Iām really sorry itās been so long,,,, I never like to call projects dead or abandoned because I do still hold a lot of love for it no matter how much I move on to other media. I still very much love making and seeing Kirby gijinka designs, but I just donāt have the same well of ideas and constant inspiration like I did before. Maybe Iāll come back in another few years, who knows.
But if you want to see some content for the heroes of yore and my ideas for them, I do still make designs and concepts for them and Galacta Knight on my main account!
But yeah, I figured Iād post this here because I am still quite proud of some of my Astra Knight and Ageswap comics, and if you still enjoy them too, I have my three favorite panels available as prints in my shop.
If youāre still here, thank you so much for your continued support! š
Do you think we could get a few wallpaper crops from your art? I really like the one with Kirby's big ass sword.
Of course! If Iām proud of the panels I usually post them without text on my main blog so you can probably find most of them there but here are a few:
Meta, whatās your favorite thing youāve learned from Astra?
As far as Meta had ever known beforehand, the sky was a concept created by those who lived on planets with atmospheres. There was no true sky, only the vast universal vacuum of inky space and dotted stars.
He wasnāt sure most of the time if what Sir Astra did constituted āteachingā or ālearningā of any kindā in fact, he was fairly certain that Astra was hardly a teacher. But if learning was the acquisition of new knowledge and teaching was the granting of it, Meta supposed that he learned from Astra how beautiful sunsets were.
This blog grew so much more quickly than I expected! Thank you for sticking around through my long hiatus and my inconsistent posting schedule! And thanks for sticking around even after the direction of the blog has gone more au-ish! I promise Iāll get to katfl and canon content (eventually) lmao
Iāve been thinking about making a discord for this so that I can post wips sketches and loredumps there :> lemme know what you think of the idea!
What would happen if Kirby and Meta met their ageswap counterparts? (with all the alt versions kirby has met its not that unlikely)
Itās not the first dubious portal that Astra has gone through, and certainly wonāt be the last. The first thing that awaits him on the other side, though, is a splitting image of his past, bubbly and curious and friendly. The masked knight that stands behind him can only be one person, though, and Astra concludes quickly that this could not be time travel.
Conversations are had, and when both sides confirm that there is no active threat to handle, both settle down some.
Character thoughts about each other in the read more :)
Meta about Kirby
Meta is older than he looks, and more perceptive than his young appearance would imply. Heās always known that Sir Kirby, Sir Astra Knight, though never wearing a metal mask, still hid behind a concealment of sorts. Sir Kirbyās smile was practiced, never disappearing. For sure, there were some times when it varied with Sir Kirbyās own emotions, but it never left.
Kirby, young Kirby, smiles like the sun. Meta has never seen such a bright smile in his lifeā not on any planet he has been sent to, and definitely not on GSA headquarters. There is something pure and intense about it, in a way that Sir Astra Knight Kirby cannot match. Meta wonders if once upon a time, Sir Kirby smiled like this, but knows his answer already.
Meta Knight about Astra Knight and Meta
Itās eerie to see his own face so open, and his own emotions laid bare so easily. Meta Knight sees the glints of little colors decorating his younger selfās eyes and thinks, this is what could have been. Meta Knight did not even know that his eyes changed color until long after he had retreated to Popstar and taken leave from the GSA, when he woke up from a nightmare and found his eyes stained glowing blue and red, so far from his usual calm yellow.
Meta Knight remembers his first centuries being constant training. He remembers growing wings and being sent to the battlefield, he remembers loss after loss, he remembers shame and guilt and sorrow. He remembers the smell of lightning and the intense vertigo and desire to vomit as he stared down at the sword in his hand.
Meta Knight has had many friends, but never a mentorā he was always too prodigious to be taught much. Now he knows that knowledge and training were not what he needed from a teacher.
Kirby, Astra Knight, has broad shoulders and a kind guiding hand. Sir Astra Knight is so much like the Kirby he knows and yet so different, so powerful, so assured and protective. Meta Knight takes one look at Sir Astra Knightās unmasked blue eyes and knows that Sir Astra Knight has suffered, perhaps not like he himself has, but still. There is a solidarity between them, as mentors; an unspoken promise and an insurmountable gratitude to each other.
āThank you for saving him,ā Meta Knight does not say. āThank you for letting him grow and smile and experience the joys of the galaxy off of the battlefield.ā
Astra Knight about Meta Knight and Kirby
Astra has become adept at reading Metaās emotions through his eyes. He had to, because Meta so rarely emoted facially, so rarely smiled or frowned. When he sees the older Meta Knight with the mask, something in him breaks at the sightā Meta should never feel the need to keep a mask on perpetually, because Astra has promised himself that as long as he lives and breathes, Meta will not have to fight.
The Meta Knight he meets is quiet and reserved, and thatās nothing new, but Kirby sees in him, instinctually feels in him, the suffering of abrupt loss. Where Kirby has lost too much to time, Meta Knight has lost too much to senseless violence. But the same heart of gold that Astra saw in Meta remains buried somewhere in Meta Knight, and Astra means this. He sees it surfacing in the way Meta Knightās eyes narrow into something affectionate at Kirbyās childish self.
This is someone that will stay with Kirby, Astra believes.
Heās surprised, when Meta Knight tells him, āheās happy.ā Astra supposes that Meta would of course know himself best, but to hear it from Meta Knight makes his heart swell with pride.
hey astra knight! whereād you get your sword from?
(Ageswap) Long answer short, Kirby makes the sword himself. Itās an extension of his abilities and therefore basically a part of himself. He can make it disappear and change its size at will.
