#zia too

[collagedotorg]

Sadie Kane

[aroaceleovaldez]

I was reading a post about CoTG and I realized: Rick has seemingly started to write every character pairing with the exact same dynamic, and he's not good at writing that dynamic and it doesn't make sense for 90% of the characters he writes it for.

It's that very specific dynamic of one half of the pair who is almost aggressive to the other party - "teasing" them constantly/insulting them, affectionately punching/judo flipping/maiming/etc, seemingly almost always exasperated with the other - and said other party usually just accepts this treatment or blanketly views it fondly, and may generally be framed as more incompetent than their partner and a little bit of a doormat (particularly relating to being insulted/teased/etc by their partner).

We start seeing this dynamic in HoO with Percy and Annabeth, as a sort of semi-inconsistent twist on their rivals-to-friends-to-lovers dynamic from the first series. Then the dynamic pattern develops further with Leo and Calypso. Then Magnus and Alex. Then Nico and Will, particularly in TSATS. And now in CoTG, it's Percy and Annabeth again but even more in this direction.

I know people have talked about Nico and Will's relationship over the series rapidly being shoehorned into Percabeth Two™, and it's extremely apparent in TSATS that Rick's doing it on purpose (including directly quoting Percabeth scenes but minorly tweaking them to be Solangelo). But recognizing it as an overarching trend in Rick's later books honestly reminds me a lot of how Rick started trying to apply the "Percy Formula" so-to-speak to nearly every protagonist in HoO (and then try to replicate similar character archetypes with Magnus and Apollo's narrations - moreso Magnus in being jaded and sarcastic, very much trying to be first series Percy. He only sounds unique because Rick failed at making him Percy 2. Apollo is more akin to later-series Percy characterization of being goofy and incompetent. Apollo [and Zeus] even got retconned to give Apollo a more similar backstory to Percy's). Rick seems to have decided that he thinks the audience wants this specific dynamic but 10 times over, except he's not good at writing it the first time because it's a bastardization of the time he did a different thing okay.

And Rick also seems aware of that too! Because he retconned Calypso and Leo at the end of TOA, probably because he realized how absolutely awful it was reading when they were written with that dynamic of Calypso just functionally hating Leo and constantly being aggressive towards him! The only time Rick's actually made the dynamic even semi-successful was with Magnus and Alex, because it actually fits within their characters, their dynamics with each other, and their environment. Alex beheading Magnus on the regular works out fine because there are no repercussions to that in Valhalla, Magnus will be fine, so it does genuinely come off as humorous. And Alex has been effectively established to be abrasive at times but have her genuine feelings shine through regularly, and that meshes well with Magnus' jaded-and-aloof-but-quietly-very-empathetic character. And Magnus has been established to, yes, not be great at combat, particularly compared to Alex. They are the only time that flavor of dynamic in that form was effective and cohesive.

Percabeth is no longer rivals-to-friends-to-lovers badasses on equal levels with shaky pasts who finally found some form of permanence with one another. Now it's super smart doting and affectionately aggressive girlfriend and her silly goofy 50%-of-the-time incompetent boyfriend who she judo flips/pushes off cliffs/etc - but affectionately~! Solangelo is trying to riff off of the early series "Poseidon & Athena are enemies" dynamic that Percabeth had but with Apollo & Hades being "opposites" but learning to accept each other, except it ends up with Will just coming off as a huge asshole and Nico being retconned to a complete doormat about it - when prior to that those characterizations would be completely contrary to their established characters (even just from TOA!). Calypso in HoO gets retconned from her PJO characterization to being snooty and aggressive, and Leo's false persona gets merged into his just normal personality except he just also becomes a doormat but more goofy than Nico with occasional haha-dark/depression-humor! Which Nico also got. Which was also a bastardized Percy trait that got redistributed.

It's exhausting. Rick write more than one relationship dynamic you can do it I promise

[mooonylvr]

can't stop thinking that out of the main 4 in tkc, zia is probably the only one that doesn't know other pantheons exist. like, sadie and carter have met with percy and annabeth, they're up to speed, there's no way anubis doesn't know that other gods exist which means walt also knows, and that leaves zia hanging in the unknown.

like, just imagine they all meet with a demigod for an unknown reason and the demigod's like "yeah, greek gods exist too, i'm a child of theirs", the kanes are like "yeah, we know", walt just nods in approvement and zia's on the side going "wait WHAT??"

even better if she goes like "WHY do other pantheons exist, the egyptians were on earth the longest-" and blah blah blah and then the demigod just goes "why not. the egyptian history exists, why not the greek, or roman, or even norse for that matter" and she just stands there. and absorbs that. and finds logic in it but doesn't agree with it because she's grown up with the egyptian pantheon her whole life, iskandar raised her for gods' sake, she just not built to expand her worldview to that extent.

