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[princeyarthur]

Lupe refs I made for artfight... I'm on team werewolf but I may as well throw one of my vampires out there. For everyone on team vampire to chew on.

He's actually based on an fr dragon I made to wear this one specific festival skin, which I think you can still kind of tell... but at some point in designing him I did go "Oh god damn it. God damn it I have made vampire Leon Belmont, the one thing I said I'd never do."

Anyways. short info sections under cut.

LUPE

Known as the White Wolf of the North, the silent and fearsome royal guard to Ladislav, the lord of the vampires. No one quite knows who he is, or where and when he came from - except that he must be old, long lived even if physically young. No one has ever heard him speak, nor has anyone ever seen his face beneath his wolf mask. He's rarely seen alone, usually all but glued to Ladislav's side. ROLAND

Sweet and unassuming, Roland is a bit of an odd one. He has no taste for vampire social politicking, which tends to trade in barbed insults and violent (if usually empty) threats. As a result, he tends to place fairly lowly on the vampire social scale, for someone who seems to hang around Important Vampire Places quite often. He's very softspoken, and has the aura of someone who's an easy pushover. Most vampires who assume this of him and try to take advantage come out of the experience quite bewildered and feeling like they rather more helped him than they meant to.

His exact age is unknown, and guesses tend to place him as "fairly young", maybe Victorian era if they must guess - but there's some inconsistancies, some turns of phrase he uses that feel much older, some vampires swearing they've seen him before, and a name straight out of medieval times. But the age of a vampire is a very important social factor, and so if he were truly that old, he'd feel like someone with more power. ...Right?

-Deeply in love with Ladislav; the two of them knew each other since before becoming vampires. Ladislav turned him willingly, and he in turn killed the vampire who turned Ladislav, since Ladislav couldn't. -Ladislav is like. Aware of this and Also has feelings but thinks it's too complicated due to Lupe's position relative to his own, and also because he turned Lupe and therefore has some amount of power over him, even if he doesn't ever exercise it -Lupe Does Not Care though. lol -Over a thousand at this point -Keeps Roland as a fairly separate identity because he thinks that if people find out who he is under the wolf cloak, it will entirely defang him as a threat. It's unclear if this would or wouldn't be true, but it's what he thinks, so!

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[princeyarthur]

Really love how basically every classic Christmas Special came out in the 60s so I can do stuff like this.

This was very recent art but I wanted to get it out of the way before the new year actually rolled over and I still have an excuse to post art I drew for Christmas

[shiverhohojiro]

Chocolate splatfest Shiver changed my brain chemistry FOREVER. So of course I had to start putting patches on it.

[shiverhohojiro]

[audible 4 second wink jingle]

The best part of this splatfest has been seeing people draw Tetra!Frye. They are all right for it, and naturally I had to get in on the action while it was still relevant.

Originally this wasn't going to be a full screenshot redraw and I planned to doodle some other things but... well. You know how it is with spaghetti.

[princeyarthur]

what a splatfest, huh. I do think it's weird they decided to go back to the 2 team splatfest format after splat3 was so heavily advertised on its new 3 team splatfest gimmick, but it's nice for nostalgia.

not sure what the devs were thinking when they decided to take Big Man out back and shoot him, though.

[princeyarthur]

you're a kid now you're an octopus now

Guess who's been playing splatoon ! Guess who loves making crossovers between his interests! That's right. it's me. I have made a whole carefully crafted Splatoon/LOI au, in my head.

The important notes about the crossover are that it swaps inklings and octolings (octolings kept the surface and inklings went underground), mainly because well. Vampire Squids. And that it most heavily resembles the single player modes of the original splat/Splat2's. I'm sure splat2 specifically being mentioned as an inspiration point won't mean much for the story.........

Anyways, what a nice pair of octolings these two make! There is nothing at all weird or un-octoling-like about one of them at all, I'm sure. Nope! Everything looks normal here!

[princeyarthur]

Traitor's Lament of Innocence

did you ever think of me the way you thought about yourself?

It's here, it's real: the most self indulgent, niche playlist ever conceived - a Castlevania: Lament of Innocence playlist, using ONLY songs by the hit Blaseball inspired band, The Garages. Except instead of being all of Lament of Innocence it ended up being just about Leon and Mathias, but you know how it is.

