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A fool at heart adult | any pronouns Your moon has now a Ko-Fi! -> https://ko-fi.com/czvecg Stay Winning♡♡

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A pleasure meeting you

Greetings!

The name's Cz, Welcome to my oviously almost forgotten art blog!

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General Fandoms:

#lmk -(note: THESE TWO ARE COMPLETLY #jttw -DIFFERENT ON MY TERMS) #undertale #cookie run (kingdom | ovenbreak) #rain world #hollow knight #worldless #bug fables #silksong #octahedron

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(which happens once in a blue moon)

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In terms of my art:

#cz_art #cz_edit #cz_music

Other people's works: (on my rb acc, but still the same tag on old main)

#other people's art #other people's works

Random:

#cz_talks

Dividers here

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I really need to update my fics, there's like 4 unfinished ones lmao

See, SEE this is the main reason why I only do oneshots-- most of the time I lose the motivation to finish it

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where

where did my leif post go. I swear I had it scheduled like 8 mins ago

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oh nvm its here

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where

where did my leif post go. I swear I had it scheduled like 8 mins ago

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Leif Gijinka that I may or may have not given up on

ft some late 1 am trad sketches lol

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is there a mod where you can replay enemy gauntlets? with full gear n all

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whenever I load up a new save in SS the first thing that comes to mind is to commit genocide on the skarrs (except for the mottled merchant ofc ^^)

am that affectionate

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It hurts my soul seeing someone use wanderers and then take their time with the attacks. Like you could get 2-3 hits within that one window but instead they did one needle swing and waited

Why,,,, the boss isnt gonna kill itself /J

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I am just realizing that there are bloodstains on my shirt holy

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Im going to cook an animatic for TSM--- CENTERED WOOOO *gets gunned down*

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HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEH

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Im going to cook an animatic for TSM--- CENTERED WOOOO *gets gunned down*

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Review: The Merciful Bandit (#17)

written by Tangyfighter - originally published on 2022-10-15 - 121553 words 37 chapters - rated: Mature - content warnings: none

After so many moons of traveling Bugaria to seek out the answers to his encounter with Team Snakemouth’s mercy, Astotheles is unconvinced but remains troubled by his moral compass left skewed by the trio. Returning home to continue his synthetic peace within the inhospitable world of nature and new law, he comes across another bug that may have the answers he sought after during his long leave.

Will he learn what it means to show mercy? And will his family accept such a contradicting notion?

score: 5/5 ★★★★★

Writing is fucking hard. Writing OCs as more than just character designs with fun facts is harder. Writing OCs as characters with heft intertwined with canon is even harder. Writing a project double the size of an average young adult novel containing all of these factors is EVEN harder. And then, doing all of this, while having it be good, and then sticking the landing after the dust has settled, is almost impossible: at least, from what I've read before.

After having dedicated a month to this work, I can say that The Merciful Bandit stands alone as what I consider to be one of the best stories out on the tag right now. A lot of the strengths are given benefits of a longer-form work: the wordcount allows a lot of these characters to really get the chance to breathe out and expand that wouldn't be possible in a more typical one-shot or shorter work. There's not a single word wasted in this entire fanfic, with every moment important in its own right to the overarching storyline. There's details introduced in the first couple of chapters that pay off at the very end, a phenomenon that repeats over and over again. Every new detail helps recontextualize the story before it, and this fic is one of those kinds of stories that is really fun to just sit down and think about.

You want characters? We got fucking characters. The Merciful Bandit is a rare case in which I think both the canon characters and OCs are given tons of room to shine, rather than one particular faction getting most of the love. Astotheles and Isau are interesting enough in the game already, but are given even more layers of complexity in The Merciful Bandit that were extremely enjoyable to chew into. Astotheles is forced to confront all of these things about himself and his bandit family that go against everything he's ever known and experienced, a journey that spurs from his interactions with Isau in the beginning.

Outside of canon, the new additions are absolutely wonderful. There's a bit of a stereotype in fandom spaces in general where OC x Canon is, to put it kindly, just a little bit rough around the edges. When you mash two completely contrasting characters together, it is often that you find that the two are incompatible, and it can especially go wrong when said focus is on the OC. Using Asto's bandits as a place to put said OCs is honestly brilliant, and is such a natural extension of what's already in game that it hardly feels out of place at all. I appreciate the fact that Astotheles is kept as the main focus in the story, with these OCs kept mostly as supplementary characters to his plight, of which helps solve the aforementioned issues of an OC feeling shoved into a narrative. The focus is lazer-tight, and most forays outside of Astotheles's perspective are intentional and add to the story instead of taking away.

I love all of the new characters. Not all of them are super deep or complex, but the ones that are REALLY stand out and were easily the most fun to read. One of Astotheles's lieutenants, Venx, and his entire contrast with Astotheles was one of the core hooks that kept me reading in the latter half of the story. Tento's entire arc with his mentorship under Isau was really entertaining, and I was audibly popping off whenever Grash showed up on the page. Shoutout Grash, by the way, that's the best character in the entire fic bar Astotheles or Isau.

And best of all, there's actual plot and character development and fucking THEMES in this work. I know people saying "themes and such" is like, a meme, but give me a second.

I don't mean this as a dig against the medium. Fanfiction is fucking awesome. But like, a good portion of the stuff I read is character interaction. Too short to be fully realized. Even some of the works I herald as being pretty good fall into this category: like, I fucking loved Matters Of Will And Testament, but there's just not enough room in 4000 words to fit a full character arc in there.

But this work? Astotheles goes through shit, man. I can't speak on my favorite parts without spoiling it outright, but just know that Chapter 16 was un-fucking-believably good. I think this work tackles generational trauma and the cycle of violence in so many different ways and forms and the way the bandits and Defiant Root meld and interact together over the course of the story is something that I really enjoyed reading.

So yeah. This work's so damn good. Go read it. If you start now, a chapter a day will let you finish it within a month and some change. If you like Astotheles as a character, you will love him even more after reading this story.

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OH HELL YEAH

@tangyfighter

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why is Putrified Ducts a thing why does it exist

Putrified ducts is making BILEWATER look like a walk in the park

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My twt: showing a concerning amount of posts regarding the Pax silica project

Also my playlist of 800+ songs on shuffle: suddenly plays Bile water ost

Im scare-

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The cult members having their own stylized robes my beloved

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Leif gijinka tomo maybe idk

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I fear that every time I like an antagonistic character too much I end up committing "That's not the character, that's your OC wearing their face", which bothers me because in theory I like working with and expanding on what's there. But this seems to keep happening.