#slaven

[statisticalcats2]

Trigon really went "I need a minion to be a sexually threatening messenger to my daughter to fulfill the prophecy" and knew exactly the man for the job, huh?

[roughridingrednecks]

Slaven

[0luna123]

Slav Chilchuck?

Slav Chilchuck.

[demonqueenbeee]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Titans (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Raven/Slade Wilson Characters: Raven (DCU), Slade Wilson Additional Tags: Slaven Summary:

Raven finds herself in some trouble after taking on a mission from the league.

[thoridsgewandung]

Ich wünsche Euch allen ein schönes Wochenende und viel Spaß beim lagern🔥 Vielen lieben Dank für das schöne Foto @reisol121 ❤️ #thoridsgewandschneiderei #lager #vikingclothing #vikingclothes #lagern #wikingerleben #vikinglife #vikinglifestyle #gewandung #mittelaltergewandung #vikingsofinstagram #medieval #pagansofinstagram #rus #slaven #vikings #vikingart #vikingstyle #vikingreenactment #mittelalter #larp #larpgermany #larpcostume #vikingmen #life #livinghistory #timetravel #history #slavicviking #vikingsofinstagram #pagan https://www.instagram.com/p/CPufurbnZlW/?utm_medium=tumblr

[teen-titans-confession-box]

I don’t ship Slerra, Sladin, or Slaven

But I can understand why others do, and actually enjoy some of the content they create.

[missjewelsart]

Animated one of my Raven x Slade pics with Werble. That app is just too much fun to use!

[endless-bestiary]

SLAVEN

Real cool, Square Enix. Define a monster entirely by its subservience to the sapient races. Not only is the Slaven called, uh, the Slaven, even its wild children are harnessed and hunchbacked. Under normal circumstances, this would be one of the most empathetic creatures in the game... but I kind of hate it. The Slaven's dead eyes and Audrey-II-like mouth do not inspire softness in my heart. I'm reminded of a sort of zombified Barney the Dinosaur, but backed with all the kindness of a sledgehammer. My instinct is that all animals deserve to be loved, but maybe in this case, to love the Slaven is to put it out of its misery. 

As a pack beast, the Slaven is a great design. Its tree-trunk like legs and biological saddle are instant signs that this creature belongs in a stable or in front of a plow. Its immense stature also communicates its inherent strength; I would imagine the weakest Slaven is still hilariously strong. I'm not sure if bipedal beasts of burden are as effective as quadrupedal, since four legs offer a significant amount of stability where two legs can be knocked off balance, but its feet are such huge hooves I can look past that. It's the huge idiotic face that really sells the pack beast look. Like a lot of monsters I review, there's nothing going on upstairs, but this thing might not even have a room in there to rent. Trying to Tetris in organs to a beast this big really does require me to sacrifice cranial space to get any satisfactory placement of a stomach that can supply the rest of its bulk. I wouldn't be surprised if the Slaven has a similar issue to squids, where if they swallow something too large, it squishes their brain. This does assume, of course, that the Slaven *has* a brain. Moving this much mass around can require neural relays of considerable size along the limbs, so I could see it outsourcing the task of producing thoughts to those clusters instead of forming a large central organ for that purpose. Now, yes, my judgment could be a little clouded by my severe distaste for this creature, but look at that face and tell me there's something running the show back there. 

Normally, this is the part where I continue to talk about the biology of the Slaven, perhaps about how its saddle evolved as a selected trait by breeders. In this case, however, I think I'm going to do myself a favor and stop looking at it. I feel like I'm losing IQ points with every minute I leave its picture open on my computer.  

SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF: 7/10 DESIGN COHESION: 10/10 SOULLESS BARNEY EYES: 0/10 PERSONAL RATING: 2/10