Stardew Valley- but you can also romance a silly magical theatre guy. I also used my in game farmer sprite as reference for height... and hoo boy! He's so TALL!
I was playing the game as a way to ease my nerves, and then this idea came up randomly ^^; This is my first time drawing with pixels! So sorry if it's not great XD
BUT- it would be awesome if there was a funny dating sim for Mr. Wonderworld himself. I'm tempted to do another one of these for Lance one day..
i learned from this post that tumblr has a limit for the number of tags. whoops.
my abridged rant about tattooing and finrod. abandon all expectation of punctuation and proper grammar all ye that enter here:
im currently enjoying the conflict between the permanence (“permanence”) of the elves and their bodies and the preciousness of a body. and the aversion to its marring (“marring”) and suffering. not the aversion to hardship as i see this as different but more the grief of the marks said hardship may leave and the weight of that hardship wrought upon the body “permanently” and the weight being that of grief.
so the idea of intentionally “marring” the body as something to be troubled by. i think also much can be said about the ease at which something troubling that comes from mortal people could be attributed to the darkness from which they flee. and maybe theyre right about the source being from that darkness or maybe that is entirely baseless and hurtful but regardless of its source its current purpose is clearly not evil. its a medium of creation to be bent in whatever direction it will by its wielders.
anyways, findaráto. he is hungry in his wanderings for secret places but also for new things and most of all for learning. and though he might have misgivings in his heart at the start he cant hold onto these things for long. not when it is clear they are untrue or different from what was supposed. and how could he wander far and be friend to all if he held his heart closed so? his heart is left open and he bars the doors from shutting.
it is a detached way of thinking to wish to be unmarred, detached in that is involves being apart from the world and what of it can touch you. finrod may be afraid of attachments to some degree but not to the extent that it stops him from constantly seeking them. To be burdened by the "weights" of attachments or by griefs is to have loved. for what is found in living within the world and loving it and loving it well and remembering it and carrying it within himself is everything good about living. (grief accompanies it but the grief and pain would likely be there anyways with the dark days at hand. no matter how far apart he held himself from life)
so of course it doesnt frighten him to "mar" himself. does pain alone lay claim to marking the body or can joy or other things mark it too? or his own want? is it not his own with which to live in and should it not suit him? should he not be allowed to welcome such a "weight" upon his skin and delight in it?
he likes how they look and wants one for himself is there really any more that need be said??
footnote: i have an overcomplicated set of thoughts about tattoos and tattooing that spawned this drawing idea; i spent most of my time in a contentious back and forth on the opinions of various elfin groups on tattoos or other related things. what does it mean to be marked/tattooed/scarred/etc. from artistic to ritual to medical to injury/cruelty. i love tattoos and i think they show something i love most about people in general. that everything is a avenue for creation, that we cover everything in our art including ourselves (ESPECIALLY ourselves) but fantasy as the mirror held up to our reality likes to reflect the notions carried over from colonialism and repression and opinions on a tattoo and what it is of and on what body it is and where on that body. part of me wants to be free from the realities of our current world when i engage with fantasy but another part of me does not want to be rid of them. it feels wrong to pretend that the viewer (of our normal world) will not look at something with eyes and thoughts from that world, because it is still just us engaging with the fantasy. i cant pretend it doesnt exist in the fantasy world when the baggage of reality gets brought along with those that engage with it. yes yes im thinking too seriously about a silly drawing, its what i do and i like to be this way. peace and love.
