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I'm not the best at drawing kissing or dancing but I did my best.

Excellent work! This is just like I imagined it.

And don't be to hard on yourself. You're an excellent artist. The outfits, the poses, and of course, the kiss, it all looks PERFECT.

#hilda #netflix #series #david #david x hilda #fanfic #fanart

aurik-kal-durin

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge - DLC Aircraft Ideas

I know some people are gonna look at this and say "WTF man, Crimson Skies came out in 2003... it's not getting any new content!"

True. But there's always a possibility- however small- that the game could be re-released on modern consoles, or (God willing) get a full-blown remake. In which case, the devs could always add new planes.

The original PC game had 17 playable aircraft, most of which did not make it into the Xbox game. Only 2 planes, the Devastator and the Brigand, would ship with the game. 4 others would be added as DLC for online multiplayer only.

I picked out 7 aircraft from the original PC game that I would like to see added if Crimson Skies gets a remake, and outlined what class I think they should be, and what weapons they could have.

It'll probably never happen, but hey... I can dream. And remember, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge was one of the top 5 game on the OG Xbox Live, right alongside Halo 2 and Star Wars: Battlefront II. So I'd say it has a better chance of getting a remake than most.

Whittley & Douglas M210

Raven

Class: Interceptor

Primary Weapon: Six Machine Guns

Secondary Weapon: RF-Guided "Beeperless" Seeker Rockets

Secondary Ammunition: 20 Rockets

A fast and agile fighter with six machine guns and highly accurate radio-guided Seeker Rockets that track targets aggressively. Seeker Rockets function like the Halo 2 Rocket Launcher; hold down the trigger to lock on to enemies, and release to fire.

The name of the Seeker Rocket is a reference to the "Beeper-Seeker" rocket from Crimson Skies lore. Whereas the Beeper-Seeker uses a two-stage system, firing a high-velocity "Beeper" rocket that emits a radio signal, followed up with a high-explosive "Seeker" rocket that homes in on that signal, these new rockets are able to track their targets without the need for a beeper unit; hence, "Beeperless".

Grumman E-1C

Avenger

Class: Dogfighter

Primary Weapon: Eight Machine Guns

Secondary Weapon: "Detonator III" Incendiary Rockets

Secondary Ammunition: 15 Rockets

Armed with more machine guns than any other plane in the game, along with a secondary rocket that sets enemy planes on fire for damage over time. So you get the best of the Devastator and the Bandito all in one plane.

Curtiss-Wright P2

Warhawk

Class: Zep-Killer

Primary Weapon: Four "Scorpion" Cannons

Secondary Weapon: Dual Triggers

Based on Paladin Blake's customized Warhawk from the tie-in novel, this modified Warhawk is outfitted with four standard cannons that fire in pairs, just like the Dauphin and the Bulldog. However, when the Left Trigger is held, all four cannons will fire simultaneously at an increased rate of fire for massive damage.

Hughes Aviation

Bloodhawk

Class: Interceptor

Primary Weapon: Four Machine Guns

Secondary Weapon: XL-1 "Lancer" Laser Cannon

Secondary Ammunition: 100 Battery Charge

The standout feature of the Bloodhawk is it's secondary laser, which is extremely accurate and has unlimited ammo, but has to recharge it's battery after firing for long periods of time. Ammo starts and 100 and counts down to 0 as you fire. The longer you fire, the longer it takes to fully recharge.

McDonnell S2B

Kestrel

Class: Zep-Killer

Primary Weapon: Five Cannons

Secondary Weapon: Aerial Torpedoes

Secondary Ammunition: 15 Torpedoes

Turret: Twin Cannons

As pure a Zep-Killer as can be, the Kestrel boasts five rapid-fire cannons, as well as two more cannons in a rear turret a la the Brigand. It's secondary weapon is a rocket-propelled Aerial Torpedo that deals tremendous damage to zeppelins, but has no magnetic lock-on, making it all but useless against enemy planes.

However... if you do somehow manage to score a hit on an enemy plane with the Aerial Torpedo (whether by skill, or dumb luck) it's a 1-hit kill no matter how high your opponents armor rating.

Bell Mk. II

Valiant

Class: Zep-Killer

Primary Weapons: Six Cannons

Secondary Weapon: Grenade Launcher

Secondary Ammunition: 30 Grenades

An exceptional Zep-Killer with six cannons right out of the box, and a secondary grenade launcher. Grenades deal massive damage to zeppelins and ground targets, but are less useful against enemy planes than other Zep-Killer weapons.

