#fidorance

[the-follow-up-strike]

"I still hate you, you know."

"Yeah, yeah, we know"

"..."

There's a thin line between hating and loving the people you know the most. Since the more you know, the more you see, and God knows I've seen you at your best and your worst.

They still hate eachother. But they love eachother too.

Also don't be in denial Waron we all see how your ribbon thing is wrapped around them xD

...And your necklace laying awfully close to their faces

Veryyyyyy rough art session today. I'm not kidding, I haven't made any art I liked and this one took an embarassingly long time to figure out. I was switching between poses and poses and all of them looked awful. v v"

But I "carved" this out of all of the dark underlines of the page, and I like it. Even after everything :')

It's just a bad art day. Or I used all my luck and brainpower on Naryun lol.

We all have bad days. It doesn't mean you're suddenly bad at art

[incorrect-ember-knight]

[Waron, Zius, and Fidorance are observing a group of hostiles from behind cover]

Waron, to Fidorance: we can take them. two on two.

Zius: actually, there's three of us.

Waron: oh. I'm sorry, I didn't count you, you know *gestures to all of Zius* and all.

Zius: I can still fight!

Waron: okay. two on two plus Zius!

[lliearnia]

Malk

Behold! My current magnum opus~~ The reception to this is part of the reason why, I do animatics for this fandom! I hope to continue more and strive to do better and make more canon animatics,

Context: This was made for Summer Swapsters June 2025 Event in The Ember Knight Discord Server, gifted specifically for the beloved Tree in the fandom! They're the most prolific writer in our fandom, having written more than 50 fics in AO3! Check them out~ (Try finding the two fics they gifted me, haha)

You can tell I worked really hard on this because, this is the cleanest lineart I've ever done for an animatic, haha

Check below for extra details and things about this animatic in particular

So, I was in hiatus from Discord server when I made this. I already expressed interest in doing an event because I missed the secret Santa the previous year (I was there for the first ever Christmas Santa, however it isn't an animatic so it's not posted and it's going to take a looongggg while for me to collate EVERY fanart I've ever done for TEK, I've made A LOT over the years) So they actually emailed me!! For the event and I also, essentially gave my progress reports over email as well instead of Direct Messages/DMs.

But this took 2 weeks because I am, a dumbass and a coward. I wanted to do a full animatic, but I didn't know if I could make it, y'know? Because I was also going out for a whole week, so that's like. 3 weeks. So I first made, a backup illustration and sent that as my first progress report. However, the real reason was that it had to be colored and I didn't know if, I could actually do a colored animatic (I haven't done it before).

I asked if I could do an animatic (after asking other people about their thoughts) and I was given the go-signal! Mind that I already did the storyboards and asked if the audio was okay to begin with LOL Taken from the email:

Hmm..the effort that goes into making an animatic sounds like a lot, and at least to me, the work without coloring should meet the requirements for the gift! You've put lots of time and thought into this already, and I know you're dedicated to making your work the best it can be.

(TLDR: The animatic gift without coloring sounds great, thumbs up! Your audio should also be alright too.)

And so begins, trudging towards to completion of this animatic! It took several, sleepless nights accompanied by the resident Japanese fan of TEK, and fueled with motivation by another friend (who also, made an animatic that's colored BROO)

I lost my sanity (to be expected from animation) and a hard drive (I salvaged it, but yeahhh) and I also, almost lost all my progress for Waron's helmet (actually, felt my soul leave my body...) This took like, 3 hours to export (10 times ack), and bro, I was almost the last one to submit in time HAHAHA

But people really liked this!! I'm glad people appreciated the effort this took and liked the idea~ The tree asked for a fun gift, I hoped this was fun!! The original message had like, a personal note, which I won't add here

Details taken from Discord:

Art Program: CLIP Studio Paint

FPS: 16 / 1s + 2s + 3s

Frames/Layers: 154/4

Reasons why it took so long:

Clean Lineart

I added roughly 60-70 frames because I animated actually some parts

Waron's helmet

the file got so large my art program was genuinely lagging and crashing on me

Shoulder and back pain, also no sleep

Good things I learned:

Shorthand for Waron's helmet (Freehanding her helmet, is a bonus)

Layer organization for animation

Camera feature in CSP

Some fun details!

I accounted for the fact the audio specified it's a dream! So that's why Darang had extra detail with her, especially her hands~ And also, besides that I somewhat gave up near the end the detail lessened near the end, signaling the dream is about to end! There's also a bunch of discrepancies throughout the animatic, doubling down it was a dream

Waron's helmet is the only reason why this took so long, besides the clean lineart

The screaming part is a huge reason, besides how iconic this audio is for fandom, for Darang as the MC. I figured it would have triggered some trauma in regards to her part in Dragon's Descendants' massacre

[nothoughtsjustmentos]

ember knight characters, but make them easter bunnies! Smth smoll and very quick done for easter. Used these https://pin.it/bwIEzxx0r for poses and bunny proportions!

