#without its rider…

[cozylittleartblog]

Columbo and the Knight (1984)

put me in the universe where Columbo ran through the 1980s and had a crossover episode with Knight Rider. I think they deserved it, and I am not just saying that because they're my two favorite Old Shows. @telebeast wrote a little fanfic blurb about it and I HAD to visualize it into a comic (which is also the longest comic I have finished thus far at five pages...), so writing credit goes to them.

Autism W!

[ozfi]

lakia throwing shit at hanty

[yuliciagaming]

the “he would not even let me comfort him” part from saint in a play of light and shadow really gets me because its sandwiched right between arrivals’ tomb rider where saint distracts osiris from panic with candy corn and then seraph’s warmind avatar mark (and equivalents) where saint coaxes osiris into admitting his frustrations are fuelled by him being afraid that he’s broken. because the second it’s actually osiris both before and after sagira he seeks saint’s comfort. his want for that is a noticeable part of him. savathûn’s version of him was made on the assumption that a cold, private man like osiris with ‘few friends and many enemies’ would have kept his pain to himself but the reality is that while he is private, he more often than not takes steps to share his vulnerabilities with saint. it’s one of the most damning inaccuracies of savathûn’s recreation. uweh…

[neechees]

I just had the sudden thought that since we've gotten a couple of Native Lacrosse Sports films, we should also have one for Indian Relay Races

I just keep thinking of that rider at the Calgary Stampede from last year I think where they literally did that move Legolas does from LOTR when he like defies gravity and swings onto his horse while grabbing onto it from the other side

[firecurls-27]

Also I guess happy Father’s Day to jet the hawk’s unrevealed yet CANON dad.

Crazy how jet gets a canon parent before Sonic does-

[gavv-hannah]

finals done so im sharing gavv related shenanigans during class

[actuallytalldumbass]

RAAAAHH! ANOTHER ONE! bit different technique/ look wise than my usual stuff cause i used a halftone filter and shit but i gotta admit this looks pretty good! works well with the theme

not alex having to deal with SCORPIA once again. you can see how resigned he already is 😔 justice for mt boy! he needs a real not-mission-tainted vacation!

based on this amazing amazing art by @agressive_poetry on IG (↓)

[violentdelightshavevioletends]

The fact that Rebecca opens Fourth Wing with a quote warning us that riders die without their dragons…

… and then ends the book by doing just that… yeah, that’s one that will haunt me forever.

[kaliido-s]

If I get one more comment telling me the comic reminds them of HTTYD…

[audiovisualrecall]

i dont know why dragonriders as a concept exist in the society/culture of my story/comic and im totally stuck on this. even tho its completely background to the short story/comic which is the main thing i want to write/create/draw. but its driving me nuts if i dont have the background decided for all of it. because i dont want it to be a copy+paste of the original inspiration for the story

(which was dragonriders of pern, by way of my iron man crossover fic where tony impresses a queen dragon).

like i want it to be...its own thing...but without having to cut out and rethink things i'd already decided on/foundational elements of the story that i dont want to change and doing so would make a totally different story...

[cozylittleartblog]

i would like to share this VERY handy tutorial on drawing cars by the ever-immaculate EtheringtonBrothers (twitter, instagram)

[sonknuxadow]

idk if this makes any sense but to me jet being obsessed with sonic to the degree that he is feels like it's something that could be a fandom exaggeration with very little backing but then you go play the games with jet in them and find out it's literally real and true. world so beautiful

[girlwiththegreenhat]

columbo button

columbo button

[trans-poppy]

PLEASEEEEE please tell me that scene meant that sachika could either be a secret stomach or a tease into her possibly becoming a rider🥺

[wazzappp]

Ok @moosemonstrous here we fuckin go.

OK SO. I apologize if it comes off more Evangellion than Pacific Rim but I thought that making The Charger more slender would help to differentiate it and allow for a focus on agility (also helps it to look more skeletal and unsettling).

The Charger is built in layers. An outer layer that constitutes the armor, a thinner covering, metal scaffolding, secondary thin covering, and then finally the essential wiring that makes the 'nervous system' of the Jaeger. Most of the damage (corruption scars, nicks, paint chipping) is just cosmetic, and the structural nature of the Jaeger is intact.

HOWEVER. The same can not be said of the reactor core. At some point (maybe during Eli's death?) corruption made its way behind the main fans of the outer engine and into the main reactor that powers the Jaeger. In theory this should lead to a catastrophic failure, but in this instance Im thinking there was a chemical reaction that essentially stabilized the corrosive nature of the Corruption (were gonna circle back to that).

For the most part my version of Robbies suit is fairly standard. I added an orange tint to his helmet screen for flavor because hey. Why not.

The spine of the suit is probably newly integrated to allow for an updated interface, I imagine theres at least a little development in the technology between the time Eli dies and Robbie comes into play. That would make the suit a weird mishmash of past and new technology which could be VERY fun.