Marquette PR-1

Defender

Class: Interceptor

Primary Weapons: Six Machine Guns

Secondary Weapon: "Flyswatter" Flak Rockets

Secondary Ammunition: 20 Rockets

A capable fighter in the right hands, the Defender is armed with six machine guns and Flak Rockets. Flak Rockets have the damage of the Devastator's Magnetic Missiles with the projectile speed of the Bandito's Fireball Cannon, making them highly accurate and easy to use.

Hilda, Season 4 episode idea: The Freaky Friends

This is my pitch for a Louise-centric episode; a series of 3 adventures where Louise bonds with David, Frida, and Hilda in turn. It's a bit of a long read, but I've broken it up into 4 parts. Let's get started:

Part 1: The Grafton Monster

David is going outside the wall to find a special kind of rock for his collection; when Louise comes over and wants to hang out, he asks her to go with him. David says goodbye to his parents, and his mum warns him to be careful because a Grafton Monster recently escaped from a traveling circus and was spotted roaming the countryside.

David and Louise ignore her, and they ride their bikes outside the city and up into the hills. It doesn't take David long to find the rock he's looking for; black volcanic glass. Louise asks David why he's going through all this trouble just to get a rock, and David explains that it's actually a present for Hilda for their "Friend-iversary"; because it's been 3 years since they became friends.

Louise is surprised that David goes through all this trouble just to get Hilda a present, and asks David if he likes her. David denies it, but Louise asks more about his relationship with Hilda; David explains how he used to be scared of everything, and how Hilda taught him to be brave, and that he just wants to show her how much he appreciates her. Louise insists that what David feels for Hilda is more than just friendship, and that he should ask Hilda out.

As they walk back to their bikes, Louise wishes that todays adventure could be a little more exciting; David tells her that she should be careful what she wishes for, and that he's the most "boring" member of the group anyway.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, David and Louise are attacked by the Grafton Monster, which unbeknownst to them has been following them since they left the city. The two run through the forest until they find an abandoned hunting lodge; they go inside and barricade the doors to keep the monster out, but Louise points out that it won't hold for long. While they look for a way out, David finds an old rifle on the wall and picks it up. Louise discovers a way out through a hole in the cellar, but David says they can't outrun the Grafton Monster. He gives Louise the rock to give to Hilda, and tells her to run as as the Grafton Monster breaks through the doors.

Louise hears gunshots as she runs away from the lodge, and eventually stops to catch her breath. She holds David's rock in her hands, sits down, and cries, thinking that David has died... a few moments later, David appears; he's carrying the rifle from the lodge and is covered in the Grafton Monster's sticky black tar, but is otherwise alright. Louise hugs him and gets some of the tar on her clothes. David asks Louise for the rock back.

The two get on their bikes and ride back to Trolberg; later, David is in his room wrapping Hilda's gift, thinking about what Louise said about him and Hilda.

Part 2: The Witch's Trials

One afternoon, Louise is at Frida's house helping her study for an upcoming exam at the Witch's Tower. Frida is anxious because this exam will decide whether or not Frida is allowed to continue training as a witch. Frida is feeling nervous because she's the only witch in her class who doesn't have a familiar. When Louise asks why, Frida explains that Hilda used to be her familiar, but that she quit over a year ago because she got bored with Frida's magic studies.

Louise offers to take Frida to the pet store to find a new familiar, but Frida says she doesn't have time. The next day, Louise follows Frida to the Witch's Tower for the exam, where they meet with Kaisa and Tildy. Louise is given a brief tour of the tower before Frida is called to take her exam.

As the exam gets underway, Louise notices that the Committee of Three are favoring their own apprentices and helping them cheat while working to sabotage Frida at every turn. Frida ultimately fails the trials, and Louise confronts to Committee of Three and accuses them of cheating. Tildy agrees with Louise, and demands that the Committee give Frida another chance.

The Committee refuses, and a battle ensues between The Committee, Frida, Kaisa, and Tildy. Louise steals a wand from one of the apprentices and tries to help, but is quickly disarmed by one of the Committee. During the chaos, the Void of No Return is accidentally opened, and the Committee and their apprentices are swallowed up by the Void, which begins to devour the entire tower.

