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[alchemists-sketchbook]

A little rebrand today:

Adurna0-art —> alchemists-sketchbook

[moe-broey]

Okay, I was almost tempted to make a poll, but. As fun as it is as an idea (yay! Group participation!), I think I already made my choice and didn't wanna disappoint anyone if I didn't pick the winning option LMFAO

So, instead, I just wanna walk you through my thought process! Book 3 is approaching, for my quotes blogs specifically I mean. This means I have to set up the evil-alfonse-quotes -- I mean, Lif quotes blog. For the Bit.

For Alfonse and Sharena, I picked out some FEH comic illusts that I think represent them well. Both of them being silly and sweet w Kiran on the header, and the icons! I wanted to capture them each, on a few dif fronts.

Like! Those are my friends! I know them! Alfonse, with an award winning sincere smile, but also! Putting on a good face. Best foot forward. He has an appearance to keep. He's also very charming! As for Sharena! OH THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD SHARENAS TO PICK FROM. You can take that same angle -- award winning smile, best foot forward, to the MAX with her. But!!! Out of all of the choices I could go with... this icon feels like something she would pick herself. It's silly, it's playful, it's cute! Even the more chibi style suits her perfectly, esp in contrast to Alfonse's look.

Okay! So, back to Lif. I already have the idea of making what I lovingly call the Askr Extended Family Photo Comic the header. Where Lif is spotted shuffling behind Gustav, in the background. It is just. EXTREMELY funny, to me. He's a fucking cryptid, to me. Rare Lif Sighting. And APPARENTLY. YEAH. RARE LIF SIGHTING FOR FUCKING REAL. As far as I know, dude has only shown up in THREE Day in the Life comics, including that one. Damn. Okay!

I did not know how dire the situation was, going into this. So I'm scouring the website and also looking through an archive. I have the header, but I need an icon! I come out with a grand total of... three. Options.

I gravitate towards this option first. Rare Lif, so early on it's not on the site (I could be wrong, but also I did flip through all the way back til I couldn't anymore! Cuts off on a Ranulf and Lethe centric comic). Okay, so, what's the deal here? Should be simple? Easy, done? Well... while it's a very nice illustration of him. He looks cool, brooding, threatening. It's a little... stiff. Like, I might as well pull from his in-game art! Which is ALSO really good, but, not what I'm aiming for. It's hard to explain, but art created for specific purposes has different vibes. You know. In-game art is meant to showcase The Art, and the best features of the character. Comic illustrations can get sillier! Or can focus on more personality based things. And capturing the personality, is what I'm going for! Also... because it's a rare Lif, and bc of the way this illust is drawn... it's not immediately clear this is a FEH comic panel. It might not even be clear that it's official artwork. As an artist myself, I'd prefer to stick to clearly official work for this! I don't want any confusion or concerns about uncredited art!

NEXT. I literally only have one other comic to pull from, now. And... Okay, hear me out. I love silly-ifying this man. I love goofing on this absolute DRAMA queen of a man. I love poking fun at him at every opportunity. There is a Reason why I named the blog something stupid instead of being straightforward. HOWEVER. While this is a fun, silly moment..... it just doesn't capture him in his entirety, you know? In fact, I'd argue this is a rare moment where he's directly contradicting his dark, brooding and tortured persona he's so carefully crafted (and well, the natural bits of it too. That came with The Trauma). To me, esp in the full context of him and Thrasir saying "Our work here is Done" Tuxedo Mask style, dumping the rest of the workload (of which, to be fair, was not in their jurisdiction) onto ANNA. You know, Commander Anna? The woman, while not the exact one, but the woman he used to work so closely with? His boss, his co-worker, his friend? Oh he is ABSOLUTELY doing that on purpose to fuck with her. This is a Lif zoomies moment to me. This is a Lif DEEPLY INGRAINED NEED to be A Jackass moment. To me. The type of jackassery that comes with being an older brother. Old habits die hard.

All of that said... it's a very good moment. It's also a very cute illustration. But it's too cute. Too playful. Too silly. It's a real and true moment from him that just doesn't fit the same way anymore. And definitely doesn't capture him in his entirety. This is my opinion, my verdict, with great regret and sorrow. Next!

Out of the illusts from this comic, really only two are usable as an icon. This is the other one. And..... HEAR ME OUT. It goes back to my thoughts of picking that specific illust for the header. Catching a Glimpse of the local cryptid haunting the place. The Ghoul Himself, lurking and shambling about. AND GOING BACK to my thoughts on why I picked those specific Alfonse and Sharena icons!!!!! To capture their personalities, and the faces they put forward to the world! How they see themselves, or want to be seen! Oh, Lif does NOT want to be Seen. This is one of two candid shots you were able to snap of him while all other attempts he's like Big Foot. Some blurry, glowy spectre who is going to get SO FUCKING MAD AT YOU when he catches you trying to catch Him. And!!! And!!!!! POKING FUN AT HIM. The comedy of seeing This Fucking Guy in broad daylight is unparalleled. He looks SO out of place, on a nice, clear, sunny day. Not so scary now, running errands for Commander Anna, ARE you, buddy? Huh?? Huh??? Oh god wait don't reach for your cursed sword I'M SORRY I'M SORRRYYYYY --

It's funny! Ironic! That the third one was a "I'll do it if I Have To", in my mind. I didn't want to use it. I did, very much, want to pick something Cooler. But no... that's not the Route....... do not be swayed by his objectively very cool appearance and his dangerous demeanor. Rule number one to being a Lif enjoyer is you HAVE to make fun of him. Rule number two, is that you have to make fun of him in a Lif-honoring way. You cannot solely focus on what makes him cool, what makes him tragic, and what makes him endearing, those rare moments of softness. No. You need to Hone In. LOCK IN. On what would make him want to punt you across the battlefield, full fucking force.

