my friend @jaigeye ‘s good friend artemy

is there ever any text implying that artemy spent his time away from town-on-gorkhon in the capital, in either game? a good portion of fanwork or discussion about pre-canon artemy puts him in the capital, but i don't think that's intended to be the case.

the narrated introduction at the beginning of his route in classic states that "Artemy has been travelling from town to town learning theoretical and practical surgery for several years". i can't recall if specifics of where he's been are ever stated in pathologic 2, aside from the dialogue options which imply his studies were interrupted by being conscripted as a soldier.

but i can't think of anything he says ever implying that he's been to the capital, so i'm inclined to believe that he hasn't. i imagine he's probably been to medical schools in smaller cities, though, as well as some hands-on apprenticeships. i think the implied itinerant lifestyle in his years prior to returning is worth emphasizing more, too. it gives the impression that he never really had the chance to put roots down anywhere while he was away, while also not feeling fully connected to his hometown either due to leaving at a relatively young age.

(the first game hits the idea that he's disconnected from the town especially hard, with virtually everyone but big vlad and rubin acting like he's an outsider who they've never met before. i think on some level this works, 10 years is a long time, but patho2's attempts to make it feel like he has at least distant familiarity with the town's older residents is one of the better moves it makes.)

Not me being obsessed over a fic (which I thought wouldn't be my fancy but apparently it IS.)

But Someone Must Bear the Yoke

Pathologic ruined my life but I'm OK.

artemy sketches while i figure out how to draw him

my mind every single day

(there is no plague, you both ate recently and have water, and you aren’t under any immediate threat)

introducing Artemisius "Artemy' Valeyn-Tiin.

rats maybe arent the best of friends during a plague

i do love me some goofy silly nice guy artemy sometimes but i think people who make him that way especially when they pair him up with daniil are boring. artemy has the dry cutthroat sarcasm that people often give daniil in fanon. let them both be cunty its more interesting

doodles of my dnd boy artemy :3 wild magic sorcerer and soon-to-be rouge multiclass!

Day 11: A Feast In Time of Plague

Doodle of how I assume Artemy would have looked had Lara actually made a table for him.

Pathologic Art Challenge @pathologicfest

“ the surgeon blew up the dreadful city ”

artemy i drew during my stream on twitch!

I've been rightfully chastised for not posting the complete trio, here is my apology

played pathologic 2 for the 20th time and I'm thinking about how in pathologic 2 both Rubin and Dankovsky talk about how they want to leave the town as soon as possible. One of Artemy’s responses to Rubin is saying he could marry Lara and study with him.

Meanwhile his responses to Daniil are about love or a brighter future where a new polyhedron will grow, and Daniil can stay because Artemy wants him there (he says as a friend...but you know...)

this isn’t a diss on Stakhtemy shippers btw, i don’t mean it that way, y’all are valid. I just think it’s interesting that Artemy is so eager to pair Rubin with Lara, while he doesn’t say anything like that to Daniil about Eva or Maria, it’s a lot more intimate imo.

i just typed artemy and it autocorrected to artery and that is so Themes and Metaphors