Frida, Louise, Kaisa, and Tildy escape the tower on flying broomsticks as it collapses, emerging into the secret room of the library; but during the escape, Frida loses her wand, which falls into the Void. Frida is discouraged by the way the committee treated her, and is ready to give up witchcraft for good. But Louise encourages her to continue practicing magic on her own, and offering to take her to the pet store to get a new familiar.

Later, Frida and Louise visit an exotic pet shop, where Frida picks out a red wolf pup as her new familiar, whom she names Remus. She thanks Louise for all her help, and Louise decides to head home, saying she's had enough adventure for one day.

Part 3: The Woodman

Hilda takes Louise outside the wall to show her the ruins of her old cabin, and also introduces her to the elves and the Woodman. When they get to the Woodman's house, they find all of his things are being taken by the elves; Hilda asks Woodman what's going on, and he explains that the Mayor has foreclosed his house and ordered the elves to repossess everything in it because Woodman failed to pay his taxes. Woodman insists that he paid all his taxes on time and has no idea why this is happening, prompting Hilda and Louise to investigate.

They go back to Trolberg and fetch Alfur, whom they convince to break into the Mayor's office to find evidence of what really happened to Woodman's tax money. Alfur reluctantly agrees, saying that he has a contact in the Mayor's office who can help them

The contact later turns out to be Adeline, who distracts the Mayor while Alfur sneaks into his office and goes through his files. Alfur returns with the files, and they immediately find the problem; the Mayor has been embezzling money from Woodman's taxes so that he can take Woodman's house for himself as a vacation home.

Hilda, Louise, and Alfur confront the Mayor with this information right in the middle of a meeting with the King. The King, when shown the evidence, demands that the Mayor give Woodman back his house and all his possessions, and threatens to have him impeached if he doesn't. The Mayor agrees, Woodman gets his stuff back, and invites Hilda and Louise over for tea. While they're having tea, Louise recounts her adventures with David and Frida, and mentions to Hilda that David might have a crush on her, surprising Hilda and making her blush. Then Louise makes the mistake of drinking Woodman's tea (despite Hilda's attempt to warn her) and runs outside to throw up.

Epilogue: The Slumber Party

The day after her adventure with Hilda, Louise goes to Hilda's house for a slumber party, along with David and Frida. David tells Hilda about the Grafton Monster, and Frida shows off the new wand that Tildy made for her and her new familiar, Remus, who immediately develops a rivalry with Twig.

When Hilda asks David what he was doing outside the wall with Louise, David gives her the rock he found for her, and wishes her a Happy Friend-iversary. Hilda is touched by David's gift and rewards him with a kiss on the cheek. Louise remarks that Hilda and David make an adorable couple, making them both blush. Frida and Johanna laugh, and the credits roll.

#hilda #netflix #series #season 3 #david x hilda #david #frida #louise #episode idea #the laughing merman #season 4

lyallart

Idk felt like finishing this one

JoyToy Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 Ultramarines Lieutenant Titus 1:18 Scale

#warhammer 40000 #warhammer 40k #space marine #space marine 2 #demetrian titus #lieutenant titus #gadriel #chairon #ultramarines #action figure #toy #boltgun #chainsword

I WANT ONE

Turns out that they have these AMAZING action figures based on Space Marine II coming out in a couple of months. I've never been a big action figure guy (unless you count the old Bionicle toys from LEGO, I loved those when I was a kid) but this Titus action figure looks killer.

#warhammer 40k #warhammer 40000 #space marine 2 #space marine #demetrian titus #titus #action figure #lieutenant titus #ultramarines

blagzdeath

Summer Johanna

All the reasons why Trevor is a bad character.

He threw rocks at birds, and celebrated when he hit one and knocked it down.

He kidnapped the Great Raven, threw him in a cage, and tortured him.

He accused Hilda of being a witch in front of their entire class.

He lied to his mum about what happened with the Great Raven, making himself out to be the victim.

He vandalized the Sparrow Scout's stall at the Trolberg Winter Festival.

He knocked over a pot of boiling hot vegetable broth right next to David and Frida.

He nearly took David's eye out by hitting him in the face with a snowball.

He has never shown the slightest hint of remorse for his actions.

As far as bullies go, Trevor has got to be the worst I've ever seen in a cartoon; which is saying something, considering how little screentime he has. He only has a speaking role in two episodes of Season 1, one episode of Season 2, and none in Season 3.

