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[dragmiire]

a quick rundown on my ganondorf for my non-zelda moots:

(a disclaimer for my zelda moots and passerby: this is MY interpretation of ganondorf, and my tethering of zelda lore, headcanons, and a hint of fanon. any branching off from existing canon is intentional, as nintendo cannot keep a consistent character to save their own lives.)

ganondorf is obviously the big bad of the zelda franchise (usually), and while traditional canon sees him as evil for the sake of evil/yearning for power, i like to partly spin it as a deep hatred for hyrule + a misguided effort to help his people. he comes from the gerudo, a desert-dwelling race who are regarded by hyrule/hylians (our classic white elf race) as thieves and the origin of ganondorf and thus bad. this changed in later games to now they are regarded as allies of the kingdom, but obviously we still hate ganondorf.

he is known as the demon king, and while it isn't explicitly stated, it's implied in later games that he is the origin of all monsters in hyrule. if we go by skyward sword lore, he's actually the reincarnation of hyrule's ruling goddess's enemy, demise, who wishes for hyrule's destruction + the acquisition of the triforce, a holy artifact in tloz. for my interpretation, demise exists dormant in ganondorf's mind--he awakens each time ganondorf is reincarnated and triggers the recollection of his memories and hatred of hyrule. ganondorf cannot permanently die due to demise's presence.

ganondorf is considered one of the most powerful beings in hyrule, and has nearly caused its ultimate destruction several times. his original goal in his first life was to conquer hyrule and expand the gerudo's territory due to envy of hyrule's greater resources and kinder environment. following the timeline of twilight princess, after his (attempted) execution and then sealing, when he returns to hyrule again and finds his people were all slain by hyrule to try and avoid another ganondorf-incident, he fixates on its destruction. this becomes his main motivation with each rebirth, simultaneously fueled by demise's hateful presence in his soul.

he is capable of all kinds of magic. he can conjure monsters from nothing, and his powers can impact the environment to the point of reviving slain monsters every cycle of the blood moon, when his powers are at their peak. he is capable of casting illusionary spells, invoking puppets that can serve as perfect doppelgangers of himself or others, can manipulate the weather and environment, and much, much more. he is a natural-born warlock, but also invokes much of his power from the triforce.

the triforce is a holy artifact created by the three founding goddesses of hyrule, created at the point where they three departed back for the heavens. it is capable of granting any wish that will last until the death of the wisher, and grants power to those who wield it. each piece represents one of the three goddesses, and each piece is reflective of power, wisdom, and courage.

ganondorf is the wielder of power, din's blessing. this power grants him nigh invulnerability, powers beyond mortal comprehension, and makes them much like a god. din is his patron deity, but he does not worship her, in spite of her unusual choice of continuing to bless him, as she is a deity of hyrule, not the gerudo. he obtained her power when making his wish upon the triforce to plunge hyrule into darkness, with the triforce's pieces splitting into three. while he obtained power, wisdom and courage were sent to the most deserving wielders--link and zelda. the triforce of power keeps him from dying unless slain by the master sword, a holy relic infused with the goddess hylia's power. hylia is the goddess of hyrule who was reborn into its first princess, whose divine bloodline still flows through the royals of hyrule today.

while he originally began his conquest of hyrule out of love for his people, it devolved into hatred and madness when obtaining the triforce of power. he is of clearer mind after several reincarnations and acclimation to his intense power after living his first life as a "normal" magic-wielding man, but still has a vendetta against hyrule

he is proud, resilient, strong-willed, and a warrior at heart. he believes in honorable fights even against the enemy, and treats link, goddess hylia's chosen hero, as an equal on the battlefield. originating from a nation of warriors, he takes pride in honoring their legacy. he is also arrogant, overly confident, and when he goes into a rage, it can have catastrophic consequences at the expense of his environment and his own body. he is known for transforming into a mindless, destructive beast when at his most desperate limit and will not stop his rampage until killed. he most commonly takes the form of a wild, demonic boar, but has also transformed into a dragon, a spider demon constructed partly of corrupted ancient weaponry, and varying humanoid monstrosities.

