#or possibly axe

[thebluestbluewords]

I’m still thinking about the machete

For reference, this is a machete. (Pic taken from the Woodland Tools Heavy Duty Machete listing). As someone who used to sell knives as my Actual Job, a machete is pretty big! It’s not impossible to hide, but it’s big. It could probably fit in a thigh holster if you’re tall, which Jay…..isn’t, or in a back holster if you’re average height. So the machete is probably in a back holster of some sort, likely worn under his vest. They were usually sold with a holster/case of some sort, often with a space to thread it on a belt, which would work if he doesn’t care about concealing it.

This is an axe. (Photo taken from an amazon listing for throwing axes. We’re assuming it’s meant as a weapon here). It’s about as long as the machete, but weighted pretty differently. When I sold knives, axes often came in a plastic clamshell, while most of the machetes we sold came in a decently nice holster. Not that you can’t make or buy an axe holster, it’s just not something I saw as often. Typically, folks aren’t carrying around an axe for bushwhacking the way you might carry a machete. They’re not necessarily un-portable, but it’s a little less easy to whip out a concealed axe.

As a third reference, I’ve taken the liberty of copying this photo of “life size Jay Descendants cardboard stand-up” and marking where I think he could fit a concealed weapon. Not necessarily a machete/axe sized weapon, but a knife or bug spray can of Decent Size. Thinking palm sized or bigger.

We’ve got:

Two obvious vest pockets. Probably pretty small, but could fit a folding knife or a small bug spray.

Vest collar. The big fold feels like a prime location for a hidden pocket. He could fit a large knife in here, or maybe a Nintendo DS.

Hat. An obvious choice for the bug spray can. Keep those bugs away and any other secret stolen objects safe. We know he’s put things in here before because we literally see him doing it in the first movie.

a quick honorable mention for my back holster idea. I think this has the highest axe/machete potential. I think he could do it.

two standard pants pockets. We don’t know the size of the second one (covered by his vest….waist….thing) but knowing boy’s pants, they’re probably pretty big. He might be able to fix a machete in there. If he’s got a smaller axe (maybe a throwing axe?) he could definitely fit that in a standard pants pocket.

Thigh pockets? Access to a secret thigh holster where he can fit more knives? This seems like a good, likely option for bigger knives. Maybe not a full sized standard machete, because Jay is truly Not That Tall, but like, a big two handed knife? Sure.

Knee??? Pockets???? I understand that these zippers are probably there to indicate that he can zip his pants off into shorts, but in my heart he’s got little tiny pockets at his knees. These are too small to fit a machete. These are only large enough to fit isle snacks, which are small and sad because the children are starving.

okay, I know I said I’m done with the knee pocket thing, but why is there a little piece of knee armor on the right side? I can only assume it’s there to disguise a hidden pocket for thievery.

Boots. Shove some knives in the sides of those boots like we shoved our phones into our ugg boots back in 2010. Jay’s got some pretty chunky boots here, he could fit at least one knife in each, maybe two if he packs them right.

This has been hidden weapon time with blue! I still think a machete is WAY too big to hide anywhere but a back holster, but I support all of Jay’s hidden weapons and I’m mentally adding an axe to his pants in every scene now.

[xinyuehui]

09 ﹢ 魅せられた狂気

光·渊 JUSTICE IN THE DARK · 2025

[myc3l1uhm]

Janet Planet [and bill], the best character ever, from @tempusedax-rerum 's super epic and wonderful fic 'Then it becomes, it becomes, it becomes a problem'

close-ups of my favorite parts are under the cut. also Please click for quality. specifically her face that's my favorite part.

anyways that's it. if you somehow haven't read tibibibap yet, you really should. i generally don't like fics with an OC as one of the primary characters, but now she's my favorite out of everyone in there, so you absolutely have to.

i loved drawing this but i am so glad it's done, this took so long. yippee wahoo hoorah and all that jazz, now to torture myself artistically in other ways!

