#the light swordsman

[ask-prismaknight]

O-oh dear ^^;; I think Mochi might've imprinted on more than one person when he landed 👀 Is DMB prepared to be a "father figure"?

"I think it's best that he stays with Prisma...I don't want him to...

...well...

...be like me."

[villanelleskiss]

you know what, literally fuck off 

zelda turned herself into a dragon, for link, to restore his sword. when she says “link, i will restore the master sword for you”. heavy emphasis on you. she knows that link is the only one who can defeat ganondorf. her trust and absolute faith in him is so strong, she chose to lose her entire self just so link could have a hint of a chance of killing ganondorf in this time. but it’s the way that we find the sword on the light dragon and we go to pull it, that she instantly tries to throw him off, bc she doesn’t know it’s link at first. until he’s able to hold on does she finally realize that it’s him, it’s her hero, retrieving his sword that she has been repairing and knows that she is finally back in her era and he found her and lets him take his sword back. the sword that feels like it was made for him, that skyward sword link made it just so this link would one day wield it. with other link’s it feels like we were just borrowing it, here, it feels like it absolutely belongs to link, it’s his sword and nobody elses. but we know that one day it will return to its pedastal until our next hero pulls it, in the face of evil and that zelda recognizes this even as she returns to traverse the endless skies, waiting for the moment link goes to meet with ganondorf, unknowing of what the demon king would eventually do, prepared for a turn of events to be the last stand against ganondorf in any means possible so link will not fall, her protectiveness over him even as a dragon, her strength and pure light saved hyrule. 

[science-lings]

i just think that Wild should come back to the chain with a magic rock, I mean it's not like he would be the only one with a magic rock, Look at Twi's shadow crystal or Wind's walkie-talkie necklace, and what would we call all of Legends rings if not wearable magic rocks? The ocarina of time? MAGIC ROCK with some holes in it. You know what Hyrule's magic sword is made of? THAT'S RIGHT! MAGIC ROCKS

And guess what was left behind with no explanation in totk, that had a whole quest attached to it that stood in parallel with a bunch of other versions of the same scene where someone gets a magic rock? MINERU'S secret stone, SPIRIT SAGE LU WILD LETS GO

[t-u-i-t-c]

make me choose

tetsuo daishinji or neon kurama → tetsuo daishinji

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

What’s your opinion on cross guild? I’m sending this on anon because I kinda hate them while everybody loves them. I think it’s because Buggy is my favourite character and I just can’t see it as anything other than abuse😭 Do you think their dynamic will change? Is my opinion based on unconditional clown love?

i think the fanon toxic polycule concept is kinda funny? like, the idea of buggy continuing to fail upward in life into a triad with two very powerful people who started out hating him? hysterical. does it have a strong basis in canon? no. just about every buggy ship has to be taken with a grain of “let’s ignore the reality of the situation here” salt. my own buggy ship is not immune to this! but cross guild… really needs that seasoning.

in canon it’s more a hostage situation than a relationship—albeit a pretty slapstick hostage situation, as despite their best efforts mihawk and crocodile cannot control buggy or his followers at all, and the injuries buggy takes are treated pretty lightly by the narrative.

in that context, it makes sense that sexual interpretations of cross guild would have strong vibes of either bdsm or ipv. i’m not surprised it’s upsetting for you.

in the end, it’s something i could be convinced to read a mundane au about, where dynamics are always softened to better fit the setting, but that’s about it for me re: the trio. i don’t expect their dynamic to change much, even if buggy manages to rope them into going along with his one piece questing, and i don’t much care.

now, the pairs within the trio?

crocodile and buggy is just “give me my money” -> flight response -> threats of violence -> fawn response -> actual violence -> desperate fawn response. good god. i get why it brings out certain impulses in certain readers—buggy begs to lick the man’s boots, ffs—but it does not really do anything for me, and i don’t expect that to change. crocodile wants money and power, which buggy respects because same, but as he has less of both he can’t really offer crocodile much of anything, and crocodile seems very aware and disdainful of that.