[fleouriarts]

sketchbook duuuuump :3 nothing to do in this town AND my stylus isn't working its a perfect storm for filling this thang up

descriptions and such below

feel like the fursona ones are self explanatory. the rileys are basically all inspired by this person's compilations... if you havent seen the clip that the bottom corner drawing is from please do yourself a favor

this was all development shit for the zakharovs who i posted last week. sergei is igor's former childhood friend who i have not come up with much about yet... all i know is he is also a fashion designer (who makes winter clothes specifically) and he has an illegitimate son named nikolai who is an arctic fox (and who i have not drawn yet)

omg okay so if anyone remembers my last sketchbook dump i introduced this character andre in there (and her name was andres but i changed it to andre bc i like it more for whatever reason). anyway ive been drawing him OBSESSIVELYYYYY and have decided that him and null get together at some point after argyle and jamie make up (i desperately need to make a jamie and co timeline post)... but it lasts like one semester and thats it. andre is too vain and too know-it-all for null's tastes even though shes like super hot and nice otherwise. anyway this is just a bunch of drawings of him. i really like how the one of him in my INSANE hat turned out

santiago and null's joint slay... both of them LOVE to gossip with each other and its instrumental to how jamie and argyle make up (will go into detail when i finally figure out all the actual events of that). also andre and null on a hike bc andre is a biology major. i actually drew that while i was on a hike in red rock canyon heres proof

5. mostly just scribbling trying to get better at drawing santiago including more of him and null and his prime Jamie Comforting Tactic of just letting him chill between his wool and sweater. also two drawings of jamie just 4 fun i draw him and his stupid big eyes whenever im out of ideas

6. idk this is just silly stuff. i draw johnny manhandling jamie a lot and i promise you jamie LOVES being treated like a stuffed animal he thinks its SO FUN to be spun around and wiggled and shit. ferret adjacent. him and johnny have been friends since they were in like elementary school because of this. btw santiago does not usually look like that (only having wool on his head) he just has to shear his wool in the summer because having full wool in the flurrida heat is AWFUL

7. comic i drew at the laundromat LOL. takes place either shortly before OR shortly after andre and null get together. johnny mostly hates andre for being with null (shes jealous) (she wants null all to herself even though shes super noncommittal) (johnny get your shit together) BUT ALSO andre being kinda pretentious makes her want to chokeslam him. andre is talking about bird farming specifically because johnny's family are chicken farmers... ive had a lore post about everyone's families in my drafts for months but i cant finish it til my stylus is fixed TT

8. more nonsense. top left corner is a continuation of johnny being a hater. bottom drawings are just mindless jamie doodles. top right is argyle and jamie during their relationship, i cant decide if jamie had REALLY short hair during it or hair like this that's basically just his current hair without the yellow dye and tiny ponytail. whatever

[zyana-wyvern]

I think the Unascended vs Ascended question can easily be boiled down to a simpler choice. Do you want a vampire or an elf? Because the last elven thing Ascended Astarion has are probably his ears, while the only vampiric traits Unascended Astarion has are just the teeth and functional needs of the curse, while his yearning and ideals are fully elven.

I will always choose the elf and will hc (though Larian themselves suggest this will happen) that his condition will be fully healed at some point, because there are cures for it. I see this as him fulfilling his destiny, succeeding where poor, tragic Jander Sunstar failed, overcoming an immense obstacle despite immense odds, fulfilling the deepest elven yearning - that of absolute freedom.

The other choice can be just as valid and compelling for someone who takes what he becomes seriously, owns it and doesn’t downplay or soften it.

[incorrect-riordanverse]

Riordanverse Characters as quotes by people i know have said

dedicated to @lord-of-pterodactyls, i know you asked for friends in particular but i’m broadening it as even people i consider my nemeses (old ass philosophy teacher) are funny

Percy: i truly feel as if nothing will ever incapsulate my being as truly as the singing monsters water wubbox

Annabeth: *screaming from adjoining room* GET LOST APPLE MUSIC PRIVACY

Piper: *in bikini* i don’t like people with big boobs

Jason: *trying to compliment piper* your hair looks like dementia

Leo: *emerging from the stinky depths of his room after being in there for 16 hours straight and no showers with clothes from 5 days ago, red scabs all over his body and lips so dry it looks like a snake shedding its old skin by how crusty it is* guys on a scale from 1 to 10 how sexy do i look rn?

Hazel: *yeets her foot out and jiggles her toes menacingly at people she dislikes as an intimidation tactic because her toes are particularly hideous*

Frank: *after literally being targeted by a racial ‘joke’* worse than that, you white people eat spam

Grover: *pats air purifier* a good trusted friend

Nico: *drifts into hazel’s room* bro i ain’t even gonna lie, the holidays are better than the black plague *leaves room before she can question him further*

Reyna: *sleeptalking* stallion le meghan

Rachel: *pretending her coloured markers are vapes*

Thalia: *pointing at luke* my bro be the victim and the perpetrator

Tyson: *when talking about doing math* all i have are my fingers and a dream

Clarisse: *sees a sick person in bed* you’re looking pretty vulnerable *proceeds to ransack their room and steal their sheets like some gremlin*

Octavian: i am THE riddler *speaks in riddler voice and puts on devious little expression* what is... a curtain?