I. Talking to the Parasite || II. outfield || III. And I Mean, All Gods || IV. Lang Gang || V. Precognition/Magmatic || VI. traitor's lament || VII. Estimation || VIII. Blessings (Shove 'Em) || IX. Eclipse || X. CONSUMERIST - live @ UNDERGROUND || XI. Pathetic/Spineless || XII. Get Normal (Neon Ver.) || XIII. dickerson's remorse || XIV. Ashes || XV. Ruby Tuesday || XVI. feedbacked feelings || XVII. past mistakes || XVIII. we've got history

some general thoughts and choice lyrics that made me add these songs to the playlist under cut:

Originally this playlist was genuinely going to cover all of Lament of Innocence!! unfortunately I was not good at bridging the gap between Mathias deciding "fuck god" and Leon finding out that Mathias went "fuck god". in the end I decided that that was what I was most invested in anyways, and there were enough good Garages songs to fit that alone, so... rip to the Leon/Sara In the Feedback, which was the only in-between song I really had.

I wanted to lean into the blaseball theming here, so I decided I was going to assign them teams and everything. I actually did not assign based on team colors!! Just team vibes. I simply lucked out. Hades Tigers Mathias was such an obvious choice that I kept doubting myself on to the point that his uniform was one of the very last things finished... I think him going on the team whose fanlore notes them as anti-necromancy is great irony. Yeah Mathias YOU might not ever try to raise your wife from the dead. But Watch Out.

I thought Leon would be much harder to assign, or that no team would really fit, but then it was noted that the Lovers have a whole Knight/Arthurian theme going on, due in part to their founder. And that sealed the deal.

Anyways. Choice lyrics. Whose pov it is. And some track commentary where I think it needs it.

I. Talking to the Parasite | Mathias I know what it is I have to do/A truth I think I always knew/A sacrifice must be made before we're through/And I'll do whatever it takes just to see You

(while I don't think Mathias is personally inclined to necromancy, the vibes on this song? impeccable)

II. outfield | Mathias Like They Burned you/Like They stole you/like They Took You away/hate the damn gods/They’re abusing their power/Nearly every single hour/They took you too soon

III. And I Mean, All Gods | Mathias and i'm going to engage in rational discourse/but god will not listen to my rational discourse/so now i'm punching god, and i'm punching him with force/cause he will not listen to my rational discourse/no gods/yeah, we're killing all gods/and don't tell me the odds/cause we're killing all gods

(this one is a little silly and by this point you probably Get It. however I think it's worth it for this bit alone)

IV. Lang Gang | About Mathias and then the Blood Drain gurgled (yeah)/and he took his little sippy (yeah)/but it tastes so dirty (yeah)/yeah the Blood Drain killed his vibe

(This one was perhaps the silliest one to include, and the abrupt tone shift between this and the next songs is jaw dropping. However. how could I not include Mathias' little sippy? yeah, becoming a vampire really did kill his vibe.)

V. Precognition/Magmatic | Leon "Please tell me how I can trust again/with no one left?/Please tell me how I can bat again/how can I not break?"

VI. traitor's lament | Mathias i've made a grave mistake, i knew that from the onset/but petty traitors like me have no room for any regret/with me and you there, singing what will be our last duet

VII. Estimation | Leon You thought you did the math/Balanced things with care/You’d filled the sky with all your debts/But everything was square

VIII. Blessings (Shove 'Em) | Leon i don't want your blessings/i want you to shove them, shove them, yeah/it's a pathetic gesture/a spineless kind of nod/you're just a wooden idol/a counterfeited god

(The Pathetic/Spineless reference? [chef's kiss]. also calling Mathias a counterfeited god would probably sting given his obvious complexes)

IX. Eclipse | Leon Why so quiet now?/Go ahead, we’re waiting/Have you forgotten how?/Or is your courage fading?/I paint my stripes on/I name each scar/'Cause now I see you for the coward that you are/Go on and take a swing/I’ll be right here, ready/You’ve taken everything/So why not take just one more swing

(the one problem with Hades Tigers!Mathias is that this Hades Tigers song is very much a Leon one. Sorry for any confusion.)

X. CONSUMERIST - live @ UNDERGROUND | Leon So take a pound of flesh/If you think it would help/I can promise you this:/nothing else will/Yeah, you sharpen your teeth/Come on and take a bite/I can promise you this:/I will survive.

