Eros Thanatos Art Aviary

Art by Eve Pitts

[toasterpip]

A commission for my Furcadia buddy Sabe, featuring Emperor Kal Kanzo, sovereign of the Stredlands and head of the House of Kanzo.

As his throne room was built in an anti-magic zone, and his family's magical "gimmick" is being immune to those, if you are seeing this view, you'd better hope the Emperor is in a good mood, as he's the only one who can use spells.

Unobstructed/ undistorted frames after the cut!

House Aruzen began as warriors, wielding summoned crystal weaponry and barriers to fight. After a calamity that hobbled their House's magic, they have rebranded to a house of healing and succour.

House Dior has always guarded the western mountain borders of the Stred against the barbarians beyond. Their family specializes in mixing sorcery and swordplay, and their territory's rich gold deposits have let them maintain a powerful army and economy despite the relative starkness of their home.

House Kanzo was the force that brought the feuding states of the Great Houses together under the Treaty of Stred. They act as mediators, with a reputation as fair but unforgiving.

House Menscherfiend is one of the newest inductees to the Treaty, with the abjurer Turan the Breaker winning his Baron title through a Trial of Holding. Some of the other Houses see them as lowly upstarts, unworthy of nobility. Their claim to fame besides the Trial is a pact with Forces Beyond for their magical power.

House Stolzerhund was one of the first signatories to the Treaty of Stred, and if you ask them, they were THE first House. While they're generally seen as unpleasant, haughty, and self-absorbed, their mastery of numerous forms of magic have afforded them considerable power. You may not like dealing with the Stolzerhunds, but in a lot of situations, you have to.

[erosthanatosartaviary]

@toasterpip

[erosthanatosartaviary]

Going to stream after some chores and doctor visit! Come join me as I work on a commission and an art contest entry!

Perfect time to chill and yap!

[filibusterfrog]

comms for @voiceoflarka

[bagelcollie]

Just a tease ~

[erosthanatosartaviary]

I'm going to be streaming some art making today on Twitch and Youtube. Mostly just a commission I'm working on and also some art for an art contest.

[erosthanatosartaviary]

doing artfight again this year! not doing a hit list this time or may not get to do revenges since this year will be busier than the last year

[erosthanatosartaviary]

Had a lot of fun pushing the limits of my abilities on this piece to remind people of a chiaroscuro baroque look since shes an angel and her description made me think of work by Caravaggio.

Aora Polydora is an angel of Karma and can wield flowers or a shot gun, take your pick!

[erosthanatosartaviary]

Just finished this commission today. I had fun with it. im not going to say much because my grandma died last night and my brain won't brain.

[erosthanatosartaviary]

Draca is a big fan of Dungeon Crawler Carl and wanted an illustration of Ferdinand in a bowler hat looking at a mirror and saying he is a very handsome boy. Obviously i had to make an a ridiculously cute cat.

Like it? Hire me at

Erosthanatos (@Erosthanatos)

Check out Erosthanatos's commissions and portfolio! | I go by eros or evi and I am a nonbinary artist with ADHD. I love working on commissio

[erosthanatosartaviary]

So I'm planning on streaming art of me working on commissions soon, at about 2pm-3pm EST! If You are bored and want to come hang out with me, drop on in! https://www.twitch.tv/erosthanatosart https://www.youtube.com/@ErosThanatosArt

[slashrawr]

While we’re talking about abusive RPers...

…don’t forget that some of the flags of an abusive roleplayer are identical to the ones for abusive RL relationships.

The Idolize > Isolate > Devalue > Discard cycle that we see in a lot of abusive RL relationships is actually creepily common online and devastating to the victim, despite the lack of physical damage in most cases (I say “most” because I have seen people driven to self-harm or suicide attempts by online abuse of this type).

Idolize: the abuser is desperate to roleplay with the target. They lavish them with attention, gifts, plots, writing, and/or art. The abuser will do anything to become the target’s new best friend.  Some abusers will become irrationally angry if rejected at this stage and transition into stalking and/or harassment.

Isolate: the abuser begins peeling the target away from any existing friends or RP partners. They’ll attempt to occupy all their online time and suggest they do a lot of one-on-one roleplay in private with them. When in multi-person scenes, they will deliberately alienate the target’s other friends either by acting out, attacking them, or intentionally making RP awkward or impossible for everyone but their target. Gaslighting starts. They may complain the target’s friends are “mean” or “jealous” and attempt to instigate arguments where the target will feel the need to defend them and further alienate their friends. Lavishing with gifts continues in this phase.

