#zero the apprentice

[diothethief]

They’re here! :3

Zero is my MC (unlike Dio, who’s an OC), they came back wrong :)

Full sprite soon…..

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[shyranno]

I've been sad lately so I've been trying to boost my serotonin by drawing Jedi AU youngling trainer Maul (who I affectionately call Dad Maul)... it works :))

[iceagebaby]

obsessed with @mudpuddless king halt au, ive been thinking a lot

crowley is in denyal, he is just hibernian RIGHT?

i also have some skeches of halt in regal clothing, but im not a fan of them, and i cant find accurate irish royal clothing to use as reference, what i drew was just making it up as i go

[kerink]

I hope it’s okay to just drop some thoughts I was having about Dipper and Stan for your au here! I was just thinking about them isolated in that little apartment and how I’m sure they weren’t provided with any like entertainment. I think it would be a really rough adjustment for dipper who would want to immediately be working on an escape plan. But I think Stan would probably be the best equipped of the family to handle the situation. He’s been to jail and eaten his way out of the trunk of a car. Like, he’d know how to plan escapes under a warden’s nose and keep himself somewhat entertained in the process. I think they’d argue at first but eventually dipper would realize that Stan is also trying to help them escape, he’s just going about it more subtly.

To pass the time maybe they play games that don’t need too many pieces for. Maybe dipper comes up with like an augmented D&D&MD that’s mostly verbal or maybe Stan gets his hands on some cards. They’d probably feel guilty if they start having too much fun though.

I know they are being watched but Bill is distracted by other things so maybe they can get away with a little more than the others, especially if they play up giving up. But it’s a real panopticon situation. They could come up with some kind of code that they can communicate through the games they play. Like playing a certain card means something or they use the plots of D&D&MD to talk about what’s going on in real life.

Thanks for letting me ramble and for making this au it’s so fun!

i seriously love this!

i was also thinking about what they could do for fun too, and was thinking about stan trying to teach dipper to box lol not just because it's something they can do and it fits in with stan and dipper's existing relationship arc, but also because it calls back to dipper's previous character development: him thinking he's useless without the journals, but once gideon kidnaps mabel he's like i don't need magic i can just beat your ass. so dipper already knows the value in having a good left hook, knowing he can be smart and strong, cunning and violent.

i love stan seeming like he's flippant, like he's given up, like he doesn't care about what's going on when it's really just a facade he's putting on to keep everyone calm and relaxed. he's trying to be the stable rock the kids and ford can cling to. stan believing there isn't much he can practically contribute in this situation, so settling for the emotional home base, the place where busy minds can rest.

but i hadn't even considered what you said about stan having been to jail before and how that would impact him. it's sooo incredible it has me feeling a bit crazy. because you're RIGHT. he knows what it's like to sit in a box and stare at a wall. he knows what it's like to play verbal chess with a mob boss. he knows what it's like to be two-faced with an unjust warden. as much as ford is teaching mabel to steel her heart and have a poker face and dance along with bills game, stan can teach dipper the exact same thing

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

Obi-Wan's look of exasperation when Anakin starts flirting with Padme the second he sees her will never not be funny

[stellaclaw]

had a cat give birth in clangen and imemdiately become the worlds biggest hater of her 1 month old child

[snobgoblin]

you know how in Muriel's route Nadia gives your mc an outfit to travel in the cold with

yeah anyway I'm trying to design that currently and I'm mcstruggling. thank you for the inspo insta

[swrepisodebracket]

Star Wars Rebels Episode Bracket FINALS

[falconfate]

Hello ranger’s apprentice fandom can we talk real quick about the stupidest thing Flanagan ever wrote

It’s about the bows. Yanno, the rangers’ Iconique™️ main weapon. That one. You know the one.

Flanagan. Flanagan why are your rangers using longbows.

“uh well recurve arrows drop faster” BUT DO THEY. FLANAGAN. DO THEY.

the answer is no they don’t. Compared to a MODERN, COMPOUND (aka cheating) bow, yes, but compared to a longbow? Y’know, what the rangers use in canon? Yeah no a recurve actually has a FLATTER trajectory. It drops LATER.

