The Dryad's Knife (personal work)

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Me: *drawing Snakis*

My partner: hehe you should draw his daughter trying to stab him or whatever

So here my first art of 2024

I was really struggling with bandit eclipse runs (I kept getting to sky meadows or commencement then getting One Shot (shaped glass/psg moment))

And then I was like “I need a break from bandit”, picked a random survivor, played through with ARTIFICER, and won.

Sometimes taking a break helps a lot, even if that break is to play a worse character.

I mean, having a built in pillar skip helps too

Inktober 2023

Day 15: Dagger

It’s mostly ceremonial

That time we collaborated with Ceremonial Dagger and it redefined the idea and blew us away :D

A Sudanese Mahdist Trowel-shaped Ceremonial Dagger, Sudan

The Sudanese Mahdist Trowel-shaped Ceremonial Dagger is a remarkable artifact with a rich historical and cultural significance. Originating from the period of the ‘Mahdi uprising’ between 1881 and 1899 in Sudan, this ceremonial weapon stands as a testament to the turbulent times of resistance against foreign occupation and the revival of Islamic values. Crafted with meticulous attention to…

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May I present a crackship?

All I'm saying is our boy Jacq agreed to be her sacri--"assistant" a little too readily.

Mav, before he made a bet with Ice: CAPT

Mav, after he lost a bet with Ice: VADM

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Mav: FUCK YOU, ICE.

Ice: 😘

Kinda already have Bad's design solidified, but I did change Dapper. Maybe I had too much fun with Dapper. Maybe his outfit is way too fancy standing next to Bad??? Oh dear.

But it looks neat, so I don't care.

selenite athame of purification

noxus, especially as of now, doesn't seem like it would have gender roles or too complicated rituals where courtship is concerned; and many of those might be a mishmash influenced by other cultures absorbed into the empire. we know for a fact same-sex unions between noxian soldiers happen, so there seems to be no restriction of gender or associated with being part of the military (and honestly, i think it makes sense that the empire would leave its citizens free to pursue relationships in any form they want, committed or not, considering the standard is to judge one by their usefulness to noxus)

the exception would be nobility, where bloodlines and names very much matter. arranged marriages are probably common between noble families, and courtship would likely take longer and be less about the individuals and more about proving why a marriage between those two families would be beneficial.

as the du couteau heir, katarina would have been expected to marry and have children who, in turn, would continue their house's legacy after herself. of course, she never cared for that at all (and i remember a really old interaction i had with ada's sore where her mom intended to arrange a marriage for her and katarina flat out refused to comply and was simply livid). but hey, being disowned freed her from that — and even after swain reinstates her as head of the du couteau guild, she's pretty openly anti nobility. she'd absolutely not entertain their way of doing things in any scenario.

she's very i want it, i'm going to get it in general and that's also true when it comes to relationships. if she's interested she'll act on it. honestly i feel a lot of times it'd just be impulsive; but she's not concerned at all with waiting for the other person to take the lead. she's very spontaneous when it comes to feelings; the thing is sometimes she jumps in and then backs down because she's so afraid of being betrayed and abandoned and hurt again.

when it comes to marriage specifically, it's not something she thinks about at all. she's often traveling because of work, and any partner would have to understand she won't stop coming and going like that, and that there are things she simply wouldn't share with them if it's important for noxus that she doesn't. ultimately, if she's really in love with someone and getting married is important for them and they understand the terms and conditions i think she'd accept. it's just something that doesn't matter to her, and that she wouldn't do unless she really loves her partner.

my favorite margo characters are The Horse and The Dull Knife. her two closest friends.

FYI, from Winter's Heart on, the prologues were released as e-books a few months ahead of the novels themselves, which is why they are so huge starting there. When you've had no WoT for a year plus, it was great to get such a big chunk.

ohhh interesting! that excuses their length somewhat (although even before WH there were some pretty hefty prologues). i did enjoy the WH prologue because it featured some of our mains (like elayne and avi's sibling ceremony!) but the COT prologue was almost entirely randos i don't care about, except for gawyn and bashere, which is why i found it especially painful as long WOT prologues go haha

also it's always funny for me when people talk about reading the books as they were coming out because i'm like "man, i would've been right there with you guys if i'd heard of this series at the time!" and then i check the publication date and go "oh. i was 3 when this book came out." jdkfjgh

The fact that I have a dad who knows who I'm talking about when I say my doorstop's name means everything to me

Hmmmmm