you're unnatural, babe!

animusbell's sideblog for the adventure zone || call me peri!

[anistarrose]

lucretia: it is pride month, reclaimers. you know what that means

taako: what

taako: do you want us to reclaim, like. gay slurs

taako: what

[anistarrose]

I often find myself pondering how Barry knew that Magnus would recognize Thieves' Cant in Wonderland. Did Barry do a little possessing to spy on Magnus and Carey's rogue training? If he did, then who was the unlucky possession victim, given that Pringles was already thrown in the brig at that point? Or did Magnus learn Thieves' Cant originally during the Stolen Century, possibly even alongside Barry back then? In that case, did Carey notice that Magnus was picking up Thieves' Cant really quickly on Faerun, except for maybe thirty percent of symbols that he just kept getting wrong (always by inventing a new symbol that Carey had never seen before in her life) because Faerun Thieves' Cant was different than what he was used to? Or did Barry just not know that Magnus would know Thieves' Cant, and was he willing to try every method of covert communication he could think of until one finally worked, just being kind of delighted and amazed when the one that worked was actually the first one? The possibilities are delightful and endless.

[swampfiendart]

For @blupjeansweek with the prompt of "meal", I took the cloning pod / "man I forgot how good I look ... I'm going to smooch fucking your brains out, babe" scene from the podcast, and made it LONGER!!!

FUUUCK this was a fun undertaking.

[terezis]

i had a funny idea for blupjeans week but my mental health has been bad so i'm going to describe it instead of drawing it free idea please steal

panel one lich lup floats in front of taako magnus and merle in their null suits in lucas's lab. taako is wearing blue jeans over his null suit. it looks stupid. lup says "taako, where did you get those?!"

panel two cut back to here there be gerblins. taako sees a skeleton wearing blue jeans and says "haha check it out vintage"

panel three lich lup ignites with fire and says YOU FOUND HIM?!

that's too serious for my joke post to end on though so i think panel four lich lup wrestling taako to the ground trying to steal his jeans. but taako does not remember that this is his sister so he's just full on wrasslin a lich for these pants he likes. is this anything

[littledigits]

I am lacking in a good Merle Highchurch doodle from the adventure zone so i changed that today. I like his impromptu spell catchphrases

[keplercryptids]

[image description: two doodles of Merle, a dwarf with a thick beard, one wooden arm and glasses. In the first, he’s looking to his right, arms slightly raised over his hand and fingers wiggling. In the second, he’s looking to his left, arms raised higher and mouth wide open as he says, “shah-bah-doo!”]

[apollinaresart]

I’m cosplaying Merle at MCM London tomorrow, so here’s a quick sketch of him!

[merles-gifts-were-good]

[Image Description: The image is of Merle from The Adventure Zone, who is an old, rosey skinned dwarf. He has grey hair put into a bun along with a grey beard and mustache. He’s wearing a flower crown which consists of pink roses with one green leaf each and red dots which remind me of holly. He also has two pink roses in his beard. He’s wearing brown sandals, yellow/gold shorts with a fanny pack, a yellow shirt, and a blue beach shirt with orange outlines of flowers. He’s also wearing circular glasses. He’s wearing his b.o.b bracer on his left arm and his right arm is wooden with one pink rose on it.]

[samfodo]

One of my friends is listening to Balance for the first time so I'm having some nostalgic fun

[umbraastaff]

not that this is anything new, but I keep thinking about the Starblaster takeoff. I mean, like, to be a person who volunteers for that sort of mission, you do need to be at least a little bit ready to die, you know? Whether or not you admit that to yourself. And we see that Magnus will throw himself into the line of fire for anything, we see Davenport so dedicated to the mission that of course he'd readily put his life on the line, we see Merle already old and looking for a new adventure, we see the researchers and writer so curious and driven (perhaps in part by the Light) that they simply needed to be here, no matter the cost.

and what a delicious irony it is. to board your ship, ready to die for the world, and instead watch the entire world die while you survive.

[lolt64]

i just showed an ant the truth and it popped like a firecracker

[dauphinofdaylight]

Something about taako's famous monologue including "i have a beating heart!" and lup's speech on the best day ever having "taako, you Are my heart. You know that right?" Is making me fully ugly sob. We know it goes both ways, is the thing. He's her heart, and she's his, and this sad empty version of taako that has forgotten is declaring that he has a beating heart while she is simultaneously missing and dead and also Right There at his side, so he's completely right and completely wrong and he doesn't KNOW

[caitmayart]

Merle breaking my heart and impressing the hell out of me

[keplercryptids]

[image description: a pencil drawing of Merle, a dwarf with a braided beard. There are small flowers decorating his hair and beard and he’s wearing round glasses and a robe with an IPRE patch. He’s sitting behind a table, a sweating glass of liquid in front of him. He’s leaning forward with a serious expression and saying, “…are you my friend?”]

[opens-up-4-nobody]

:-)

[anistarrose]

[ID: an ask reading: “could you draw the voidfish?” followed by traditional art of Fisher and Junior from The Adventure Zone, who are a big and small jellyfish with sparkling galaxy patterns inside. Junior is holding up a carved wooden duck. End ID.]

[avianssphere]

i have nothing to offer except my tears and my love for lucretia

[anistarrose]

[ID: art of Lucretia from The Adventure Zone, gazing away from the viewer and resting her forehead against her staff, looking tired. She’s a slim Black woman with brown skin and short, curly white hair, wearing blue and white robes. End ID.]

[soapsoupy]

Taz balance fans I beg you to find my poll

Did the BOB employees keep their bracers after story and song, or did they get them off somehow???

Bracers forever

They got em gone

I’m bald

Voting ended onMay 6

I’ve been wondering this forever.

[spacerockband]

I found you again!

[anistarrose]

[Image description: digital art of Tres Horny Boys from The Adventure Zone, all embracing and smiling. Magnus, who has light skin, short dark hair, and painted nails, has his arms around the other two, bumping his head slightly against Taako's.

Merle, who has dark brown skin and a gray beard, is laughing uproariously. Taako has brown skin and dyed blond hair in a braid, and he's pointing a finger towards the viewer, amused. A pink fog swirls around the boys, with golden lights in a purple sky behind them. End description.]

[mellowmaidenhairs]

loop

[anistarrose]

[ID: art of Lup from The Adventure Zone, striking an elegant and confident pose as she holds up a thin spout of flame that crackles like sparkler fireworks. Lup's a chubby elf with freckled brown skin and long, wavy dark blue hair, wearing a long red robe over a black skirt, gloves, and thigh-high boots. She's smiling smugly. End ID.]

[stumupm]

Uno horny boy, my dad, Merle Hightower Highchurch.

[keplercryptids]

[image description: a drawing of Merle against a gray background. He’s a dark-complexioned dwarf. He’s balding with long, curly white hair and a short beard, both adorned with small purple flowers. He’s wearing a green shirt, red-tinted glasses, khaki shorts and socks with sandals. He has a headband around his head, gauged earrings, lots of necklaces, a fannypack, a shoulder bag and an ax strapped to his back. One of his arms is made of wood, and the palm of that hand is glowing with holy light as he holds open his extreme teen bible with the other. He’s looking to one side with a slight smirk.]