#praetors

[phyrexianphamily]

If I had a nickel for every time I was mutilated by a white-mana girlboss, I'd have... two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Jin-Gitaxias

[ml-futch]

Are the other praetors SEETHING with rage because they know they'll never serve as much CUNT as ELESH NORN.

Sheoldred is gagged boots

Vorinclex WISHES

Jin-Gitaxias FLOP

Urabrask found DEAD in Miami

Elesh Norn is MOTHER for real.

[strixhaven-star]

May 1st marks the three month mark before Standard Rotation. Essentially, the New Phyrexia arc will be leaving Standard. (Thank you, Lord!)

By this time in August, Final Fantasy will have been in Standard for a month and a half, as Edge of Eternities releases on August 1st.

[edspear]

Oh no. I seemed to have fallen into some sort of rabbit hole. The next set is some 1930's sort of thing? Sort of got thinking about rubberhose animation and well... This is the weird thing that came out of that.

Basically I tried to redo the Phyrexian Praetors in old cartoon style.

The first one I did was Sheoldred, felt decently Betty Boop-y. Had a lot more trouble with the horrible spider butt with a very John Dillworth-y kind of smile.

Got into something of a groove and did Vorinclex next. And the big galoot felt very Bluto/Sinbad. The skull isn't as animalistic as his real face is, but I decided it was a good time to reference the Skeleton Dance.

The third one was Jin-Gitaxias, and he was just a delight. If a little odd to figure out. Won't lie mostly vibing off of "The Ghost of Stephen Foster" here. And maybe an old cartoon vulture or two. Went with an accordion spine leading into baggy pants.

Definitely the easiest one I wound up doing. Elesh Norn just wound up having some Olive Oyl proportions. Long limbs, offbalance noodly proportions to match her cumbersome headwear.

Urabrask was definitely the one I struggled the most with. Mostly because even in his main card art, its hard to tell what's going on with him. Plus there isn't exactly much that "looks" like him in old cartoons. Initially considered going a dragon route, before stumbling upon Andy the Anvil (Skullgirls) and just giving him weird boat smokestacks and a mouth that vaguely resembled a cow-catcher. Sort of get the industrial vibe.

And yes... there is a color version (of the characters at least). By the time I was working on the background I had thrown on Black & White filter, and was just trying to use more oil-painty brushes to keep it separate from the characters.

The background was meant to be an afterthought, I swear. Maybe I'll try and put a color version of that together too.

Anyways off I go... Doing my various other art projects.

[lazarusphenomenon]

thinking about jason and reyna joyriding. jason sticks his hand out to put on the roof of the truck and focuses really hard to eliminate wind resistance so they can go faster.

they drive until the tank’s nearly empty and only stop to fill up at the gas station. there they get slushies and gas station snacks. they get back into the camp truck and reyna asks “what if we just kept driving until we run out of gas? and what if we kept going after that. what do you think?” and jason smiles because smiling comes easy when reyna’s involved. he says “i’d like that.” and reyna starts up the truck and she thinks about it long and hard. her best friend is in the passenger seat humming along with the radio and she tells herself “this time. this time for sure.” but they never do.

born a roman die a roman.

[votecheckbox]

Praetors set of five

[points-of-light-555]

I relate so hard to Urabrask because:

(1). He's breaking away from a toxic, oppressive religious system because he truly applies the principles that his faith taught him.

(2). He tenaciously fights for weirdos, underdogs, and other people who don't have a place in the world.

(3). He's a solitary creature who wants to be left alone to create.

[eternally--mortal]

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if New Rome University has graduates who work in the admissions office who either were former Praetors or have close connections to former Praetors. And that those Praetors are upset that a Greek became Praetor. They might feel like Percy just waltzed into camp and was instantly handed the keys to a position they worked their asses off for.

What about the friends of Praetors who served and/or died in their position during the Titan war?

They’re not considering what Percy’s been through and whether he’s worthy. They’re just working through their anger over something that feels so horribly unfair.

I can see them working their hardest to make sure Percy never sets foot into their school.