But what's really sickening is how many people pick up for this character. Animal abuse is one of the most objectively horrible things a bully can do; you think that would be enough for him to be universally hated. But some IDIOTS out there still proudly declare that he is their "favorite character"... and even go as far as to ship him with Hilda, or even David. People who he has done nothing but torment since he was introduced.

Seriously, in a show with so many great options to choose from (Hilda, David, Johanna, Twig, Alfur, etc.) what kind of MORON would choose Trevor as their favorite character!?!

Fuck Trevor, but fuck Trevor-stans especially. Trevor is NOT a tragic victim of child abuse. His mum pulling his ear is NOT a sign that she is abusive, it just means that she's strict. If anything, she coddles her son and enables his bad behavior. She believed his version of events as to what happened in Chapter 3: The Bird Parade without bothering to get Hilda's side of the story. Remember how smug Trevor looked when his mum accosted Johanna. Yeah; that should tell you all you need to know about his character.

I am really glad that Trevor did not get a redemption arc. He doesn't deserve one. He's a one-dimensional bully with ZERO redeeming qualities, who has NEVER felt any remorse for his actions. That is the reality of his character.

If David is the coolest kid in Trolberg (which he is) than Trevor is, without question, the nastiest kid in Trolberg. Fuck him.

#hilda #netflix #series #david #frida #trevor #redemption #season 3 #series finale #season 1 #season 2 #The Bird Parade #The Troll Rock #The Yule Lads

lyallart

They're about to beat someone up

aurik-kal-durin

I really like how Hilda looks with pointed ears. I have a headcanon that her ears will eventually grow in as a side effect of her spending time in the Fairy Isle; that she'll just wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and freak out when she sees her ears have grown in.

#hilda #netflix #series #david #david x hilda #davilda

lyallart

so I don't know if your full or not but if you aren't I would like a Nigel drawing with David,I'm sorry if i sound demanding I never asked someone for a drawing online before.

I don’t know what colour wolf Nigel is. But I tend to make him white or pale.

aurik-kal-durin

He's supposed to be yellow, like a normal woff.

He's also supposed to be a lot smaller (the size of a basket ball) so that David can hold him.

#hilda #netflix #series #david #woff

lyallart

Will you ever draw Hilda fanart again? You said a while back than you were thinking of drawing something based on my fanfiction, "The Fight Club". I'd still very much like to see that, if you're up for it.

Probably once I regain inspiration for it. I had the sketches drawn out for the fight club. But never got to finishing it. TBH between work and video games after work, I'm rather busy. Mostly work.

aurik-kal-durin

Cool. Thanks for answering. I look forward to seeing your work again.

aurik-kal-durin

How my obsession with shipping spoiled Avatar: The Last Airbender for me.

I'm an OG Avatar fan. I watched the show when it first aired in February of 2005. I was 15 years old.

Right away, I knew Aang and Katara were gonna be a thing. It was so obvious, and it only became more obvious as Season 1 went on. More so in Season 2 and Season 3. The show never let you forget about it, as even outside of overtly Kataang-centric episodes like The Fortuneteller and The Cave of Two Lovers, they kept bringing it up in some form or another.

Unfortunately, Zutara was a thing, and they never shut up about it. Despite all evidence to the contrary, they insisted up and down that Zuko and Katara were meant to be together. I was a Zutara shipper for a short time, and I admit that I thought it would be canon too in the weeks leading up to Crossroads of Destiny. After the Season 2 finale, I went with the flow, and sided with Kataang... and that's where the problems began to really start.

You see, the Zutara fandom got really toxic right after Season 2 ended. Kataang fans like myself didn't appreciate it, and before I knew it... watching Avatar: The Last Airbender was no longer about just enjoying the show. It was about winning. Just so we could gloat when Zutara inevitably lost.

I could no longer just watch the show and relax. I was on the edge of my seat during each episode, keeping a sharp eye out for the slightest hint of Kataang, and spent the weeks between each episode arguing with strangers online about shipping, trying to convince a brick wall that it was not made of steel... if you will indulge me the metaphor.

In short, shipping wars sucked all the joy of watching Avatar: The Last Airbender. By engaging in shipping wars with rabid Zutarians, I kind of ruined the show for myself. Not entirely my fault, because the Zutara fans back then were easily-triggered bullies who just would not stop, which made it hard to ignore them... but nonetheless, I feel like all of us should've ignored them. Their ship was never going to be canon, everyone knew it after Crossroads of Destiny. All except for this toxic vocal minority whose enjoyment of the show hinged on whether or not their ship became canon.

