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So I'm here to share some writing, but as is apparent I don't really do much of that. I mostly reblog things that I find enjoyable, and sometimes I rant... Anyway, if you don't like it then go away and have a nice day. :) Also, if you happen to be looking for a friend feel free to hit me up! :D

[thestormsong]

[shencomix]

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Voting ended onOct 25, 2023

[spitblossoms]

[notwhelmedyet]

[image: Animated illustration of a sword, showing mushrooms grow out of the blade and handle.]

[batstack]

Something that annoys me about a lot of science fantasy or industrial revolution era fantasy is how so many authors decide to make magic a stand-in for outdated or traditionalist power structures, and technology/science a stand-in for social progress/egalitarianism. And this sucks for at least a few reasons

It ignores many of the ways technological progress in a vacuum can work against democracy and egalitarianism- how the power of unions were crippled by automation, as one notable example. And while technological progress did lead to the end of feudalism, it wasn’t because technology put power in the hands of “the little guy”, and a band of plucky inventors removed the sway the nobility held- quite the opposite. Feudalism was ended because big central states could afford more and better cannons than individual lords could.

And on that note, you have to heavily flanderize your own fictional national leadership if you want a “magic vs science” conflict to occur. Because otherwise, there’s no real reason the evil magic king wouldn’t just go “alright, how far can these newfangled trains send our animated crystal warriors?”

As a consequence, you usually have to strip out any commentary on actual social development in favour of the hamfisted magic vs science narrative where both have to stand in for a lot of very complex issues, so you’re left with a metaphor that is both incredibly unsubtle yet also manages to say absolutely nothing about what it should have been a metaphor of.

Just let magic be magic, magic is cool. Anyway, shoutout to Arknights: where the ancient mystical assassin org disguised as a traveling theatre troupe, putting the souls of their victims in puppets to dance for their amusement, independently realizes the convenience of drone strikes in the assassination business.

[wolkenteiler]

Rare Candy Treatment.

[pokemonheritageposts]

Pokemon Heritage Post

[architectofimagination]

FANTASTIC

[horseman-bojack]

[scifi-fantasy-horror]

by  Panch

[billfrancois]

Don’t do that  

 ( old comic redraw )

[catchymemes]

[monsttarchive]

she let the baby stay in there the whole night and decided to check in the morning lmao

[insomniac-arrest]

What was this lady supposed to do? Fight a second screaming intangible infant? A baby can take on a ghost baby. They are evenly matched.

[kroovv]

Here's to the one with the smoking stare ⚔️♦️

[party-in-the-front]

Caelid + details From my Elden Ring print set.

[time-season]

The Last Summer of 2022

[infected]

The Maiden’s Lament by Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863)

[muzinabu]

[sebdoesnothing]

She saw her moment and got glossed up for it

[tuherrus]

i’ve had this comic sketched out for months but only decided to finish it now, it’s based on something i drew a couple years back of toph and zuko….don’t think too hard on when or how this takes place because i don’t really know either! it’s just a concept i’ve always wanted to draw

[muzinabu]