That's just how I feel, though! Thank you for joining me on this little journey! ☺️☺️☺️😌💖💝💗💘💞💝💞💘💖💞💖💓💞💓💖💞💓💖💗💗💝💘💘💞💕💕💕

[badlydrawnvalorant]

Patch Notes 2.1

changing tags to #bd (agent name) to not clog up the valorant tags. Sorry val fans for the spam in that tag!

fixed issue where blog owner disappeared

[elders-of-the-sky]

Blog Patch Notes: July 23, 2021

Version 1.1.0

What’s New!:

- We’re starting off Chapter 1 with the introduction of a new character: Elder Fonte!

- With a new chapter comes a new version! Goodbye 1.0, hello 1.1!

- Strengthened the barrier keeping Him in Eden

- Blog Patch Notes will now appear outside the first week of the month

- Elder Fonte, the Timeless Elder, will now be now be the first predecessor available for for asks as she tries to understand the changes in the world she used to know. New predecessors coming soon!

- The Queue will now be posting twice a day on weekends!

- Added the #skykiddo tag for posts that don’t solely include the elders. Possible Skykid Sunday?

- Once again, thank you to everybody that has shown interest in this blog and helped keep it going!

- Praise to our King!

We hope you have a good day

[crimsonfluidessence]

A few more casual updates:

Updating both parts of Esrey’s bio to include more dramatic titles for him, more about post hw, another hook, a slight clarification to a bit to confirm I am over eighteen and not being literal when I call myself a naive baby, and also some clarification on how I am happy to use him as a development tool for others because he doesn’t need to develop through roleplay. I’m also planning to keep adding to his relationships, but for now there’s only one new one for @rosven-ffxiv. Also added another alias on there.

Really been feeling the post hw aesthetic lately and I needed to write it all out somewhere eventually.

[loveleftbehind-a]

New nsfw sideblog

It has been done

All nsfw threads and asks should be directed over to here

[moe-broey]

hiiiii sliding in here to ask about the Alfonse-quotes blog. if you haven’t thought about it yet that’s fine but I wanted to know if you’re including the “Alfonse” quotes from Book IV? Bc that is technically Alfonse for most of the story but also not? I hope this isn’t rude or anything I’m just curious

have a great day!

No worries!!! That's... also a really good question, actually. I've only thought about it briefly, esp bc I'm still working my way up.

At first, my answer would have probably been Yes, but since seeing a specific post REALLY highlighting how "Alfonse's" speech patterns change, ever so slightly (... or maybe dramatically and you just do not think about it.), as Kiran. I'm actually really conflicted! Especially since the blog was made as a study guide, for me.

LIKE... there's still really important material to document and reference, here. Important analysis, too. But now there's a caveat. And I wonder if there's a way I can work around it... like, second purpose of the blog is a bit. So no context, makes the bit funnier. But I have been marking certain dialogue with emojis. I've been really strict with myself about it, as to not overcomplicate it. ⭐s indicate notable characterization, or favorite lines. 📝 Indicate important lore/storybeats, beyond individual characterization (esp lore that's easy to forget! Like Veronica's family situation, beyond Bruno). Maybe, what I'd end up doing is using a different specific emoji to indicate these are actually Kiran lines! Distinct from the notes (📝) one, as to not completely jumble it all together lmfao (would bother me, specifically.)

That's the best solution I have so far, because again, I do think there's some REALLY important characterization here that needs to be distinguished and considered carefully. Pre-twist, it's not just a study in Alfonse -- it's a study in Kiran, how they conceptualize Alfonse, how much they must know about him, to successfully act as him. Either subconsciously, almost reflexively (my interpretation first run, as a defense mechanism), or intentionally with full knowledge that they aren't who they claim to be (REALLY FASCINATING ANGLE. MUCH TO CONSIDER).

Also!!! Not rude at all LMFAOOO, I'm just excited I've got other people invested in this bit that I thought would only be funny to me 😊👍 (and... I do gotta add more.....)

[badlydrawnvalorant]

Patch Notes 2.0

updated header to have kayo & chamber (neon pending…)

uhh i think i said i might open dms on twitter but nahhhhhhhh (v sorry 😔)

changed kj’s text to just her jacket accent (idk y i didnt do that in the beginning :\)

pretend i took out the part in my about that says posts r tagged as badly drawn asks (bc i totally forgot abt it)