The fandom god discussion is interesting, but I feel it’s sometimes hindered by an unwillingness to separate gods from mortal society, or even a sort of over-eagerness to project our own reality onto them, which simply doesn’t work. I've seen the gods referred to as rulers or tyrants demanding worship (which I kinda understand because it’s something Ludinus says in-game, though it’s funny to see fandom corners confidently repeat the inaccurate talking points of the antagonist) but more interestingly I've also seen them referred to as a higher/the highest social class, as colonizers imposing themselves on mortals, the raven queen specifically as new money. Overall these comparisons tend to talk about the gods and their actions regarding Aeor in the past and predathos/the Vanguard in the present less as if they're about saving their own lives and more as if they want to preserve their powerful position.
The gods, by their very nature, are above mortals. They cannot be compared to any mortal ruling class because they didn’t choose or strive for that power and cannot feasibly get rid of it/step down/redistribute it (nor do they actually in any sense rule; killing the raven queen, unlike killing an actual queen, will not end the 'tyranny' of death), they simply have it by virtue of being gods. Saying that’s unfair or unequal and that the gods should be killed because of it is akin to saying it’s unfair a mountain is bigger than you and demanding it be levelled, except the gods, unlike mountains, are living, feeling beings who shouldn’t have to die because some people can’t stand the idea of not always being top dog. Thing is, the gods themselves ultimately understood this power imballance and that they can't help but hurt Exandria the way humans can't help but step on bugs, and thus removed themselves from the equation by creating the divine gate. Saying this isn’t enough and that they're clinging to power is just demanding they line themselves up to be killed.
High with you, waiting for the sun to smile on everyone"
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I finally made my Pink design yesterday and drew a few sketches too! Also, here's my Victim ('s hair) redesign because I didn't like the high braid so much <3
I have one more but I drew it while really sleepy and the proportions are all fucked up lol
special thanks to: @black-suns-rim @felix-krain @mistyplace-ghost @lonksadventures and @kokosovc for the art, @bongoplayingkrilltamer for resh marriage and that dancing gif T>T and also whoever owns that resh model vid T>T
“The Pale Court was a wondrous place full of the age's greatest heroes. Ahh! Looking at you now, I can easily imagine you standing amongst them.” - Dung Defender
Hollow Knight Anniversary!!! Eyyy!!!!
I’ve always loved the Five great knights and the pale court, just imagining what they did before the fall of Hallownest is so cool. Also “Pale Court” is one of the best songs in the hk soundtrack, fight me. (Tis below GO LISTEN TO IT, ITS SO GOOD)
I've always found Alexander Saburov interesting, especially P1 Rubin's take on him where he tells how Alexander in incognito saved people from burning house and went unrecognized for the deed (nor flaunted it). Wonderful and easy to miss characterization.
YES saburov's fucked up sense of performing duty by putting himself at risk... my favorite... have had thoughts brewing in response to this that aren't quite cooked enough yet but it's very much a gendered standard that he holds himself to IMO, of idealized masculinity as a responsibility. as an active role and as the way things must be done. making the choices that he thinks need to be made regardless of how bad they are for him. pairing beautifully with katerina's self-destructive attempts to conform to the extremely feminine-gendered role of mistress, pairing wonderfully with the two of them's catastrophic attempt to conform to the heteropatriarchal nuclear family archetype by adopting the changeling :^) and especially how this is a function of how saburov relates to his Job, a role that's been passed down in his family and Actually Is critical to the function of the Town, inescapably so as long as the system of rulers exists
brain: but steren gets told his parents will be alive in this universe by azura. he just has to find them
me: please shut uppppp
brain: and mephala interferes and drops him in skyrim super early in vivi's adventure before vivienne even knows who he is. meanwhile neht and ryn are just getting memories from a different timeline of a son they had and freaking out looking for him when they get the word azura and boethia are fighting over vivec and azura lets it loose that mephala interfered and drop neht and ryn's son with vivec so now everyone is fighting and scrambling to get to skyrim
me: this is chaotic nonsense.
me: why are you STILL making me think about it im not gonna write two of these aus
rest in peace cross duel, here are my fanmade cross duel gijinkas i did donkey months ago (these two are based off kraken and penguin, my favourite fluffal and frightfur!)
the dimensional dragons are all girls because i wanted them to match odd-eyes and i even cooked up a fantasy plot for them to be actors in (more in tags)
i had a vision of green hair girl to be a harem queen a la gudako so bad
Thinking about how the second Lucifer set foot in the hotel, Alastor immediately was filled to the brim with contempt towards him. We know it's because he can't tolerate not being the most powerful being in the room and just had to find a way to antagonize him, but you know what else is there? Everyone in the hotel knows at that point that Lucifer has been an absent father for some time.
Now what is the most common theory about Alastor's own father?