This from an article comparing the two:

“Both a longbow and a recurve bow, when equipped with the right arrow and broadhead combination, are capable of taking down big game animals. Afterall, hunters have been doing it for centuries with both types of bows.

However, generally speaking and all things equal, a recurve bow will offer more arrow speed, creating a flatter flight trajectory and retain more kinetic energy at impact.

The archers draw length, along with the weight of the arrow also affect speed and kinetic energy. However, the curved design of the limbs on a recurve adds to its output of force.”

It doesn’t actually mention ANY distance in range! And this is from a resource for bow hunting, which, presumably, WOULD CARE ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING!

Okay so that’s just. That’s just the first thing.

The MAIN thing is that even accounting for “hur dur recurves drop faster” LONGBOWS ARE STILL THE STUPID OPTION.

Longbows, particularly and especially ENGLISH longbows, are—as their name suggests—very long. English longbows in particular are often as tall or taller than their wielder even while strung, but especially when unstrung. An unstrung longbow is a very long and expensive stick, one that will GLADLY entangle itself in nearby trees, other people’s clothes, and any doorway you’re passing through.

And yes, there are shorter longbows, but at that point if you’re shortening your longbow, just get a goddamn recurve. And Flanagan makes a point to compare his rangers’ bows to the Very Long English Longbow.

Oh, do you know how the Very Long English Longbow was mostly historically militarily used? BY ON-FOOT ARCHER UNITS. Do you know what they’re TERRIBLE for? MOUNTED ARCHERY.

Trust me. Go look up right now “mounted archery longbow.” You’ll find MAYBE one or two pictures of some guy on a horse struggling with a big stick; mostly you will actually see either mounted archers with RECURVES, or comparisons of Roman longbow archers to Mongolian horse archers (which are neat, can’t lie, I love comparing archery styles like that).

Anyway. Why are longbows terrible for mounted archery? Because they’re so damn long. Think about it: imagine you’re on a horse. You’re straddling a beast that can think for itself and moves at your command, but ultimately independently of you; if you’re both well-trained enough, you’re barely paying attention to your horse except to give it commands. And you have a bow in your hands. If your target is close enough to you that you know, from years of shooting experience, you will need to actually angle your bow down to hit it because of your equine height advantage, guess what? If you have a longbow, YOU CAN’T! YOUR HORSE IS IN THE WAY BECAUSE YOUR BOW IS TOO LONG! Worse, it’s probably going to get in the general area of your horse’s shoulder or legs, aka moving parts, which WILL injure your horse AND your bow and leave you fresh out of both a getaway vehicle and a ranged weapon. It’s stupid. Don’t do it.

A recurve, on the other hand, is short. It was literally made for horse archers. You have SO much range of motion with a recurve on horseback; and if you’re REALLY good, you know how to give yourself even more, with techniques like Jamarkee, a Turkish technique where you LITERALLY CAN AIM BACKWARDS.

For your viewing enjoyment, Serena Lynn of Texas demonstrating Jamarkee:

Yes, that’s real! This type of draw style is INCREDIBLY versatile: you can shoot backwards on horseback, straight down from a parapet or sally port without exposing yourself as a target, or from low to the ground to keep stealthy without banging your bow against the ground. And, while I’m sure you could attempt it with a longbow, I wouldn’t recommend it: a recurve’s smaller size makes it far more maneuverable up and over your head to actually get it into position for a Jamarkee shot.

A recurve just makes so much more SENSE. It’s not a baby bow! It’s not the longbow’s lesser cousin! It’s a COMPLETELY different instrument made to be used in a completely different context! For the rangers of Araluen, who put soooo much stock in being stealthy and their strong bonds with their horses, a recurve is the perfect fit! It’s small and easily transportable, it’s more maneuverable in combat and especially on horseback, it offers more power than a longbow of the same draw weight—really, truly, the only advantage in this case that a longbow has over the recurve is that longbows are quicker and easier to make. But we KNOW the rangers don’t care about that, their KNIVES use a forging technique (folding) that takes several times as long as standard Araluen forging practices at the time!

