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Hi, I'm Rayless. This is my main blog, where I post art every day. My secondary blog is right here if you'd like to see what I reblog. Either way, enjoy your visit.

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Rosa Farrell from Final Fantasy 4.

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My old OC Felicula.

If you're a catgirl, you might be tempted to knock one back after a long day at your catjob. But you can't knock anything back because you're a cat, and that means you must lap with your tongue, so you will have to slowly (but still world-wearily) lap up your Mew Brew.

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Female NPCs in video games, 1990s -- 2020s

Schala from Chrono Trigger Miwako Sawatari from 13 Sentinels Ellone from Final Fantasy 8 Korin from Growlanser 5 Mysiel Saionji from the Guided Fate Paradox Jillia Blight from Suikoden 2 Farrah Yon-Dale from Transistor Margie Fatima from Xenogears Aprilis from Ys 9: Monstrum Nox Julia Heartilly from Final Fantasy 8 Driselle K Sharil from Tales of Xillia Sana from Suikoden 3 Elizabeth from Persona 3 Daradi from Horizon Lenne from Final Fantasy X-2 Daryl from Final Fantasy 6 Archaya from Eternal Poison Takao Dayu from Fate Ifalna from Final Fantasy 7 Elisabet Sobeck from Horizon Belgemine from Final Fantasy 10 Nanako Dojima from Persona 4 Beryl from Trails Salisha Raulbel from Suikoden 5 Princess Sara from Final Fantasy Mid Telamon from Final Fantasy 16 Rhonda from Final Fantasy 7 Euphoria from Soul Nomad Wakana Sumeragi from Scarlet Nexus Zia from Bastion

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TO THE RAVENS

Akantha, the heroine of To the Ravens, my novel set in the lunar colonies of ancient Rome.

One thing I really liked about this book is that I got to blend historical facts with totally made up things. (Like the Romans, you know, getting to the moon.)

One minor thing is Akantha's short hair. Most artwork from antiquity shows women with long hair -- in fact, I can't think of any artwork that doesn't, but I say "most" because you never know. According to my research, the only females who had short hair among the Greeks and Romans would have been young girls and slaves. So it was heard of, but I infer it was somewhat belittling.

However, my other source (aside from history) was, of course, Lucian of Samosata, who assures us with a straight face that all of the Lunarians are running around bald. Now, I didn't want to go that far, in part because I like drawing hair and it would be harder to distinguish the characters on a design level if they were all bald. But I decided Lunarian (specifically Kynthian) beauty standards would include bald heads on men (often) and very short hair on women. So Akantha and her sister Karyai, and her mother Tanais all have short hair. Akantha's cousin Menaios is bald, though Pas' hair is chin-length because he dresses femininely, whereas Galana, Brixia, and Kokkonas are all set apart as foreigners by their long hair.

And the nice thing was, no one can tell me I'm wrong because it's not like they know what's going on on the moon.

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Akihiko and Mitsuru, easily embarrassed.

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Elza from Suikoden 2, pre-scar.

I know S2 has a lot of story to cover, but I really hope the anime includes her, even if just as a cameo.

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Just a sweet little doodle of Asch and Natalia. They both look a little solemn.

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Meliara Astiar from the Crown Duel duology -- specifically, the Court Duel half.

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THE PRICE AND PREY OF MAGIC

Papom is a fantasy set in an environment loosely based on the 1910s, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to draw modern au art of my own characters.

So here's a modern Eider walking her dog Squash. (His leash is attached to her belt loop.) I also gave her short hair because I thought it would be cute. (But not as cute as Squash.) Squash isn't any kind of service dog, he's just there to be loved and take up space.

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Been watching a lot of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, so here's Sabrina and Salem and a little mishap with the Magic Book.

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Chie Satonaka from Persona 4.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Fandom: Tales of the Abyss Characters: Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear, Susanne fon Fabre, Ingobert, Asch the Bloody, Largo the Black Lion, Guy Cecil Ships: AschxNatalia and GuyxNatalia, but neither is the main focus Rating: T Natalia was born a princess. And she died. And with each death came a stronger survival.

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Female protagonists from video games (1990s -- 2020s)

Terra Branford -- Final Fantasy 6 Rena Langford -- Star Ocean: The Second Story Velvet Crowe -- Tales of Berseria Melinoe -- Hades 2 Prez -- The Caligula Effect 2 Ellen Reid -- Folklore Leanne -- Resonance of Fate Maelle -- Clair Obscur Kasane Randall -- Scarlet Nexus Ashelia B'Nargin Dalmasca - Final Fantasy 12 Chris Lightfellow -- Suikoden 3 Virginia Maxwell -- Wild Arms 3 Aloy -- Horizon Aisha Romandine -- Last Rebellion Kassandra -- Asassin's Creed Odyssey Alette -- The Banner Saga Aya Brea -- Parasite Eve Revya -- Soul Nomad and the World Eaters Eivor -- Assassin's Creed Valhalla Kotone Shiomi -- Persona 3: Portable Estelle Bright -- Trails in the Sky Yuna -- Final Fantasy X-2 2B -- Nier: Automata Lightning Farron -- Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy Hakuno Kishinami -- Fate/Extra Red -- Transistor Lucid -- The Caligula Effect Thage -- Eternal Poison Aurora -- Child of Light The Wolf -- The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince

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On this day, I hope that everyone who longs for freedom, for food, for shelter, for rest, for the dignity of being treated with respect, for the dignity of living without fear, and for the joy that powerful people try to take from them are given it, find it, make it, claim it.

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Maki, or rather Pandora, from Persona.

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With just five minutes to go before her debut performance, General Celes Chere tries to figure out how to tie a hair bow.

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It's a doodly sketch of Archer carrying a cake, just looking up as his Master comes hurtling through the air.

I'm sorry, did you expect context?

Wait, seriously, did you expect logic?!