Unfortunately, some Kataangers (such as myself) got so upset about it (and so obsessed with it) that our enjoyment of the show also hinged on our ship being canon.

How bad was it? Bad enough that I can no longer call Avatar: The Last Airbender my favorite show of all time. Why? Because the experience of watching it the first time was STRESSFUL. So stressful, in fact, that I usually can't go back and watch it again.

Compare that to other shows I've watched... like Hilda, on Netflix. That was a very relaxing show to watch the first time around, and because of that I feel like I can go back and watch it whenever. But Avatar, sadly, only brings back memories of stress and anxiety... stemming from an unhealthy obsession with something stupid.

P.S. Why the hell did we ever call it "Kataang"? Who is the IDIOT that came up with that name? I always thought that was a stupid name for our ship. Why not "Aangtara" or "Kataraang"?

rms10

Wow. That's too bad. I watched the entire show in the 2020 Netflix renaissance blissfully unaware of all the shipping issues around it. It was only after I'd watched the entire show (binged it over 3 weeks) that I engaged with the general fandom, and ran right into a wall of 15 year old leftover (ongoing I suppose) shipping wars with it. It didn't ruin any of it for me, but it really does seem silly and pointless.

Kataang was very obvious from the start and throughout watching it in a modern streaming form. I get how people could ponder the possibilities throughout it's run live in weekly installments, and months between seasons, but watching it straight without any kind of preconceptions and the outcome isn't in doubt.

While I wasn't surprised by various fanon popular ships, it really did come as a complete surprise the amount of unnecessary vitriol around that particular ship. I still don't think I understand why it's there, and why people don't just go enjoy their fanon ships in peace and leave other people alone. I guess I'll never understand it, but I do understand that toxicity in the ATLA fandom chases people out of it, and that's really unfortunate for such a wonderful show.

aurik-kal-durin

I wrote an essay about this a couple years back. Read it if you really want to know all the nitty-gritty details of Avatar: The Last Airbender's original run (and the shipping wars that ran alongside it) but the short version is that Zutara fans told themselves that their ship was going to be canon until they believed it, and then completely lost their shit whenever someone or something contradicted what they'd told themselves.

I may have allowed myself to get too carried away with the shipping wars back in the day, obsessed as I was with just "winning"... but Zutara fans? They're still obsessed with winning, to this day. 17 years later and they still haven't accepted that they lost, much less the fact that they didn't have a horse to bet on in the first place.

rms10

What's crazy about it is that it's like an 8-0 defeat in football (soccer) where people go on about one specific call in the game, and I'm reading that and wondering if they really watched the entire match because the outcome was pretty damn obvious, as were the reasons why. I mean, not only is kataang the clear winner, it's very clear that zutara isn't the alternative. Katara didn't need a romantic interest to end the show. There's no reason she'd end up with Zuko, and absolutely no narrative suggestion of it happening, if she didn't end up with Aang. (I get a bit grumpy about this common underlying theme that implies that Katara needed to end up with someone. She didn't She was just lucky enough to end up with the guy she'd shown clear romantic interest in the entire series.)

Now, sports analogies do fall a bit short with media fandom admittedly, but that's really apt in one way. All those people obsessing over it "back in the day" are mostly 30+ so you'd expect a bit of maturity about it all, which can be as simple as accepting that they wanted something else as a child and were disappointed. Carrying on ~20 years later really doesn't speak well, and anyone who's watched it in the meantime can easily see where the plot is going since they don't have weeks to pass speculating on outcomes.

Again, I don't really care that much what people do with their fanon ships. The only things I really find offputting are the disengeneous misrepresentations of the creators/writers interviews (those are real people, not fictional characters!), and the misrepresentation of the characters in the show, that have pretty well developed personalities and character arcs (hence the strength of the show). Again, I understand how a bunch of young people during the original airing of the show got caught up in the shipping wars, but that it's still going on for anybody is really wild.

In full confession, I occasionally find myself getting pulled into them and reacting. Katara is a real connection point for me, so I find myself reacting when i see her misrepresented, all while knowing she's fictional character.

Btw, if you have a link to that post, send it to me please. I'll read it when I get a chance.

aurik-kal-durin

Here's a link to the post you asked for. This my breakdown of how Zutara got started, and how it sunk as low as it did over the course of the series' original run from 2005 to 2008.