ganondorf is renowned for his cunning, his political power, and his manipulation. ignoring plot armor that makes certain key characters instantaneously wise to his foul intentions, he has manipulated past kings of hyrule into their own deaths, generated a cult-like following in multiple eras (the yiga of totk/botw being a key group, but also subvillains like astor, and nameless cults seeking his revival during death), and is much like an unstoppable force of nature.

he is also a fucking behemoth at around ten feet tall per the latest game he has appeared in, has a beautiful mane of red hair that his people are known for, and is often dripping in golden accessories and rubies. his signature colors are red, black and gold. his choice of weapon when not utilizing magic is a great sword, which is dwarfed in his hand and looks like a broadsword in size. after his attempted execution in twilight princess, he kept the sword they tried to kill him with and uses it in battle. he is otherwise capable of wielding all weapons, and is proficient in them all--he has been seen using single and twin katanas, a great bow, a claymore, his own two fists; if it can be used to kill it can be used by these hands.

[wolfythewitch]

Jon sketch

[psychokatrixxxy]

Batfam AU

Damian was captured by some villain, and Dick just saved him.

Nightwing: Why didn't you send a distress signal? You could have gotten hurt. What if I didn't get here in time?

Robin: tt, stop your incessant nagging, Grayson. I can handle myself. Besides, I did send out a distress signal.

Nightwing: Really, cause I didn't get it, and neither did B.

Robin, realizing something: Ah, I believe I may have alerted someone else of my capture then...

Nightwing: who-

He's cut off as a red figure barrels through the window, shattering it.

Red Hood, guns cocked as he looks around the room: Who the fuck do I need to kill?

Robin, deadpan: Impeccable timing as always, Akhi.

[rexalogy]

Every Taylor Swift song

[astraystayyh]

They have since left four premature babies to decompose on their beds. They have since kidnapped, stripped, tortured civilians and tried to frame them as Hamas fighters for their propaganda. They have since shot people at refugee camps execution style. They have since targeted academics and poets and directors. They have since killed 86 journalists. Still no ceasefire.

psa: i know that many of us did NOT doubt this for a second, neither did i. this is targeted at the people who educated themselves for the first time about this genocide and discovered the absolute horrific things that Israel is capable of doing to Palestinians, with the unwavering support of its allies.

[ambrosiagourmet]

I think one of the biggest tragedies of Laios & Falin and their relationship is how much his actions impact her life. But like. Specifically how much they WOULDN’T impact her life as much if they weren’t both stuck in such a shitty abusive situation.

This part of the Falin-tries-makeup daydream hour comic is what got me thinking about it again because truly it just... it seems like such a like an offhand comment that I'm sure Laios didn't mean to be cruel or anything. That's just like. A little kid not thinking about what they are saying. ESPECIALLY when the kid in question is Laios.

But man they depended on each other SO much as kids. Too much. It really feels like they didn't have any other source of positive reinforcement, or anyone else to share themselves with. So of course an offhand comment like that has a huge impact on Falin.

Or this little bit from one of the flashbacks:

This tears me apart. Do you think it tears him apart to think about? I think it does. I think Laios holds every small failure to care for Falin against himself.

And then there's the Bigger stuff. The way that him coping with his own trauma ended up impacting her.

Like his interest in monsters. Like him going to find a ghost, and accidentally revealing Falin's magic to the whole village in the process.

Like him needing to leave. And leaving her behind.

He shaped her life so much, and he carries so much guilt for it. And again, there should have been other people there to help. The same things that made Laios need to leave home are the things that made his leaving so hard on Falin. She ate alone after that. She shouldn't have had to eat alone just because Laios wasn't there.

She was 9 when he left for school, and he was 11.

Nine. And Laios feels like he failed her because he didn't stand by her through this better. As an eleven year old.

Both of these kids deserved so much better from the world.

[blumineck]

Hey, artists of tumblr (and general nerds), it's me, the archery guy! The one with the pole, you know, this one:

(I'm the human in there, not the animated characters)

ANYWAY, I need your help!

I know some of y'all are using my posts as art references (and that's GREAT! I love that!) And I want to maybe look into creating a better resource for artists, like a pose reference bank or something like that, but I don't know where to start?