Okay.

Okay I think I’m done. For now.

[nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius]

Having roleplay lore with friends is great because sometimes it irreversibly changes your perception of canon characters. I'm just out here watching Cad Bane in Tales of the Underworld like oh yeah, there's Crosshair's dad

[thejohnlockedfemboy]

Some lesser-known fandoms I'm a part of...

Frasier ( tv show ), Seinfeld ( tv show ), The Middle ( tv show ), Camp Cretaceous & Camp Cretaceous: Chaos Theory ( tv show )

The Dragon Prince ( tv show ), Odd Squad ( tv show ), M*A*SH* ( tv show )

Horizon: Zero Dawn & Horizon: Forbidden West ( video game )

The Big Bang Theory ( tv show ), Wild Kratts ( tv show ), When Calls the Heart ( tv show )

Guardians of Ga'Hoole ( book series ), The Ranger's Apprentice ( book series ), The Brotherband Chronicles ( book series ), A Series of Unfortunate Events ( book series )

Watership Down ( both book and tv show ), Green Ember ( book series ), The Greatest Showman ( movie )

[diothethief]

ZERO FULL SPRITE!!

Fit breakdown:

They clearly spend too much time with Asra

Took inspiration from jesters and Asra himself for Zero’s fit

Made the entire outfit themselves actually, hence the stitching on their hat

Yes the bells jingle. Loudly

Vesuvians hear the ominous jingles and know They Have Arrived

They are from the same place as Asra (which I believe is Zadith?) and so have similar features as him

Their skin is purplish because they uh. Are basically a zombie

Also the Plague Eyes ™️

Zero’s eyes creep people out and their pupils have never been seen

[swiftthecardinal]

do people do anything other than draw them kissing

[firecooking]

That's it, isn't it? Insecurity. Why, you wouldn't know what to do with a genuine, warm, decent feeling.

[mira--image]

The Apprentice, chapter 4

In which Robin has time to think.

[Masterpost]-[Previous]-[Next]

Back again with art for my fic, The Apprentice (Ao3, Wattpad), where the Teen Titans season 1 finale ends differently, and Robin is forced to stay Slade's apprentice.

I love that the memorabilia from the Golden Age of Batman has carried through so many iterations, it adds such a playful and unexpected touch to the Batcave. The only time I saw a revamped origin for one of these pieces was for the coin, in the Batman Zero year comic (which I highly recommend, it's like Batman in an apocalypse). I usually enjoy being baffled by their presence and not looking too deep into the history of each one, but sometimes I refresh my memory on Wikipedia when the curiosity wins XD

For this fic, I designed my own Batcave according to what I think it would look like in the 2003 Teen Titans show, taking inspiration from a bunch of past Batcaves, but most notably The New Batman Adventures and Young Justice. Consider this a sneak peak, because tomorrow I'll take a quick pause from the chapter art to give you a little tour of the cave ;D

[dark-elf-writes]

Bard Izuku would be a vicious beast with vicious mockery. Just the WORST insults thrown and making people cry.

Aizawa takes one look and goes: free real estate kid and proceeds to adopt him. I mean, it would be considered a bad power probably given he’s insulting people right? So Aizawa and Shinsou would like him for that.

Izuku has the kind of attention to detail to know exactly what to say to make it hurt even without the quirk dealing actual damage so with the power of both of them combined he would be unstoppable.

Shouta would absolutely see a small kid (a kid with a villain’s quirk. One that people whispered came from somewhere mean and hurtful and only meant to cause damage to the purple around him) and would adopt immediately but so you know who else would fight god for Bard Zuku. Hizashi. Hizashi would see this little powerhouse who could cause incredible damage with a microphone and a tight five and would scream dibs for all of Japan to hear.