Will: *sees a dying person and looks pointedly at nico* and thats because they didnt take their cenovis vitamin c

Luke: i am constantly one snap away from either committing homicide or suicide

Apollo: *feeling face after new skincare routine* gosh my face feels as soft as a silicone tit

Meg: *pointing at apollo after redemption arc* YOU WON’T GO TO HEAVEN BECAUSE YOU ARE A COMMUNIST!

Magnus: *eating falafel* this is an orgasmic experience

Samirah: *substituting random words in english for arabic and not realising no one understands what she’s saying*

Alex: *laughing at the death threats she gets online after posting a meme about BTS in the military*

Blitz: *does something naughty* omg sorry im such a libra（＾ν＾）

Hearth: *walks into room* god is dead.

Carter: *walking into sadie’s room visibly upset with a box of cadbury favourites* here take them. if you don’t im going to eat them all. please, dont make me do this

Sadie: take a shit and be late to school or dont take the shit and be on time hell loop

Zia: my top artist on spotify this year will be xi jinping’s wife

Walt: *simply, appreciatively and completely without context* yeah, buddha is a pretty amazing guy

Anubis: i dislike being emo because i can only go as death note characters for halloween

Bast: *absolutely entranced by watching love island uk and is just repeating everything any person says back in a treacherous essex accent*

Bes: *walking into classroom full of young teens with an oversized ‘free james assange’ shirt* today i am a nice, trendy leftist. tomorrow, who knows?

[n-americano]

NAH WHEN IN THE AMERICANOS DID I UNFOLLOW YOU 😞😞😞💔💔

HI I AM N-AMERICANO N-AMERICANO IS ME

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Masaka is Waking

[larrythefloridaman]

WOAH, HE'S BIGENDER? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!

[swndmehelp]

Ugh, okay, finally finished my Fallout Character Sheets. They’re in order.

Fo3:

Mkay, so my Lone Wanders name is Zia Miller. Some fun facts:

She SUCKS at shooting guns, her hands shake when she’s tries. She’s just scared to.

After Project Purity she became a traveling doctor around the Capital Wasteland. Feels like it’s something her dad would have liked her to do.

She’s a very smart kid, takes after her parents in that.

Never really forgave her father for leaving Vault 101.

Obviously didn’t help the Enclave.

Fnv:

My son Six <33

He’s as dumb as a rock. He can’t read, write, remember his name, or just little stuff like that. He’s like a goldfish.

Autism

He would probably accidentally step into a Cazador nest and not get stung (he’s a lucky some of a bitch).

Arcade or Raul, occasionally Veronica, have to make major decisions for Six. Six would be doing very bad things if not.

He’s friends with Benny, the man can’t hold grudges.

Didn’t know what to do with himself after the battle of Hoover Dams.

Sided with Yes-Man because Arcade said so and because Yes-Man is silly. Mr. House is spooky computer guy. NCR and Legion is too confusing for him, too much.

Fo4:

(This one’s my Fav drawing, I love her hair)

My Sole Survivor is Nora Colón:

No romance for my lady, at least not yet. Idk which companion would fit her.

Still very much a lawyer but it’s no use in this lawless wasteland.

Very closed off and moody.

No Shaun, none, not old nor robot. The synth kid Shaun terrified her, shook the woman to her core.

The long term Cryo had side effects, her eyes are kinda messed up now and her hair got whited in some parts.

Preston keeps her busy after defeating the institute.

She sided with the Railroad.

[francixoxoxo]

Also my aunt is giving me her laptop that she doesn’t want SO GUESS WHO IS GONNA GET ALL HER DRAFTS DONE AESTHETICALLY!!!!

[aroaceleovaldez]

because in TKC most Eyes match the gender of the god they host (and just in general in-universe it seems most immortals and hosts in possession/possession-like scenarios are the same gender) this implies that the two outliers we know of - Zia (rejected hosting a goddess but was able to host a god instead) and Percy (Eye of Nekhbet) - may be trans. so uh happy pride to Zia and Percy specifically

[sxgarhan]

i change my theme more than i post mbs

Real im bout to kms 💔💔

[rainbowspinch]

I want there to be another zolo toy pease please please please I need Zooble tohave someone to RELATE TO. Anyway. I based them off that one concept(?) Zooble Gooseworx drawing. You know. This thing

And immediately made a human design for it too because I love doing that

(This drawing is the first I ever did of it which is why the design is slightly altered in the new drawings my apologies)

[snackugaki]

memory lane pizza

[highlifeboat]

Couple where one doesn't like Pizza crust and the other loves it so when they eat pizza together when A is done with their pizza B eats their crust