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That's why calling the end of narcissus and echo's story a cop out feels weird. Echo has found her place and she likes it. it would be nice if she could speak but erasing a disability doesn't like. Inherently fix anything lol. & her getting together with narcissus would def be worse lol

ONE MORE THING is that Meli has such highly-pressured-child-who-is-expected-to-do-great-things energy. It really spoke to me lol, especially the parts where she clearly has control issues over what her idea of a resolution is vs what her friends actually are happy with

& since it's from Meli's POV ofc we are not going to be privy to every personal convo. Reminds me of some criticisms of SU, which was also explicitly written from Steven's POV

Anyway. That's all to say I think there's valid criticism, but also I don't think it's that bad. But maybe I'm delulu lmao

Side note, I also don't really mind things happening off screen?? Like this game is explicitly a rogue like with a relatively rigid gameplay cycle from Meli's POV. I looove the game and characters, but even the ending we got felt a bit much for me

Mortals being able to control their own fate. I haven't hit that part of the fates' quest line, but I have hundreds of hours in this game and if I'm not seeing it yet then the average player is probably not gonna see it lol

I think if Hades 2 had hit certain point harder it would have been more accessible. Like, Zeus and hera close off Olympus for fear of Mel's ability to potentially end them, and essentially reduce their influence on the mortal realm. Or emphasizing more that meli's work now is in service to

It's reminiscent to me of Steven Universe, which I also love, and which also has a pretty divisive ending and just waaaay too much discourse lol. Personally I like the end of SU.

Big Hades 2 spoilers incoming

Hades 2 spoilers ~

I'm actually not upset with how Hades 2 ended, what I think got fumbled was execution. it does have huge momentum for a turn, I mean hubris and gods being overcompensating assholes is a major theme for like every non-god NPC, so the ending doesn't have the right weight

Hades 2

Hades 2's story doesn't change the status quo
aftermath.site/hades-2-ending

The expression sheets for Ursa and Genevieve :•)

This is incredibly cool omg!

Illustration of a drow standing in front of a large white snake with wings. The drow has long white hair and dark green clothing with copper accents. He holds a dagger above his head with blue magic arcing between the blade and his hand. They are in the Underdark, with blue spores and mushrooms surrounding them.

Illustration of the fellowship from the Fourth Age actual play. They are at a high altitude looking down into a valley with a river. From left: Theodas (bald elf, many scars, dark beard, golden interlocking armor, dull blue cape); Iairen (elf, medium brown skin, kinky brown hair with undercut and half up style, blue robes, holding a blue palantir); Mistiel (elf with dark brown skin, copper cape, long white box braids half up, golden armour); Eona (human, dark brown long hair with golden scales woven through, leathers and cape, holding a sword); Chicory (hobbit-elfish, lilac dress, pale skin, brown hair in loose waves, holding a wooden staff that crooks over and holds a glowing white stone); Aerlind (elf, dark hair, blue fine outfit, tanned skin, east asian features, holds an astrolabe in one hand).

Two images in one. First: A stylised illustration of my Rook, Dawes Mercar (short dark hair, green eyes, thick brows, olive skin). He stands with on arm crossed in front of his face, obscuring his mouth, and holds a white silhouette of Solas's dagger. In the background is a Shadow Dragon mural of diamond design in teal, with red chains crossing over. A mural of a dragon emerges from it, passing in front of Rook. Second: A tarot illustration of the Two of Swords. It has a textured, stylised feel. It depicts Kismet (drow, white curly hair in a shag cut, purple skin, hooked nose) and his sister Zhuthra (white straight hair in a bob cut, purple skin, slightly shorter). They are back to back with stylised white rapiers intersecting through both of their chests. They are both blindfolded. Kismet looks up, and has a tear falling down his cheek. One hand is raised with two forefingers straight, like many depictions of saints. The background is green with an abstract depiction of Rosohna. In the middle top is a white crescent moon and round red moon.

Illustration from first person view, showing a hand holding up an opalescent stone with a hole in the center. The stone has brass filigree, and through the hole is a view of a mountain sheep. The background is a mountainous landscape. There are slight magical effects showing that the view through the stone is a zoomed in view of the background.

Hey, I'm Jasper! I'm a fantasy illustrator from Aotearoa (New Zealand).

I'm always looking for more TTRPG and book projects, so don't hesitate to reach out.

📨 emisart.draws@gmail.com
📷 jaspermillerart.com

Animation by James Baxter* | The Lion King (1994)

#penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

Yeah it's incredibly expensive garbage. p sure they're only propped up by their status as industry standard 💀

For real, no one even wants that shit and it's bogging everything down 😭

Yeah I'm not sure how they managed to make it both slower and worse than anything else available that has similar features 🤢

For sure, and I usually use other software for editing. But it's bonkers that even opening PDFs in Edge/IE is preferable to using acrobat lol

Adobe's insistence on ruining all of their software is baffling. truly some clown shit

like I've literally switched to opening PDFs in Firefox because Acrobat is so painfully unusable jfc

I just finished reading this book last night and it's absolutely DIVINE. Spooky, mysterious, SO romantic, gorgeous to look at!!!! A perfect ghost story for the season. I don't know how Theo does it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ladies of the Living Princess is now at ShortBox Comics Fair... my slightly scary medieval romantic fantasy... here's a preview...!

Skeletal knight before a wall of spirits

#daily 33: dual topics – spirits | skeletal knight

A drawing of a woman in plate and cloth armor, reaching behind her head to tie her hair. She is wearing a sword, shield and rondelle dagger at the hip.

Me: The Middle-Ages were actually very colorful.
Also me: I only want to paint black and green.
#knightober

One of these days I'll post a pic of every print I have up on my walls

I love artists! I love musicians!! And game devs and writers and wood workers and sewists and anyone who's ever created something and put a little of themself into it

I cannot fathom settling for slop

PAM WISHBOW Portfolio and print shop of illustrator Pam Wishbow

I found this artist on here and I really liked the wood blocks that they make. I ordered a few for my Goddaughter for her birthday and they were a huge hit: www.pamwishbow.com

Back in the day if I was looking for a tutorial I would add "deviantart" to my search in the same way people add "reddit" to find real results lol

Thanks!!

Reposting for all the Nem enjoyers, welcome to the club 👀

Fanart of Nemesis from Hades 2. She is a pale skinned, well-muscled woman with messy black hair pulled in a bun. Her silver plate armour is accented with red tassels. She is brandishing her sword Stygius, and looking down at the viewer.

gave this Nemesis piece the glowup she deserves 💪

I'm still playing a lot of Hades 2 EA! It's very very enjoyable

Ooh I love how vibrant this is