#it's just so snakey

[jrueships]

😐

[coolnonsenseworld]

(it's a continuation of previous posts about the calendar)

For March Lance voted to do some tree hugging and grass touching in a constantly busy world of trying to pass exams and earn money and they had a picnic for an entire day. Keith wholeheartedly agreed, but also felt like it’s way too cheesy. Still, Lance didn’t even have to win him over with sushi. Sushi was just a nice surprise. When Lance reports back to Hunk how his Saturday went using the phrase "dancing underneath the moonlight", Hunk opts out of the details. Lance tries to explain it’s not an euphemism, but Hunk just politely reminds him he can keep speaking just. No. Details. (he does that a lot when Lance starts gushing about Keith)

[fisheito]

found a baby yaku amidst the Sketchbook-glitch-corruption wreckage..... wondering if he flipped skin tones between black and red and everything in between until he saw his to-be-grandparents (and started mimicking THEIR skin tone....... )

[cyberniix]

You have designs for the other sides?

I DOOOO I DOOO I DOOOOOO!!!!!!!

I draw Janus, Logan & Virgil primarily but I do have designs for the others.

(THEY'RE JUST REALLY OLD.)

This is in order of how much I draw them BTW

Janus:

(but because he's my favorite, my design for her tends to change every time i draw them)

Logan:

(I KNOOOW ive posted these already 💔 these are just my only "finished" drawings of him)

Virgil:

(that second one was my FIRST EVER SANDERS SIDES DRAWING! i still love it)

Patton:

(second ones old as hell, might redraw it... also yes i know thats technically janus I DONT HAVE ANYTHJNG ELSE)

The Twins:

(i seriously need to draw the twins more by g-d)

anyways yeah GUESS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER! totally isnt janus

I've been needing something to work on as I take a road trip... I have no motivation to work on Albion right now so maybe I'll make a hight chart... just for you dear tumblr mutual of mine! (^_-)☆

[apiratefellinlovewithastar]

sending love and energy and good vibes to all my friends and mutuals and followers and anyone who sees this really <3

[shoecrabs]

Singer of the Serpents' Song

WHOOOOOOOOOOO I DID ITTTT!!!!!!!! YEAHHH!!!!!!!! >:DD

(greyscale and WIPs underneath the RambleTM

I had to repaint this since i got completely vibe checked (my app deleted itself when it crashed) and turns out all that was left was the reference sketch

she was just staring at me like that?? the absolute audacity of this girl??? Gaia I'm sorry I ever doubted you lmao what a way to go /j. it sucked but looking it back it was kind of impressive

anyways I love the 'viper vibes' piper has and I feel it's very underrated in her characterisation within the fandom, like, she has thr ptotential to be an assassin (burning maze as a good example) and can be compared to venomous snakes so, so easily considering she strikes with a tiny knife after bringing down the guard of her enemies with her charmspeak. so yes this was an excuse to let her be unhinged

here's the greyscale + lowkey shitty wip shots

the flats were very much a Trust The Process moment lol it looks awful I'm sobbing please ignore my lack of smart choices I was just a little angry when I restarted it all 💀

[discjude]

Hi prequel community. If I said that I think the reason why there were only two prequels compared to the three that the other parts of the series got (3 TSY books and 3 TCY books) AND the reasons why Rhian's eye colour changes miraculously from Rise to Fall from green to blue (I think he's described as having green eyes in Rise? someone might have to correlate me on that) is because in Rise he's supposed to parallel TSY Sophie (green eyes, doubtfully good, multiple boyfriends) and then in Fall he's supposed to parallel Japeth (blue eyes, fratricidal, insane, gets cool one liners) how would you react to that

[good-wine-and-cheese]

Gambling Apocalypse Tenma AU

As I rewatch Kaiji I inevitably end up wanting to combine show I like with other show I like and stuffing fav characters into show. So here we are.

This was uh going to be a short summary type thing but I accidentally wrote a novella about it sorry

This AU starts off with a much more depressive Tenma. After Tobio's death, rather than immediately pour his grief into developing a robot version of his son, he recedes into himself, psychologically paralyzed, likely turning to alcohol to drown out his anguish.