[molathesunfish]

is it any surprise that these two bleed directly into how i draw limbus rodion. anyhow i am reading a book

[abigail]

tidying my room and putting things on the bed that i need to move or whatever and i turned around to this visual.. honestly it could be an outfit like it’s a look

[neolxzr]

izuku's fanboyism is forever my favorite part of him

[antlered-vixen]

Very interesting lines to draw between trans liberation and Palestine; trans women as usual hitting the nail on the head. "Reflecting on the connection between her gender identity and her political outlook, Keidar Greenberg explained: “For the status quo to keep functioning, people are required to fulfil the roles in the system, like gears in a well-oiled machine. We must work, enlist in the army, kill, get married, start a family, and have children who will continue to serve the occupation, capitalism, and patriarchy … This logic is what trans people, [just] like refuseniks, undermine. That’s why we’re so scary, because the existing system and its reproduction is insured by us, the people, staying disciplined and obedient.”

[vaalthus]

The Lost Constellation

Alright, it's time I finally talked about this. Do forgive the rambling

I gotta say I my interest into further covered Atealan history was already piqued with the release of the Lost Constellation, and with it the introduction of Dardarayu and Yahvro.

What initially caught my curiosity regarding the lore surrounding these two mysterious beings was the design note that accompanied our encounter with them in the Inn

Now that first sentence is curious for a couple of reasons. The first being that it notes that the Ateala "rarely" sing of the legends surrounding these two figures.

To rarely speak of a particular point of history would seem to suggest that it carries negative or at least not the best of connotations within the minds of those telling the story, almost as if the subject were taboo. From my perspective, this a story with hushed breaths or ones meant serve as a warning to listeners.

The second note of interest is the fact that the design notes refer to this tale as a shifting nebula.

Nebula at their core are just a massive collection of dust and hot gas in space that either have the capacity to form new stars or happen to exist because they formed from the deaths of preexisting stars that went supernova. A fact that might make the story of both Yahvro and Dardaryu potentially that of a tragedy. What leads me to this thought process is that if we take into consideration the essence of what a nebula is, as has been established, then the text might be implying or alluding to the fact that these two characters held potential or promise but, either one or both, fell from grace or had tragic conclusions at the end of their story.

What makes me even more certain of this angle is the fact that the design notes state their constellation once "shone" upon their homeworlds. We know, based on what details can be derived in-game that time after time that the Ateala have either settled new planets on their own independently or were forced to due to one calamity or another, taking all their histories and culture with them as they did so.

When I think of the word "shone" in this context, it makes me think that the story of these two Atealans was one that previously made their people rather proud before it might have been regarded poorly or somberly.

The question here is this: What could have happened to have caused this shift in their perception? I believe the biggest clue lies solely with Dardarayu. When the Inn challenge for them was first released, three things about them immediately stood out to me: the fact that a good portion of their face was hidden in shadow, an all too familiar golden ornament, and of course the fact that their body and magic was coated in tithril.

Now admittedly, at first, I didn't think the portion of Dardarayu's face being hidden was any different from Isiri's face being hidden until I remembered that Isiri's face was obscured by the hood she wears. Dardarayu's face is completely out in the open meaning there's something about their expression the devs wanted to keep concealed beyond their simple smile. For the longest time, I couldn't figure what that could be until this last Mogloween event when we receieved both their mask and that of Yahvro.

I don't know about anyone else, but those squinted eyes seem to turn an easygoing smile into something that would appear to be more sinister in my view. Furthermore, what little can be derived from this expression is made worse by the fact that the text that accompanies this item, which merely state that "the stars weep," reinforces that the events that surrounded Dardarayu were ones that did not end on happy terms as far as the Ateala remember.

Then, there's that golden ornament that they wear. Prior to the release of their inn fight, we have seen it on two occasions. The first instance being the release of the Atealan Standard helm, the second time, and most alarming of the two, being the Star-Eating Serpent.

Based on their appearance and the appearance of the Standard helm, we can reasonably conclude that Dardarayu was the Unael of old that at one point in their history had rallied their people against an unknown adversary or adversaries. It's likely these battles Dardarayu lead against the Ateala enemies is why their reputation originally started on a high note when they became more well known.

Whether or not this was the reason they were declared an unael I cannot say, but we might be able to speculate they might not have completed their process in becoming a full-fledged unael, a suspicion possibly supported by Dardarayu's polearm weapon.

The description would seem to imply that while Dardarayu received the title of an Unael from the Empress, they hadn't actually gone through the process of being connected to the cosmos. Either that or they did go through the process but merely was among those that never merged with the Empress when they came back down. Regardless of which is the case, the details provided by the text lay it out flat that Dardarayu disappeared eventually and that no one knows what happened to them.

