There are many things people expect from one called 'God of Blood'. Always, the first thought is the blood of war, the blood of violence, the blood of the weak shed for the goals of the strong. Ares doesn't think of the blood of battle at all. When he thinks of blood, he envisions the many tied knots of blood bonds and bonds forged in the blood of battle. Blood sons and blood daughters, blood brothers and battle sisters, blood oaths and blood vengeance - he watches over them all and keeps close each one of these bonds.
One cannot begrudge his displeasure then when he realises he cannot tell Leto's offspring apart just by looking at them.
It was easier when it was just Artemis. Dark hair curled about her shoulders, a fierce mien whenever Father summons her to the mountain, a scattering of bones and blood shed whenever she was disturbed; the eldest child of Leto was a wild thing, sharp toothed with sharper claws always at the ready. There's whispers of her being a twin, of her other half being made to crawl on their belly as penance for their sin of god-slaying but Ares pays it little mind. What twins look alike among their number? Even dog litters are born distinct with all their unique markings inlaid in their fur. Artemis' twin too would be much more than their sister's mirror image.
Pouring over his list now, he wishes anything about Phoebus Apollo was that simple.
Mirror image did not begin to describe it. The twins were the same height, the same build, had the same colour and texture hair, ate the same raw food and drank the same amount of nectar. There was no difference in how they dressed, no difference in the company they kept, no variance in the weapons they used. There are some days Ares still cannot believe Phoebus will grow into a man and not some nymph with the way his ears have that slender point. He watches them now, sitting together beneath a shady palm and stringing their bows in an uncanny unison and curses because he still cannot tell them apart. What use is his skill in knowing blood when they both have the same damn blood running through their veins? What bond is there to sense when they are tied so tightly together, Ares can scarcely tell brother from sister?
He sighs. Unadorned and completely alone, the only way to know who is who is to speak to them. He'll have to find more ways to tell them apart from a distance. Surely they cannot stay this similar all the rest of their immortal lives.
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testing my luck to see if tumblr will accept the more subtle shots from this set 👀
[full explicit set on pillowfort]
⚠️ do not reupload or edit my shots without my permission ⚠️
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[ cw: technical child endangerment / ]
Y’know every time I see the turtle tots playing with their original weapons I’m always flabbergasted that Splinter let Leo have a literal sword as a small child.
And then left him unsupervised with it.
Like, at least the others had blunt weapons (though still dangerous in their own right, especially Raph’s blunt tipped sais) but Leo’s katana are so easily lethal that it’s a miracle he seemed to be a natural with them. Because, if he wasn’t a natural then…oof.
It’s at least a good thing he only got one sword at first and not his usual two. Splinter would’ve needed to count his lucky days because OOF.
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Cardan post QoN: btw I thought about you often even when I was linking with Nicasia lol
Jude: you fucking WHAT
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sometimes you just gotta take a sanity break and draw a thick body and soft curves and folds and rolls. y'know?
Anyways, here's some random lady body I whipped up real quick lol please be normal about this, I am begging you.
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Look I’m all for aroace rep in my silly little shows. But I genuinely can’t help but wonder if Luffy would be even AWARE he’s ace/ aroace. Like. He knows what sex is. And crushes. And romance and stuff. I mean he dogs on Sanji for it and ace if you read that one scene with Makino that way. But like he never strives for it himself. And sure a moment with Ace or with the bandits where they teased him about liking a girl or getting a girlfriend and he just. Couldn’t fathom the idea and that made him so confused that someone said “oh that probably means your ace/aroace” and Luffy has just accepted it, would be kinda funny and sweet
But it’s infinitely funnier if he doesn’t know. Like. He knows what it is and all that, but it’s never once occurred to him that it’s meant to apply to him too. Like, never once does think he’s meant to like someone. He’s meant to be king of the not smooch people!! That’s Sanji’s thing!! And like whether the crew is dating each other or not doesn’t matter, they have definitely talked preferences. And it’s been a on going mystery/joke to figure out Luffy’s type. They definitely thought he was gay for a little while but that idea eventually gets shot down.
Everyone eventually figuring out Luffy is ace/ aroace except ironically, Luffy.
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OMG I think I figured out what I was doing wrong.
The tutorial doesn't tell you that when you use the IGCS Connector Depth of Field addon in ReShade, you need to NOT be in performance mode. Hot tip!
Anyhoo, enjoy these eyelashes and this blurry Withers =)
I will no longer cry from frustration and I will actually sleep tonight. Mischief managed. Problem solved.
No, I did not play this game today. I did, in fact, only take pictures of Gale. And I have zero regrets. Will I play tomorrow? Or try to take better pictures than this? Yet to be determined.
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