XI. Pathetic/Spineless | Leon when i look you in the eyes/i will start to realise/you're pathetic, in the worst ways/you're spineless, like on most days/when i look you in the eyes/i will start to realise/you're not going anywhere, going anywhere/when you go to fight gods/but none of them live up to it/and all of them give up, does that/make you feel better?/when you go to fight gods/but none of them meet your eyeline/does that make you feel fine,/or are you disappointed?

XII. Get Normal (Neon Ver.) | Leon can we get back to normal?/can we get normal after this?/it feels like my world is crumbling/it feels like the world is crumbling down

XIII. dickerson's remorse | Leon The time has come to bury my love, future, present and past/This time I’ve got nothing left, this time I’ve loved my last

XIV. Ashes | Leon I thought it would be us forever/Together against the world/But here I am standing alone/As the sun sets on the dream we shared/Memories is all I have left/And all our regrets, all we left unsaid/Now Ashes is all that remains

XV. Ruby Tuesday | Leon Are you listening?/Is this to a broken address?/I’ve been wondering/Did you ever think of me/Like you thought about yourself/I never asked, and you never asked/And now I’m living/With no benefit of the doubt/I wonder if this’ll ever let me go/When will it let me go?

(this song is the reason this playlist exists.)

XVI. feedbacked feelings | Leon I like you but you don't like me/I try to move on eventually/Then you like me when I don't like you/Tell me what are we to do

(this song nearly got cut, as it's the only one (other than we've got history, which fits too well to cut) with... pretty much explicitly romantic connotations. but I wanted a nice even number and didn't really have anything else I wanted to cut, so it stayed. I also love the ending of this song in a post LOI context; I love it when Leon has complicated feelings about Mathias after everything and still like... likes him. feels fondly about him, despite everything and despite being very hurt. This is a lot of analysis for a silly little song .)

XVII. past mistakes | Mathias I'm a profit I'm non-profit and I always end up down/I made others riches way back when/I'm a coward I'm a bastard I'm a murderer/I'd give anything to do it all again

XVIII. we've got history | Leon & Mathias It’s funny the stories we tell ourselves/between the numbers./We’re always running around/running after each other.

No matter the words we tell ourselves/We’re just repeating an endless cycle./Trading my heart for a force field./Never asking how I feel.

[princeyarthur]

oh that post was not finished. Get back in there [deletes it in order to finish it]

[princeyarthur]

darling, you're my second sun

Happy Valentines? IS this Valentines art? well it's posted on valentines and they're in love, so it sure can be! it was also drawn while listening to my friend Rana's version of Sun 2, which you should absolutely listen to because it's good music.

[princeyarthur]

guy I made for dnd with friends. he is a paladin of vengeance. he's the nicest guy. he's divorced. he's the blueberry coffee guy post (perfectly ordinary with something just a little bit wrong with him). his inspiration was definitely "Leon Belmont but to the left". his name is Matej.

[princeyarthur]

Pick up your tactician. and carry him around.

[princeyarthur]

it was (based on real events)

when I was a kid I got Firewing from the library without ever having read the first two books in the trilogy and it left an indelible impression on my psyche, that I think Soma Cruz should also get to experience,

[princeyarthur]

Art summary 2022! I had a lot of fun this year... I really like that the whole bottom row is all Mathias art, you can really tell that the loi bug bit me. Honestly the first row COULD have been all twf though, so..

I think a few of these never got posted; I actually had a TON of art for artfight that only ever got posted there. you can kind of tell I burned out a bit afterwards but like, there are 91 images in my July art folder, including several that I think are some of my best work overall this year, so you can't blame me!! Still. Fun times :) expect more Mathiasposting in the coming year I guess!

[princeyarthur]

sometimes you just have a very clear mental image that you just have to draw

[princeyarthur]

matching Christmas icons for you and your tactician

[princeyarthur]

I've drawn my design for Crusader Seti plenty of times, but somehow never made a full one for Bragi, despite him being the Other fe4 lore character I think of a lot... not totally satisfied with the details on his clothes, so I might go back and add later, but it's a start!

Also made one for Baldr while I was at it. I used the Chalphy crest as an excuse to give him red trim on his clothes... I just think it looks nice.