His mental state is taken as an opportunity within the Ministry of Science to have him ejected from his position; Tenma was never the most well-liked director, and there were those with ambition to usurp him that would jump at the chance. Not that he especially cares in his state.

He's eventually dragged out of his stagnation by Ochanomizu - who, inadvertently, becomes the very catalyst pushing Tenma to develop a robot replacement to his child. This was not what he meant by encouraging Tenma to fill the void left by his son.

...But, well, he is no longer the director of the Ministry of Science. His access to limitless government funds and resources for "scientific research" has been cut off, and this is a project he cannot finance on his own. He can't ask Ochanomizu for help, but...interestingly...a representative of a certain shady organization known as the Teiai Corporation reaches out to him, offering to finance and support his project. A sane and well-minded Tenma might think better of it, but grieving and desperate, Tenma accepts their offer and is able to create a robot in the image of his beloved Tobio. For a while, there's joy in his life.

But the bill, as ever, comes due: Tenma must pay up, and the very resources that had been at his disposal will certainly ensure that he will, or else. Of course, he doesn't have the money; instead, he is given a choice. He can relinquish the robot Tobio in order to wipe out his debt - the child is a sophisticated and powerful robot, after all - or he can participate in a certain illicit event hosted by the Teiai Corporation.

It's nothing major...just a four-hour gambling cruise with a collection of desperate, damned souls that were also swept into debt with Teiai. The conditions are simple: Those who choose to participate are given a chance to clear their debts wholesale should they win. And should they lose...?

Well...no one really knows what happens to the losers seized by Teiai. It's said that they labour away their debts under Teiai's watchful eye and are freed once their work has covered their debts, though it's rumoured that most perish before they reclaim freedom.

There's only one answer Tenma can give, of course; he's not willing to lose Tobio again.

Thus is Tenma's debut into the Gambling Apocalypse, where he must become cutthroat in order to survive; if he wants to see his son again, he must make choices that will doom the hapless to miserable servitude, with a nonzero chance it ends in their death.

He survives the cruise, but of course, it was hardly enough to clear his debt; the cruise was never going to be the end of it. Teiai doesn't let go of its victims that easily. He will be called on again: this is a weight that hangs over him, all while he returns to his son Tobio. The same hands that have pushed innocents into hell must now be the hands that can embrace his child.

He wants to protect Tobio from the truth and enjoy what peaceful moments he's allowed with his son, but it's difficult. It's difficult to be the parent of a child who cannot understand the danger that looms ahead; this "happy" home is not to last. Tenma angers quickly and easily. He turns that anger onto Tobio.

As Teiai's games become more and more vicious and unrelenting, as his conscience holds onto the last vestiges of thread that remain, Tenma even threatens, once, to give the boy in: it would all end, then; the debt would be clear and no longer would he have to endure Tobio's childish annoyances, his ungratefulness.

The next time that Tenma is beckoned, Tobio takes matters into his own hands. He does understand, now; and he would have, if only Tenma had bothered to explain sooner. If it's a debt that needs clearing, he will work. He will help his father clear his debts however he can. Of course, it's difficult to find work as a child; but a circus troupe finds amusement in the idea of a child robot, and takes him in. He is whisked into a certainly unpleasant working situation, but he remembers his father, and what he must be enduring. Tobio, also, will endure.

When Tenma returns, Tobio is gone.

All that held Tenma back from becoming something monstrous has disappeared. All that kept him going has disappeared. When he is called upon by Teiai, there is no knowing what sort of person might come out the other end; whether a monster clawing his way to freedom regardless of what actions he must take, or a desolate husk surrendering defeat.

There is still a light, however dim: Found by Professor Ochanomizu and rescued from the circus, Tobio - now Atom - is able to shed light on the situation which Tenma took great pains to keep hidden from his old friend. With time running out, Ochanomizu and Atom must do what they can to save Tenma - from Teiai, and from himself.