This would appear to be where the story for them gets left off on. They were a respected hero and then suddenly something happened to cause them to never be seen again and the Ateala mourn their lost hero forevermore. End of the story, right? See I'm not so sure.

As I mentioned previously, the obscured expression they give off seems very off during our encounter with them, I daresay it appears ominous. However, a countenance is obviously not enough to indicate that something suspicious has taken place.

Which brings me back to Dardarayu's powers. They're clearly based in tithril. Now if that's true then that has some concerning implications if it also happens to be true that tithril forms from the remains of dead Ateala, once their bodies have crystallized.

Now I don't believe this necessarily would have been problem for the Atealan people considering they crafted a weapon clearly made from Trithril and they were willing to follow someone who wore a helm made of the stuff into battle, but I think it does potentially connect to the reason why Dardarayu may have suddenly vanished without a trace.

There's also again that elepant in the room in which the Star-Eating Serpent has the exact same golden ornament attached to their head. The creature is also coated in tithril and was responsible for devouring the Ateala wherever they fled to until another unael, Anohirn, defeated them. Yet, in our boss fight with the creature, it too wears a similar adornment that was also held by another Atealan hero. I'm not entirely sure what the connection here is, but it's not looking too good to me at the moment.

That all being said, this leaves a final question: where does this leave Yahvro, our mysterious riftwalker, in the equation?

How do they fit with Dardarayu's story? Truthfully, I'm stumped on them. So, I'm gonna go through what little can be derived from them. We know based on their weapon's description that they were a well-regarded warrior within Atealan society, perhaps even an unael like Dardarayu.

We can infer they likely shared similar, if not the same, problems with Dardarayu based on the fact that their horn descriptions are identical.

And lastly we can speculate that in spite of an event or outcome that has taken place they're still listening to someone or something that might have caused that situation to have gone poorly.

What these all mean combined I couldn't say with clarity but given that we do fight both Yahvro and Dardarayu in the same place I'm going to suggest that either Yahvro followed Dardarayu wherever they vanished to or at least suffered the same fate they had in the end.

Ah, but that concludes my thoughts on these two. It'll be interesting to see if the devs cover them when we refocus on the Ateala as a whole in the future.

[inamemyselficarus]

Jonathan Sims: Hello, fellow protagonist of an audio-based piece of media that began the narrative as an ordinary human and, through interacting with malicious forces beyond human knowledge, turned into a monstrous being whose only tether to their previous humanity is the person they loved.

Odysseus: Um, what?

[yawningawning]

new kind of guilt just dropped for tabi to experience

[tumbleinthenet]

and i don't blame you if you want to bury me in your memory i'm not the girl i ought to be maybe when you tell your friends you can tell them what you saw in me and not the way i am

(no colorful bits version below)

[ligercat]

[dramatic-dolphin]

Why do the most ridiculous things happen in 7th grade summer camp? The one I was sent to was a Christian camp (a last-ditch misguided attempt by my parents to stir up religious feelings in me, I guess?), and we the campers were advised that we could not engage in "purple relations" (pink = girl, blue = boy, together they make purple). Some smart-ass asked if hot pink (girl/girl) and electric blue (boy/boy) relations were acceptable, which started a minor riot until the counselors got control again.

This was ALSO the same camp where there was a dance, and a boys' cabin came to serenade us (this was fucking MANDATORY for some reason) and then we girls had to serenade them back in acceptance??? DEEPLY weird and heteronormative. I ditched the dance and hung out with some other kids drinking root beer floats and playing foosball.

you cannot engage with the opposite sex but you MUST ritually serenade them! god this sounds so wild. i salute the smartass asking about gay relations at christian camp though lmaoooooo

and of course, the iconic 7th grade summer camp tradition of ditching the weird mandatory activity and just having fun instead. for some reason the adults liked to get real pressed about that. who knows why.

[thatlittledandere]

Librarians and elementary school teachers will do this too if you don't read to your damn kids

[sweetandglovelyart]

Knightfall in Dream Land - Page 17

Sword and Blade join up with Meta and his friends, and Meta finds his next opponents in Castle Lololo.

[chicago-geniza]

Made a "valiant effort" (quotes for white words) to sleep off my migraine but I woke up and still had a migraine #mymigraine