So tell me: where do you go for your art refs? Are there specific photographers/pose banks I should get in touch with? Or if not, where would you recommend I start uploading my own? Patreon? OF (it doesn't HAVE to be porn you know)? A secret third option?

Let me know!

P.S. Here's some stuff that was lying around on my phone as tribute:

[spockvarietyhour]

Well, it's just, for some guys - not me - uh, but for some guys, you know, when they make it move, it gets all big and hard like a pimple and then it pops. And they say it can happen to anybody but it's still, it's, it's gross.

Fallout "The Trap"

Bonus:

[hurlyburlytopsyturvy]

i had these funni videos recommended to me and once the homestuck rot in my brain picked up on some dave coding— i couldn’t help myself ↓↓

↑↑ rewfewence CartierKy (TheCartierKy) on youtube

[oifaaa]

Listen listen is the Percy Jackson show making changes so big that even me with my horrible little memory is noticing - yes Do I care - absolutely not I'm still enjoying the show and the changes so far have just helped keep me on my toes bc wtf do you mean Percy has 4 pearls?!?? What do you mean the summer solstice has happened?!!? What is going on I need to know !!!!

[proxycrit]

(I point. Gently, in the voice of somebody who’s mind touched by the outer gods, i whisper truth in your ears:

Your honor the horses are now lesbians

(Anyways here’s the designs)

[rickybaby]

[mischievousdog]

Heir of Fenrir

[radiance1]

Danny has been reincarnated.

Which was an odd thing to realize, it wasn't even a slow one he just... snapped into it one day. One moment he was staring at a wall out of boredom the next, well, he was staring for an entirely different reason.

It was a task for his now young -he thinks around three years old?- mind to work its way through the memories, but it wasn't like he had much else to do honestly. So, what does he know?

His name is Danny, like, his actual name and not just a moniker. He was once a halfa and he already knows he's going to be missing invisibility and intangibility. He, well, died. For like, a second time which actually makes sense because reincarnation-

Anyways.

He was a clone of two people from this thing called the Justice League which, weird name but probably some government or activist group. Wonder Woman and Superman. Which were pretty weird names to name your kids but eh.

He doesn't really remember much besides that from this life, or the one from before but he's an adult! He'll figure things out once he gets out of this containment tube thing.

Did he mention he was in a test tube? He's a tube baby now. He thinks? Or maybe it's more like he's being contained.

Whatever.

So he breaks out. Thank you apparent superstrength that he has no idea why he has but he's not going to complain! He then wandered around all of the other test tubes, able to remember just enough of English to see that yea, they're dead.

He probably was too, before he had memories zapped into him. Or a vegetable.

He then finds this really big container, checks it out, then opens it because the clone inside isn't dead!

'Project Match' it said. He'll just call him Match.

Was he thanked for helping him? Nope. You would think that he would be thanked or at least somewhat respected for saving this guy but nope!

He was, quite literally, held up by his leg and dangled in the air. Who dangles a three-year-old?! Well, he was technically and adult but still! The next few things were a blur but after pulling off the old Fenton charm he found him and Match outside as he tried to stop him from attacking random people.

Luckily the charms and privilege of the youngest (he's assuming he's the youngest, because he's physically three) was more than enough to get through to him. Sure, the guy couldn't form words, really aggressive for literally no reason, really weird but also absolutely cool looking eyes. But he worked around the first issue by developing their own personal language from like grunts and stuff, the second he once again used his youngest privilege to boss him around and the third a pair of sunglasses easily fixed.

He just had to steer Match clear of those random S crest mark thingies. Which was a weird thing to hate but hey, he's not there to judge.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

demanding a series in the same vein (heh, vein) as Dexter/Hannibal wherein a prolific serial killer plays cat & mouse with the police--except the serial killer in question is a preteen schoolgirl. this would make for compelling television due to the fact that middle school frequently causes girls to become deranged, and more media should reflect this

[frogsandmagic]

“Kristen remember when we died?”

Oh my god why did it just now register to me that that’s like. Their first moment of really bonding with each other. They both died and realized how fucked up their perspective afterlives were, came back traumatized, and that’s like. Forever their first bonding moment as friends. Wild.