#deepcolor

[lighthouse-guardian]

you 🫵 are being painted

[hexdrake]

big fan of deepcolor's backstory ngl

(original art is from the Arknights Operators manhua)

[vivlily]

a puddle

[gaemms-chamois]

Arknights Blorbissimo Series

#271 – #280

[kaleidoscope-2]

Kinda scuffed getting to this point but Deepcolor won the poll!

[angstelowein]

deep sea

[oltammefru]

What the fuck is going on in the operators manga why is there official media establishing that the Doctor can identify operators by the taste of their tentacles??????

[amiya-shirou]

Thinking about how both Deepcolor and Arturia rejected the ocean despite We Many technically representing their ideal because they don't see meaning in a life lived following only instinct and devoid of art and individuality, yet while Arturia's music is based around playing the emotions of others while leaving herself empty Deepcolor's art is fueled by her own emotions which she then uses to paint the world around her. the one who most admires the Seaborn and see beauty in them has the most individuality and a stronger sense of self while the one who easily rejects them because she favors emotional connections sacrificed her own because she only lives through others

Arturia's ideal is for humanity to join together as a group and reach a level of connection similar to We Many, however she wants to achieve it without everyone having to sacrifice their individuality or sense of self - she's interested in learning about the inner minds of others, she wants people to have their own tune rather than mindlessly assimilating (the whole reason why she criticized the rigid music of Leithanien). her failure was that in trying to reach that understanding she forgot about her own self and became the furthest being from her ideal future. despite the priest describing art as humanity's weakness and a symbol of their selfishness, lacking this ego is the biggest reason Arturia is said to be unable to reach her dream of a kinder, better world where no one would be excluded

the climax of her character arc is when she finally manages to use her own emotions to fill the others' minds with her own music, which is somewhat reflective of what Amaia did to the Endspeaker, making it gain an ego and a will of its own to learn and understand, and that's what made it evolve into a higher state and reach the sky

and all of these themes are basically summarized in Deepcolor's short operation record! through her art she reached an understanding of the ocean that went beyond the canvas itself while the priest from the Church of the Deep could only see the canvas as a piece of cloth. she and Arturia needs to have a talk in Rhodes Island. Throw Dorothy in there too while we're at it