buggy and mihawk is theoretically very fun for the same reason luffy interacting with either of them is fun: they all have a connection to shanks that makes their interactions with anyone else who knows shanks so weird. they cannot be normal about that guy. in practice, none of that has shown up, we’ve just seen mihawk offended by buggy’s personality/reputation/aesthetic and buggy flinching away from his glares. (i can’t imagine mihawk punching someone, so i suspect all of buggy’s injuries came from crocodile… probably because the only way mihawk could actually hurt buggy would be with lethal force.) i’m hopeful, as has been indicated in previous mihawk posts, that we’ll get something more here eventually.

mihawk and crocodile legitimately made me go oh, hm in that first cross guild chapter. crocodile calls this guy up out of nowhere to say, “hey, i notice your job security kinda sucks right now, want to join my company? we have a lot in common… we both hate other people…” is there a history between these two, or did crocodile just get good vibes off him the one time they both bothered to show up for a warlord meeting? i want to know more. if these two ever get rid of buggy, would they actually be any good at managing baroque works 2: crossy guild? idk. i suspect without a scapegoat to redirect their anger onto they’d start having unavoidable personality conflicts, regardless of their managerial competencies, but even that could be fun to watch fall apart.

[epsilonics]

Lysander: [has a crush on Cassius]

Lysander: [has a crush on Seraphina]

Lysander: [sees Diomedes, a 50-50 mix of Cassius and Seraphina] holy fuck --

[best-kirby-character-tournament]

Round 3B Wave 2:

Team Butterfly Wings and Cooking Pots (Papi [Kirby of the Stars: Meta Knight and the Knight of the Underworld] and Chef Kawasaki [Specifically from Kirby: Right Back at Ya'!]) vs. Dark Matter Blade/Swordsman (Kirby's Dream Land 3)

Wiki/clip/theme:

Team Butterfly Wings and Cooking Pots: Papi and Chef Kawasaki

Dark Matter Blade/Swordsman

The winner will move on to the next round! If they tie, or one of them wins by 5% or less, they’ll both continue on as a team (the team limit is 3!)!

[bks-blogs]

A wonderful art-piece of Angel Demon and Regime Demon duking it out in a clash between light and darkness, commissioned by my good buddy DarkDemon090! "Demon from the main 101DS universe is brought into an alternate universe where Camden is ruled by Cruella and his tyrant counterpart by T.R.A.D to help them. Demon agrees and gets a new sword Shining Dawn and Angel powers from AU Angel Daisuke! The final battle has just begun, and Angel Demon is battling his alternate counterpart, Regime Demon to end his tyranny and redeem him from Cruella!" Whew!! Now this, my dedicated pups, was probably the toughest commission artwork I've drawn... so far! This one was where I had the rare opportunity to test my artistic limits of character anatomy and posing, especially when I was drawing two Demons clashing swords against each other! Despite the tedious process of getting the poses right though, it was totally worth my aching paws! Demon belongs to DarkDemon090 himself

[ayasenisan1713]

Raon: I’ve spent one week cultivating without eating nor sleeping and discovered that I could make you surpass your limits even more than I thought. Let’s train, my underlings!

Light Wind Squad: *take out their swords*

Light Wind Squad: Let’s kill him guys. This is the only way we can survive. *attacking*

Raon, smiling softly: Voluntary training is even better.

Light Wind Squad: Die! You demooon!

Gambling Monster: …Are you trying to kill them?

[takunwilliams]

qui gon jinn 2024

[ljaesch]

J-Novel Club Announces Nine Light Novel and Eight Manga Licenses

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[dial-p-for-placey]

Got commissioned to draw Guts and Griffith from Berserk and I’m always a sucker for aiming you sword at your buddy’s throat

[furryeaglebarbarian]

Goldenrise valkyrie 

[t-u-i-t-c]

Giftober 2023 │ Day 15: Grief

Touma + Grieving Kento

[ifeelfreewithoutmyshoes]

I am nothing if not predictable