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Matt Dinniman: hey guys, check out this manly book for men! it has a strong american man protagonist who kills enemies with his bare hands and also lots of sex jokes! Anarchy? oh no, he just got this class because he deals with traps and bombs, he's only talking about fantasy empires when he tells the people to revolt. He's just hostile to showrunners because he's a hothead, it has nothing to do with how violating and invasive celebrity culture can be haha. He's friends with sex workers but gleefully kills monarchs? why yes, because the monarchs are evil, and the sex workers are fighting for their personhood just as he is, which has nothing to do with real world events. Have I mentioned the feet fetish?

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Literally everyone after interacting with Carl for two seconds

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Rough sketches of Katia since @rowan-555 asked to see her! Thank you!!! I have more doodles under the cut from when I was brainstorming what she’d look like. I’ve landed on this more Bjork-inspired, art-teacher-meets-monster-truck-driver look but my previous ideas are fun to look at also. Also pssst, I’ve already made it to the hunting grounds. I can’t stop reading. 💥

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Katia, my love 💜

Dungeon Crawler Carl - This Inevitable Ruin spoilers

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A comic panel I made of one of my favorite Book 7 scenes.

I'm going to pair it with some musings.

I found a post on Instagram that really summed up the dynamic I see between Carl and Katia as the books progress. I will try to paraphrase here.

IMO there are scenes (such as this one illustrated above) that show that the connection between Carl and Katia is more nuanced than strictly platonic/non-platonic.

Carl has almost no ability to recognize the interpersonal dynamics between people (including himself and Bea) until he clocks that Katia and Bautista have become an item. Carl is an unreliable narrator when it comes to himself and his emotions, but other people see the dynamic between Carl and Katia and expect there's something between them. Donut sees it. Daniel see it. Mordecai see it. Imani and Elle see it. Even Huanxin Jinx sees it.

There is an abundance of familial love between these two, but I think they also carry a flame for one another. One that maybe they are both scared to act on as to not jeopardize the family they've already built together. Or because they know that due to their circumstances it would only further complicate their situation. It could be either of those things or it could be mostly because Carl is oblivious to his own emotions and suppresses them while he's in survival mode. Katia is more aware of her feelings as she clearly wanted him to be the father of her child. I think these feelings snuck up on Carl, and maybe even Katia too. I'm going to quote this next part directly from the post bc I love it:

"When all you've known are hurtful, harmful relationships (in both of their cases familial and romantic) I think it's hard to recognize what healthy, stable love is until you're deeply in it."

The love that blooms between Carl and Katia isn't possessive or frantic. It doesn't demand to be acknowledged. It blooms slowly and steadily over time.

Also fun juxtaposition Carl once wondered "Why can't people just be loyal?" when he considered how Bea wanted to give up Donut for a new cat. He then went on to meet someone who would die to protect Donut (and him). Someone who loves him and Donut as much as she loves herself and her (would be) daughter.

#carl x katia #this inevitable ruin #this inevitable ruin spoilers #dungeon crawler carl #carl dungeon crawler carl #katia grim #carltia #dcc #dungeon crawler katia #my fanart

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This is the absolute best thing ever

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Haven + Reductress headlines 2/?

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[nathan’s voice] duke??? nah what a nerd what a- [trips] [hundreds of thousands of photos of duke spill out of jacket] what a fucking asshole i- these aren’t mine i’m just [gathering them up frantically sweating] listen i just listen fuck [thousands of pictures of duke scatter across the floor] shit fuck i’m holding them for a friend just listen.

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every ot3 has these very important roles:

person a, who runs headlong into crazy bullshit

person b, who acts like they’re too sensible to run headlong into crazy bullshit, but is really just as bad as person a

person c, who actually tries to avoid running headlong into crazy bullshit, but keeps getting dragged into it by the other two anyway

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“you came back!”✨🫶

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City guard: you are under arrest for attempting to carry three people on a single motorcycle

Katia: damn

Donut: wait did you say three

City guard: yes three

Carl: oh my god Samantha fucking fell off

Dungeon Crawler Carl book 7 spoilers

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kinda?

I mean, it's not canon

but it would have had to happen after This Inevitable Ruin

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Even Generals Need Sleep 🧡

#dungeon crawler carl #katia grim #dcc #dungeon crawler katia #this inevitable ruin #this inevitable ruin spoilers #carl dungeon crawler carl #carltia #carl x katia #princess donut

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Become ungovernable

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That sign can't stop me because I ate it

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first incidence of good writing advice i've seen in 10+ years on this platform and it's in the notes of a mustelid wreaking absolute havoc in a german grocery store