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So I haven’t been drawing as much as I’d like to. But there’s a reason.

I’ve been playing Dungeons and Dragons for the first time. It’s such an engaging and fun game. DnD actually got me back into drawing. I had to create a character with a backstory, so I went to work and this is the result.

Below is my characters backstory

Freya Holimion is a half elf princess from the prosperous kingdom of Platinon. She was the chosen heir who would one day take her fathers place and rule the kingdom. However, her twin brother Paelias grew envious of her and devised a plan to be rid of his rival once and for all. In the swift silence of the night, Paelias and his followers assassinate the king and all members of the royal council. The palace had been taken over. Now, there was only one thing standing between the throne and him.

His beloved twin sister.

Instead of killing her, Paelias banishes Freya and throws her into a different dimension. It is not known how much time has passed, but Platinon has since fallen into darkness under her brothers reign. It’s up to Freya to master the art of the sword and find a way back home to save her people.

This new land is foreign and her noble blood holds no weight or value here. Whether she likes it or not, Freya must learn to live as a commoner in this world. To survive, Freya becomes a skillful bounty hunter known to the locals as Crimson Moon. Her elfish eyes, red as blood. Her skin, pale as death. Her hair, a flowing shadow of darkness.

One night at a local tavern, Freya overhears a Dragon Born telling a legend of an ancient mystical bridge called “The Rift”. Could it be? She’s heard this story before. And the language he spoke, it was ancient Draconic. Freya turned around to see who had spoken of the legend. But the mysterious Dragon Born was gone. Without hesitation, She sets out and ventures the land in hopes of finding The Rift. The legend must be true if the exact same tale was told in both worlds. Freya holds on to that shimmer of hope and continues onward.

Although she has a good heart, Freya is stubborn, relentless, hot blooded and often acts without thinking. It is for these many reasons that she likes to work alone, not wanting anything or anyone to hold her back. Things change however when she is saved by a band of brave traveling warriors. Had they not arrived when they did, Freya would surely be dead. In order to repay her debt and uphold the family code, she decides to accompany them on their journey. Through her adventures with them, Freya will grow to become the ruler her kingdom needs.

But will she make it back, before it’s too late?

8bitbear

remember the literal dark ages when screens weren’t backlit and you needed this fucking thing to see what you were doing

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I wish Batman was depicted like this more often. Many of his villains are mentally ill and victims of tragic circumstances, it would be nice to see him try to help them as much as he helps the people they put in danger because of their problems.

zachegwood

I tear up every time I watch this show. “I had a bad day too, once.”

spankzilla85

Best version of Batman. Best version of Harley.

fuckyeah-nerdery

I prefer Batman when he wasn’t a ultra-paranoid nutjob.

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This this one thousand times this! What I freaking hate is that that crazy, joyless version of Batman is considered the “default” or even “better” version because of stuff like shitty writers (oh hi there Frank Miller) and the Nolanverse movies, which in themselves are a deconstruction of that version of Batman. Nolanverse Batman is unsustainable. Nolanverse Batman is completely without a lot of his support network for the majority of the trilogy. Nolanverse Batman pushes people away and ends up having to stop being a superhero in order to reclaim his humanity. That is practically skywriting saying “comics Batman is obviously different to this, this is an interesting AU.” I truly love the Nolanverse movies, I think they’re brilliant, but god do I hate it when they’re misinterpreted into comics canon. Also, Nolanverse Batman isn’t full-on crazy joyless Batman either; he quips, he teases people, he fucking smiles.

Bruce Wayne’s Batman is one of, quite possibly foremost of, my favourite superheroes, but not for any of the reasons that seem to be glorified about him in those psychotic versions. Yes, he gets obsessive. Yes, he is an utter control freak. And those are his flaws, not his strengths.

You wanna talk to me about Batman’s strengths? Talk to me about the fact that he’s the adopted single father of five kids (yes I’m counting Damian because the way he was brought into the family is analogous to adoption).

Talk to me about the fact half of his information networks are made up of ex-cons he’s rehabilitated into education programs where they flourish, and the other half are Arkham inmates who he acknowledges as the leaders in their field. Talk to me about the fact that most of the time, they’re willing to give him the information he needs.

Talk to me about the fact that he became a superhero out of the self-awareness that the trauma of losing his parents so mentally scarred him that he knows he can never be well-adjusted, but he wants to use his warped perspective to do some good so no child will ever have to endure what he did again.

Talk to me about the fact that he became a governor on the board of Arkham Asylum not to persecute but to protect the inmates, because even though they perpetrate utterly abhorrent acts they are still people with rights and even the capability to one day reform.

Talk to me about how many times he’s paid for Harvey’s surgery, and the fact that Harvey still refers to Bruce as his one friend who’s always stood by him.

Talk to me about him sponsoring Harley’s parole and laughed as she backflipped with joy.

Talk to me about the fact that, because he knows he can get stupidly stubborn and out-of-control, he surrounds himself with people who refuse to take his crap (Alfred, Babs, Selina, Dick, Jim, Leslie, etc) because he knows sometimes he needs to be stopped.

The real Batman is not some psychotic sadist who hates people and never smiles.

The real Batman is a grumpy socially awkward dad with badass friends, plenty of issues but also a moral compass, a strong belief in human rights and the ability to reform… with a soft spot for people as maladjusted as him.

Accept no substitutes.