#new age fantasy

[neonjawbone]

little cooldown for today, supplemented with some sketches i did over my holiday.

do you think ushoran, mortarch of delusion, knows how cool he is

[huidol]

happy valentines 👍 day

[silver-horse]

I fucking LOVE how loyal the companions are to each other... and how their relationships are evolving with both each other and the player.

to all those people who think Larian is copying Dragon Age... well Dragon Age would never have this. where all the very fucked up companions who are in this shit together actually recognise that fact with common sense and they support each other despite any differences. Not only that BUT they recognise the similarities they have with each other and support each other based on that fact

Example: Astarion-Gale (how Astarion comments "he is a man of taste" if the player is a little annoyed with Gale and if player says that he wants to suck out magic lol Or when Gale is supportive like the "don't do it Astarion, it's not worth it, trust me, I know the temptation only too well" and so on...)

If this was dragon age then they would talk to each other like "how typical, ofc you are like this, dickhead" and trying to be helpful and supportive would be a 1 in a billion dialogue. they would only make shit worse for each other. and look... interpersonal conflicts could be a fun driving force of plot but in da it mostly doesn't drive the plot. they are just making shit worse for the other person even when it makes no sense and when they should be more friendly and understanding based on their own struggles.

Another example: Wyll-Karlach (their conflict actually does start the plot. it has a significance, it's not there for no reason. but even after that initial conflict they immediately become understanding of each other and supportive. they both dislike devils, they both want to escape from that situation etc. and they don't act like idiots who don't see that they are in this together. even though one of them tried to kill the other. one of them received horns because of the other. )

I could go on... but whatever, you get the picture. I just like this type of writing for interactions between characters.

[ride-a-dromedary]

After moving frame-by-frame for hours (GIF-making), I can confidently say that whether it be twitching animation cycles or maybe not a purposeful thing or what, Halsin's hands have a tremble to them when he moves them about.

Which in itself (while neat) is a tiny and easily missed detail because it's not inherently noticeable, but it's backed up by the fact that Orin - who seems to take traits both physical and verbal from her victims - very animatedly shakes "Halsin's" hands when imitating him (she does not do it nearly as emphatically with other companions she kidnaps, if at all). The key is that the traits she adopts do seem to be pre-existing. Ergo, Orin took that physical trait of Halsin's shaky hands - which would have been believable in itself - but dramatically increased it to 11.

tl;dr - Halsin's hands tremble/tremor when he talks. Thanks for listening.

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

chinese guzhuang fashion

[greenerteacups]

hi GT! thanks again for the great chapter—loved it (as usual).

just wanted to come on here to sing you praises with just how well you write touch/physical affection especially in the most recent chapter’s first half: draco & hermione being v touchy while entering hogsmeade vs. draco’s jealousy with ron + hermione, and how you depicted draco’s reaction to both (i.e., his awareness on just how not-platonic his actions were vs failing to see that ron and hermione might not be also sharing the same thing) and the way his jealousy flares up. it’s starkly real and engaging and you just leave us wanting more.

just wondering: would there be more platon-ish (or more) moments in the realm of Lionheart, since the books were PG?

hope u have a good day!!

Thank you very much! I hope you have a good day, too.

I think of Lionheart right now as a story that rides the line between PG-13 and R (for gore, and I guess also technically for swearing, since there's been more than one "fuck.") Those things will only scale up as the story goes on, to an extent that will soon surpass the books. If the original series can be split up into "children's / young adult" around the lynchpin of Book 4, I think of the volumes of Lionheart as "children's / young adult / new adult." New adult is, naturally, more capacious as a genre than young adult is, and I'm cautiously feeling out my comfort level in the new territory it opens up.

To be completely honest, I'm still making up my mind on how far to push past canon there. I know that explicit scenes are common and welcomed in the D/H fanfic space, to an extent even expected, but the jury is out on how much it will be relevant/necessary/something that I'll enjoy writing. (I'm aware that this is a totally confusing and not helpful answer. Friend, I also wish it was not like this.) Basically, I'm just trying to figure out what the story needs.

I guess the most I can say currently is that I'd definitely be comfortable writing it — I've written it before — and for the rest, I'll play it by ear.

[jessicaleesheppard]

Don't listen to those who say you can't. You can. I’m living proof.

[keeper-of-magic]

and now, for a new age, a new rain, to fall once again.

(face close ups under cut, because tumblr compression)

Five pebbles, Lord of Decay. (individual class iterator)

Big Sis Moon, Mistress of Water. (amorphous class iterator)

No Significant Harassment, Nexus of Gateways (omnipresent class iterator)

@fivepebbles

@no-significantharassment

@angeliteonfridgeduty

@monarchtonone (you and @restart-the-cycle will get your ascendant image soon)

@escortsrubicon

[fatehbaz]

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[creature-wizard]

Both pop culture media and New Age spirituality has made me realize that more people need to get a lot better at recognizing "racist trope, but applied to a magical/alien being."

[glimblshanks]

The thing about TNG is that the space aliens and moral quandaries are always like, the least insane part of the episode

[phonographica]

Francesca Heart - L'Inno Delle Oceanine Alla Bellezza E Alla Fortuna (2022)

[starlyht]

are we human because we gaze at the stars? or do we gaze at them because we're human?

independent fantasy multimuse.  loved by sheepy.

[fairmerthefarmer]

One time for character design practice I decided to draw Captain Drinian and also give him a sister except I’m not much of a writer so I don’t even have a name for her, all I know about her is that she’s an asexual lesbian, and like super strong or something.

Also I just want to believe that Lucy wasn’t the only woman on that ship the entire time.

[himejoshiangels]

only one episode out and I might have to become the #1 Kristen Applebees defender

[magioffire]

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