Devalue: when their target is cut off from everyone else, the honeymoon ends. Gaslighting ramps up massively. They still want to roleplay with the target, but the target suddenly can’t seem to do anything right.  The target’s self-esteem is systematically degraded. Plots revolve increasingly around the abuser’s character with the target’s being an expendable, breakable prop. They attempt to push their target into roleplay they don’t enjoy or are actively afraid of, and respond to objections or refusals with manipulative behavior like crying, insults, or threatening abandonment.  In extreme cases, the abuser may feign self-harm or suicidal impulses and present them to the target as the target’s fault, i.e. “LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO.”  Gifts only come as “makeup” presents after a fight and are generally presented in public so that all seems well to anyone not involved. They are now the target’s only major roleplay partner and use that as a weapon. 

Discard: the abuser finds a new idol. Gaslighting hits maximum, convincing the target that they’re the reason the abuser doesn’t want to play with them anymore and that no one will ever want to play with them. Finally, they drop their current target and ignore them or harass them, often resorting to scorched-earth tactics and spreading rumors to make sure their victim has difficulty reconnecting with others. The target and their character are usually badly damaged, possibly irreparably.

Abusive roleplayers like this usually leave a trail of shattered guilds and broken people behind and often move games or servers when chasing a new target. Due to their habit of giving gifts in public and abusing in private, they may even have a good reputation in the community and staunch defenders (especially if they’re well-known for their writing, art, or crafts). 

In other words, good fucking luck catching them before they hurt someone.

Since this kind of abuse is hard to see from the inside until it’s already too late, the biggest thing you can do is watch out for your friends and guildies.  We’re all weirdos here, and we need to keep each other safe.  If you feel like somebody’s new RP partner is trying to separate them from their support system, don’t be afraid to speak up.  I don’t care if they write like the next Hemingway or their art appears to have been shat right out of Da Vinci’s asshole, they don’t get a pass.

If you feel like or know that this type of abuse is happening to you, remember that no plot or friendship is worth your mental health.  Walk away if you can, get someone you trust to help you if you can’t (yes, even the old friends you told to fuck off and leave you alone - they probably have a strong suspicion of why).  Take screenshots or chatlogs so you have some defense against gaslighting or malicious rumors.  You’re not alone, no matter what they tell you.

[lesbiansforboromir]

You actually cannot skip to being good at a creative endeavour that you haven't put much practice into. You cannot trick your way out of the 'knows that your work is not what you want it to be but don't know how to improve it' stage by planning or reading or talking about it really really hard. At some point you just have to craft through it until your brain finds it's own unique way back to the 'everything I make slaps' stage and be prepared to start the cycle all over again. You just have to make that project you're excited about slightly less good than you want it to be. (Says this standing in a pool of blood and covered in blood and also coughing up a little blood)

[erosthanatosartaviary]

Been busy lately very busy and neglected this space and working on my neocities called anarcutiepie.

Also trying to get VGen verified so here have some wips!

[crazykuroneko]

In response to Slate's article on the possibility having non-heteromative team in figure skating (particularly, ice dance and pairs), Oniceperspective shared a glimpse of Gabriella Papadakis (FRA) and Madison Hubbell (USA) working on their same-sex program. You can see how they switch the leading figure between them.

You can see them trying out lifts in this video.

The rest is on Instagram here:

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[a-la-orilla-del-rio]

[jbananasaurus]

So I finally finished a Bananasaurus avatar for the pixel chat/role-playing game, Furcadia (great info about it here). I only started (checks watch) in 2016! 😂

[brightwanderer]

I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned “forever” into the only acceptable definition of success.

Like… if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it’s a “failed” business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don’t actually want to keep doing that, you’re a “failed” writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it’s a “failed” marriage.

The only acceptable “win condition” is “you keep doing that thing forever”. A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a “real” friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a “phase” - or, alternatively, a “pity” that you don’t do that thing any more. A fandom is “dying” because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things.

I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it’s okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success… I don’t think that’s doing us any good at all.

[ebb-is-learning]

being anti ai is making me feel like in going insane. "you asked for thoughts about your characters backstory and i put it into chat gpt for ideas". studies have proven its making people dumber. "i asked ai to generate this meal plan". its causing water shortages where its data centers are built. "ill generate some pictures for the dnd campaign". its spreading misinformation. "meta, generate an image of this guy doing something stupid". its trained off stolen images, writing, video, audio. "i was talking with my snapchat ai-" theres no way to verify what its doing with the information it collects. "youtube is impletmenting ai based age verification". my work has an entire graphics media department and has still put ai generated motivational posters up everywhere. ai playlists. ai facial verification. google ai microsoft ai meta ai snapchat ai. everyone treats it as a novelty. every treats it as a mandatory part of life. am i the only one who sees it? am i paranoid? am i going insane? jesus fucking christ. if i have to hear one more "well at least-" "but it does-" "but you can-" im about to lose it. i shouldnt have to jump through hoops to avoid the evil machine. have you no principles? no goddamn spine? am i the weird one here?

[vulpineamethyst]

new fear just dropped:

AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study