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UHHH and that's a wrap!!!! I couldn't quite decide which way Tenma would go after hitting Rock Bottom in this AU, and tbh it would really depend on the kind of mental state he's in at the time. On the one hand I like the narrative of Ochanomizu and Tobio racing to prevent Tenma from crossing a line (actual outright murder probably) - or having to pull him back into humanity (and yknow, his ensuing penance)

But on the other hand having him get sent to Teiai Evil Hell Prison would be interesting because a) there's a lot of narrative potential having Tenma faced with what Teiai is doing with the people that lose the games and b) need him to decimate the foreman at chinchirorin Kaiji style

Tenma's whole character is definitely a much different guy in this AU, he starts off pretty sympathetic, the guy you wanna root for, he just ends up having an inverse character arc where he gets worse instead of better. His conflict with "Tobio" is also kind of reversed, less about being unsatisfied with Tobio as a son and more not being able to handle the fact that he probably has intense PTSD now and isnt capable of coping with it in a way conducive to being a parent (or like, coping at all)

Anyway that's gambling apocalypse tenma!!!

[unknown-user-offical]

Sorry if Muriels face is lopsided and weird, I've never drawn her before, but I'm dying to see her in S2 she looks so precious, 😫❤️. I had to draw this scene I randomly thought of while sketching zira and crow crow. I can completely see crowley and zira being checked on by muriel but, Maybe she just happens to walk in on a moment a conversation they were having.

[pkmn-smashorpass]

🐍 Snake people representation 🐍

[nyckie]

Poured extra water in my snake's water bowl and he went absolutely nuts striking at and trying to coil on the stream of water. Noodle you absolute fool.

[bangcakes]

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[realboutfatalfury]

finally finished zero escape 999

[creek-ink]

everyone,, Jezebel.

Jezebel, everyone

she's a silly little bullsnake w a busted tail that I found on the ground, and I love her

I would die for her

I would kill for her

kill

[apiratefellinlovewithastar]

extended family drama is so rewarding. I get to throw hands with ungrateful, two-faced bastards, but I don’t have to worry about formalities out of fear of backlash for my loved ones like I have to at work, where all I can do is take a deep breath before putting into practice the entirety of my costumer service charm.

[maideninorange]

Do the decades/time-periods the nonhuman Len'ens were born + raised in still have an effect on their personality, or have they kind of assimilated themselves with the times?

There is a short answer and a long answer to this question. The short answer is: yes. God yes.

The long answer is, of course, "it's complicated, and depends entirely on the individual." Youkai, like humans, typically reflect the time period one grows up in. A youkai born in the Yayoi Period is going to have a different first century than one born in the Edo Period, as a simple example.

Unlike humans, most youkai (or at the least the ones that survive their first century of life) live for hundreds, some even thousands, of years. This means that oftentimes, the world, as well as what it values, changes over and over again with little consistency between periods. For a lot of youkai, the centuries all just kind of blend together after a while. The oldest of youkai can even remember when humans lived in caves, so to them the Human Era as it is now would've been completely unthinkable.

But ultimately, it really boils down to how the youkai in question adapts. Many, as you put it, assimilate with the times. Sukune and Lumen are two great examples, both having (at least in my headcanon) been around since a little after Mugenri was founded. They've seen the rise and fall of many kingdoms and empires in that time period, and yet both merrily continue on with their lives, only stopping occasionally during those funny moments of clarity. If at all.

Others...Others, do not take the rapid pace of time very well and cling to their past like a life line. The Adagumo siblings are both easy examples of this. They've had a hellish first century of life in a very bloody period period of human-youkai skirmishes. And unlike plenty of other youkai their age, neither really made much of an effort to adapt to the current time period. Yaorochi and Saragimaru both carry a lot of perplexing at best and downright outdated habits and views at worst, and both will happily make them known to you if you let them. That's not to say the past is better in their eyes, just...what they're used to.

And of course, this isn't very clear cut, even if the youkai in question has a clear stance. Sukune commonly uses and recommends pottery styles and techniques from their first century. Yaorochi is perfectly capable of trying new things that may not have existed when they were much younger (even if they scorn modern technology from the Outside World). In the end, I suppose it is a mixture of the two. How much of both sides truly depends on the youkai in question.