

[ellaofoakhill]

Why You Should Read...

Haven’t done one of these in a while; I was gonna do them more regularly, but I figured I’d put them together a) when a story enthralls me, and b) when a story is more obscure, and could really benefit from more discussion.

Anyway, Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions has been working on a webcomic over the past few years called Aurora. On initial read I was a bit meh about it, but I re-read it in the last few days, and found it to have really grown on me. It’s also ongoing, but Red updates every MWF, so I wouldn’t worry much about long hiatuses or anything.

The Premise: We start out in the city of Vash, besieged by an army of monsters. The city god--also Vash--takes corporeal form and lays a serious beatdown on the monsters, only to be mortally wounded by the mysterious woman who led the monster army, who then annihilates the city and sucks Vash’s soul out of his body.

This would’ve been quite a short comic, actually, if Vash’s body hadn’t gotten up on its own & seemingly developed its own consciousness. After a nice elf-lady with plant powers named Alinua finds & heals Vashn’t (not canonically his name, just what the fandom called him for a while) and shenanigans ensue, Kendal (his canonical name after he finally picks it) and Alinua leave the remains of the city behind to rescue Vash. On the way, they assemble meet such notable others as:

Erin- pompous intelligent mage dude who’s Red answer to Aang from ATLA (archetypally not emotionally), and who... has a thing in his head.

Falst- cynical snarky catboi, and somehow the most normal member of the team.

Tess- unflappably nice buff lady with just the smoothest, shiniest skin except for that one spot, with a charming predilection for only punching monsters in the face.

Dainix- technically not on the team yet, but guys, c’mon, a victim of the entertainment industry, but wants to branch out into other fields. Has crummy depth perception.

Why you should read it:

Multifaceted characters who are properly explored, light and dark, without going ham on the grim & gritty so often associated with “serious” stories these days.

Kendal is simultaneously the most unconventional demigod I’ve ever seen, incredibly powerful, and doing pretty well considering he’s at most a few weeks old.

On that topic YES KENDAL YOU NEED TO SLEEP TOO NO PULLING YOUR SWORD OUT IN THAT DIPLOMATIC MEETING WAS PROBABLY A BAD IDEA NO IT IS NOT NORMAL TO SNAP CHAINS AND SPEARHAFTS LIKE GLOWSTICKS

The humour is well-placed, fits the characters and the story, and has never yet taken away from a scene or impactful moment.

Thoughtful explorations of trauma, slavery, and the management of negative emotions.

There is nothing more beautiful than Erin making assumptions and flipping his sh#t when those assumptions are brusquely shattered when any and all confusion could have been averted by a simple question

The artwork is a shade rough, but the way the colours pop make the style really stand out; while it looks somewhat like anime, it is DEFINITELY its own thing.

“HOW DARE YOU CALL YOURSELF A GOD!”

Nobody’s a dick for the sake of being a dick; they all have reasons for their dickishness.

Zurrith is, in all honesty, just The Worst.

Conversely, Shrike is Best Bounty Hunter.

The worldbuilding is interesting (I’ve always loved the animism angle), and the magic system(s?) manages to hit that sweet sweet balance between systematic and organic

Turns out Erin can be a real Kerin sometimes.

And the Three-Way Tie for Best Hair Goes to: Kendal, Alinua, and Dainix; Shrike is runner-up, and I strongly suspect she hates it.

Anyway, it’s a fun fantasy romp with a ton of classic tropes used in interesting ways (I mean, it’s Red; why’re you surprised?). Check it out, it has its own website (comicaurora.com), and if you haven’t heard of OSP’s work and love history, myths, and stories in general, go watch their videos on youtube.

Ta!

[catboy-artist]

Anyway theories about what sort of action we might be seeing in the second half of Ch2 and in Ch3 (WARNING: LONG HYPERFIXATION RAMBLING UNDER THE CUT)

So, looks like so far there’s drama with the volcano god in the area, and that’s why there’s such a big storm. Kendal noticed this and seemed worried about it, and I’m betting next page he’s going to explain to Erin how exactly Rakhn is a problem. Right now Kendal doesn’t seem more worried than normal “there’s a problem” level of worried (I think he might be compartmentalizing that ominous Collector dream warning for later) but then again it’s Kendal so him seeming calm doesn’t really tell us the actual difficulty level of the encounter beyond “well it’s not bad enough to be a crisis right out the gate”.

As for the actual encounter itself, I think the current issue is that Rakhn might not like floof gang entering (that lava projectile looked extra targeted). Either way it was noteworthy enough to set off Kendal’s god sense so. This isn’t really anything we don’t already know

What I’m more curious about is where Dainix comes into this. See, there are many, many, MANY chekov’s guns pointing towards this arc putting him in particular through the torment nexus (on top of him generally having a bad time out on the ocean), and poor guy is really not doing good right now. Like in the last shot he was in, he was GLOWING??? Like what’s up with that? Could just be a nightmare, but I saw another guy in the comments theorize that the volcanic weather stuff is contributing to him not feeling good right now. That is a good theory but it doesn’t answer the question of why he’s so important in this arc.

The chill montage right before The Plot showed up conveniently showed where everyone is. The boys are still below deck, and they’ll have to notice that something is happening eventually. And I like the “the volcanic weather is making it worse” theory because it conveniently forces him to be involved and important (otherwise he’s just sort of out of commission and that doesn’t make sense) and makes it unpredictable what will happen with him.

Now, later on, I do think poor guy will end up in the ocean somehow. There’s many chekov’s guns related to how firefloof form interacts with water -it’s not hurt by water, but smothering him when he’s only partially on fire does seem to shut it down, and we also know that him drowning does cause it to activate. And, like come on, “good thing I’m never going down there”? Now you’re just ASKING for it. Maybe Kendal too since someone took the time to point out he doesn’t always need to breathe. Falst is the only person who we know can actually swim so he might jump in to save someone but maybe not.

Speaking of, what the hell is up with the mermaids? They showed up in one panel just kinda vibing. Are they going to try to help floof gang? Or are they a part of this fight? Mermaid pirates or sirens could make for an interesting foe, but I have a hard time seeing how that would make sense when the volcano god seems to be the main issue here. It might make more sense for them to be a chekov’s gun that’ll show up to save floof gang later.

Anyway all of this is to say I’m very excited to see what happens next and I can think of SEVERAL ways for wholesome shipping torment to occur along the way. As for toxic fan bait I guess we’ll just have to see what she means by that