Also I LOVED the white accents @cicada-candy added for their design but I didn't want to steal ideas so I just added it in my own places. Your art fucks severely bro I just wanted to make sure and let you know that <3

TIME FOR MY FAVORITE PART: SPECULATION ABOUT THE CORRUPTION AND ITS THEORETICAL GENETIC EFFECTS IN DOSES ON A SUBJECT!!!!!! (AKA self indulgence part 2 electric boogaloo)

I believe you mentioned the Corruption being a Neurotoxin which would be Very fun and VERY cool but I also have a suggestion. Mainly because you also referenced an increase in Robbies strength, as well as another person who got fuckin deaded shortly after.

A rapid growth in muscle density to allow for this strength would be very interesting, but why would the Corruption cause that? Simple answer; it isn't. At least not intentionally. Whats actually happening is a kind of nerve damage that changes the brains regulation of muscular exertion. Our brains really only let us use a certain percentage of our real strength, because if we just let loose and used it all we would cause significant physical damage to ourselves. Like. ripping your own tendons free from their anchors. you could break your own bones. you would die SO fast bro.

Now it is POSSIBLE to access this strength in situations of extreme stress and thats how you get people lifting cars off of loved ones, but this does still cause damage. It also gets more complicated when you consider Fast Twitch muscle reactions but for the sake of simplicity: You Would Die.

So a release of cortisol and other stress hormones, combined with a lessened ability to control strength. This means they would be USING that strength A LOT against ANYONE AND EVERYONE. But maintaining this sort of metabolism is not reasonable. Someone suffering from Corruption would likely also suffer from Hypoglycemia fatally. So extremely strong, extremely scared, and extremely short lived is the kind of deal we would be talking about here.

SO. Having said ALL OF THAT. WHAT IS ROBBIES DEAL. Well heres my proposal: The Corruption is a virus that causes neurodegenerative disease.

If Robbie was exposed to very small amounts of it as a child, it's possible it was inactive or defective, which would have allowed for an immunization point. Its also highly possible that this is a virus that can not survive (well i say survive very lightly. theres significant debate as to wether viruses are actually alive at all but I digress) outside its usual area AKA Inside a demon. He could have been exposed through contaminated water, direct contact, maybe even breathing burned version through the air. Either way, he came into contact with a weakened version of the virus and it helps him later on.

As he comes into DIRECT contact with Corruption via plugging into The Charger this is when we would start to see some more interesting effects. This Corruption would still be different though because of the aforementioned stabilizing chemical reaction in the reactor. Also, because I think Eli's DNA would be integrated into it. This provides Robbie with genetic compatibility for the virus to jump off of. Remember, viruses don't want to kill a host, they just want to reproduce as much as possible (which does end up killing a host but still). And a fun fact about viruses is that we never actually get rid of them, we just get rid of the symptoms. Once you have it its in you forever.

SO. 1. Immune response from Robbies body begins to cause the nervous damage that would allow for his rapid increase in strength. 2.Immune system recognizes the genetic material is familiar (Eli doing something good even inadvertently I guess). 3. Immune system neutralizes the virus and incorporates it into Robbies genetic coding. All good right? Happy ending? WRONG.

BECAUSE WHEN THERE ARE COPYING ERRORS IN YOUR DNA (SOMETIMES FROM VIRUSES) WHAT DO WE CALL IT?? DING DING DING 10 POINTS TO THE MUTUAL THAT SAID ✨MUTATION✨

This virus still carries genetic material from demons, this would also be getting integrated into Robbies DNA. Places like his spine which would have the most regular contact with the Corruption would probably take the brunt of these changes. It's possible that the nerve damage never truly goes away and he continuously tears and then rebuilds those muscles, resulting in overall increased strength thats technically?? stabilized?? Also I could totally see his body going 'oh shit were finally growing with decent access to fuel? BET' and just. Reactivates the growth plates in his bones ('Look! I've fixed his runt of the litter insecurity!' 'YOU FUCKED UP A PERFECTLY GOOD PILOT IS WHAT YOU DID. LOOK AT HIM. HES GOT ANXIETY ABOUT THE STATE OF HIS HUMANITY').

Oh yeah its also worth noting that this would be like. Pretty painful. We're talking constant soreness, cramps, deep aches that just won't go away. General suffering <3

Of course tapetum lucidum OF COURSE TEEF obviously as if I could go without it. You can get funky with mutations because hey. fucky wucky demon genome integration whoop whoop. Also could be interesting to see damaged areas on the Charger manifest on Robbie as damaged tissue. His skin says 'AH. Damage' and copies itself as scar tissue instead of the usual.

Oh god Ive been writing for a solid hour and a half I was supposed to be asleep a while ago ok. Moose I love this au and its making me unwell thank you for sharing with the class I hope you will consider my virus proposal for body horror purposes.

[kamenridermach]

cringetober day 1: unnatural eye color !!