[aseplant]

fidorance's incredibly bisexual situationship

"I told you I’m not gonna open the door the next time you do this." Waron laughs, one hand around her ribs, one hand clutching the doorway for support. Her teeth are stained red with blood. "You said that last time, though." And she’d said that last time, too. But no matter what he says he opens the door for her time and time again, the bloodstains on his couch marking each lie anew.

fidorance/waron/zius, sort of, modern au. now live in theaters! or on your phone screen ig.

[eijakushingomel]

Qilin, picking Nags up from the ground : Why is he laying down on the ground.

Waron : He's thirsting for vengeance.

Qilin : ...Well, why was he not moving then?

Waron : Dude, shut up. Vengeance is tiring, you know.

••••

Nagyunn : *lifting up Aucherguni, gaze darkened*

Waron : Wow.

Luzian : GAH! Najin, don't grab that!

Fidorance : There's literally other things he could choose. Why did he choose that?

Waron : Like I said, vengeance, man.

Fidorance : Shut up.

Nagyunn : ....

Luzian : Come on, Najin...give me that and I'll give you this flower.

Tyr : ...! Luzian, that's a poisonous flower!

Luzian : Oh no! *pulls back before Nags could take it*

Fidorance : ...maybe it's a good choice that he picked that Narin.

••••

Darigon : Come on, Najin. Say 'Darigon's the best'.

Nagyunn : ...

Quaring : ...what do you think you're doing?

Darigon : Teaching him his first word. What else?

Quaring : I dunno. Something not dumb?

Darigon : Hey, hold the sass. A baby's here, watch your mouth.

Quaring : This is stupid.

Darigon clasped his hands on Nags' ears : *gasp* Quaring! Choice of word!

Quaring : Oops.

Nagyunn : *frowns* Dis is 'etting stupef.

Quaring : See? Even he agrees with me—

Quaring :

Darigon :

Nagyunn :

Darigon : D-did he just talked?

Quaring : I'm not on drugs then, thank goodness sake.

Nagyunn : ...bah.

Darigon : Don't lie to me, boy!

Darigon : I heard cha!

Quaring : Don't scream to a baby.

Darigon : A NAJIN baby.

Quaring : That's—

Darigon : There's no way his word will be that, Quaring.

Lauzun : Actually.

Quaring : OH GOD!

Darigon : *screeches*

Quaring : W-where did you come from?

Lauzun : I'm just nearby.

Lauzun : But Jin-ah's first word had always been unique.

Lauzun : Although, it's just a rumoured spectaculation because no one in the town knows his deep background. But the elderly in the town always say that Jin-ah's first word must be dumb or grumpy or something, with how much he always appeared mad and quiet.

Quaring : ....

Darigon : ....hah.

Darigon : I guess that can be your first word, Najin.

Nagyunn : Yeh I knou.

Darigon : See?

Darigon : Wait.

••••

Nagyunn, thinking : So apparently, only my physical form reverted back to my old infant stage. But my memories and mental capacity are still intact, thank you.

Nagyunn, thinking : I'm much more helpless in this state. I need to depend on others for help.

Luzian & Wadrin : *yell at each other while flames burning up to Wadrin's pant because they're trying to cook*

Lauzun : *tries to cut tree with Side Slash but nearly cut Myusa and Quaring*

Myusa : *traumatise*

Quaring : *pass out*

Jiroon : *tries to help Myusa & Quaring out*

Toorisun : *confuse if he should help Wadrin or Jiroon*

Marsha : *staring at Nags, creepily*

Nuljin : *tries to feed Nags some soup*

Yulnia : *tries to eat that food, you baby food stealer*

Darigon : *plummet to the ground because of Waron*

Waron : *plummets Darigon to the ground*

Pymel : *tries to stop the fire from Wadrin's pant*

Tyr : *wishing he's dead*

Nagyunn :

Nagyunn : Uh nu.

[detectivebiggs98]

fidorance in this jacket i saw

[the-follow-up-strike]

Do we fw the potential Casino AU Fidorance outfit

The dresss and the jacket is colored saturated brown, dark red. Which might mean I accidently debuffed him in canon lol

I think about the rule of the colors every. day.

Many belts, and a harness with spikes on the neck area to read as a collar since wild dog is part of his status + Ked is bored ;P

I could've make him half naked like braver people do out there (glances at con) but what if he feels dysphoricccccc? :c also these bandages on the chest always give trans character so that's a win for me

What's your gender headcanon for Fidorance if you have any?

Mine is genderqueer + genderneutral but I'm sure I made that pretty obvious lololol Don't forget, labels are not everything~