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#chainmail get fucked tho
concatenationart · 1 year
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vaultlinkvt · 3 months
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This is the first proper thing I've drawn in ages (and first are I think I've posted in over 5 years?) I just needed to draw the opening to Act 5 and my reaction to it.
Nothing has gripped me in such a way and forced me to finish an art piece like this in so fucking long. I see far too much of myself in him. I just want them to be ok after this is all over. STARS, this is just Asriel all over again isn't it. But WORSE!/pos
…I guess that could make this vent adjacent? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I also made a shitpost edit that I posted separately here.
There are so many things covered by each other and I just need to share and talk about them. Bonus details and rambles under the cut.
Siffrin's expression was like the first thing I drew and if it didn't turn out as good as it did I probably wouldn't have spent almost 10 days slowly adding to this and I just need to show it because his hands/arms end up covering most of their face.
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Nothing much else to say about him, I'm just super happy with how everything about him turned out (I did have to go back and redraw some of his hair towards the end because the line thickness wasn't consistent with everything I drew after.
Next is ME yippeeeee. I have no idea why I spent so long adding details even tho I knew alot of it would get covered by Sif 'cause of how I was posing this.
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I even designed a little button based on the Change Ornament + Star (the Change Belief and Lost Belief in The Universe really spoke to me in so many ways)
The gloves are an Archery Glove on the right hand and a Drawing/Writing Glove on the left.
The cloak is based on the style of cloak my mom made for my family for SCA events when I was young. It's just a simple hooded cloak but it has a slit in each side so you can stick your hands threw without needing to open up the cloak. I imagine it being stylized like, the opening doesn't exist until you stick your hands threw and then it can just freely glide around the face of the cloak to wherever it's needed, stopping at the elbow only letting threw the forearm, below the slit beginning to hang off the elbow with gravity while the part above begins to move with the upper arm.
I didn't even try to draw the outfit under the cloak because dealing with the folds of a thick wool cloak was enough for me (you can see how I gave up at the knees because I KNEW Sif was gonna cover them up). What I imagine the outfit being is this big baggy tunic and pants that are tied down at the forearms/calves to keep from getting in the way, it's also supposed to have a big baggy turtleneck thing that can be pulled up as a(nother) hood (iirc, this sorta thing was used so someone could wear a chainmail hood without it grabbing your hair(there ware also like stand alone cloth hoods that did the same thing too but eh, my memory is bad I might just be misremembering this)) but I couldn't figure out the folds and ended up just doing a simple button up thing (which then got covered by Sif's big head anyway.)
I spent soooo long trying to draw my eyes, trying to figure out the shape, and ended up just doing a bunch of small tests to the side before finding one that actually looked right. Drag it over the face and see that it fit EXACTLY, didn't even need to redraw it or anything.... unless you're talking about the other eye in which case I just duplicated it, flipped, and did some perspective warping until it looked ok because I could NOT draw that again especially at a different perspective (can I just say I have no idea how I drew that creepy eye but I love it, it was the first eye I drew and I just threw 4 lines down what the fuck how. Also the Mira-ish one looks cute too but didn't fit the expression.) I also needed to figure out what the hell was wrong with the expression I had before so you get 2 faces from me figuring that out (turns out I had the eyebrows facing the wrong way.)
I ALMOST FUCKING FORGOT MY FRECKLES TOO AAAAAAAAA (they're actually missing from the version I posted in the official ISaT server.) It was super weird trying to add them at the obscenely low resolution I was drawing at and they're probably gonna get compressed to hell and back but I think they're cute.
final thing.
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Why is my hair so similar to Sif's but longer? Like, you can see I was sketching over my drawing of him to make sure I'd keep the proportions right when I started working on myself but in the process I realized that I was basically drawing over his hair but longer for mine (drawing I was using as ref here made by @leemak)
Add that to the uncomfortably long list of things I have in common with Siffrin I guess.
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thescribblings · 2 months
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So i was gonna finish the background but I'm really bad at them soooo-
Avoiding background responsibilities is my specialty (i did like making the sky tho, vv nice)
But here's a drawing i did of the boy
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This is based on how leo met leonardo in my personal fic,(it's a private fic but i will summarize it here) the context behind this is;
Leo went on a late october walk and stumbled upon.. wait for it.. leonardo!
Who is covered in his own blood and probably suffering hypothermia.
Before leonardo found his younger self he had been injured by a krang hound in a last ditch effort at saving the world, aka sending casey back in time
After casey went through the portal, dear ole leonardo was yanked backwards into a portal by mikey's chains, narrowly avoiding the krang laser that would have otherwise ended his existance, instead plunging him head first into dalecarlia reservoir.
It was the middle of the night, the moon high in the sky, and his prosthetic was damaged, dead weight on his shoulder as he tried to swim. (Did i mention his pants are a type of chainmail? Oops, they weigh like 20 pounds, my bad leo)
He panicked, almost drowned when the emergency release for his prostetic jammed, yadda yadda, he got it off, it broke apart at the joints, he crawled on land, had an impromptu nap half submerged in water, mid october, (still bleeding out btw) woke up when the sun was rising, found a frog sitting on his plastron..
Had an emo moment where he realised he was now an orphan AND an only child (that's rough buddy)
Then dove back in to retrieve the pieces of his arm (by the power of me, the prosthetic hand held onto his sword even when it broke, so he got that back too! Yay :D)
He broke into and raided the nearest hospital (sibley memorial) and managed to get a tetanus shot and cauterize his wound, then stuck around in the shadows to warm up before wandering for literal days, like, it took him five straight days to get from here to leo
Anyways, they meet, leo calls casey, leo looks away from the seven foot feral turtle a few dozen feet ahead of him (bad move dude) said seven foot feral turtle charges leo and picks him up mid sprint, basically a kidnapping
Eventually casey picks up, leonardo lets leo go, (my boy is exclusively making turtle noises rn lol) they get home, treat his wounds and omg he starts using words here
They quarantine him, cause this man is fucking radioactive (to the point that he now has a tail that his younger self very much does not)
And guess what! My boy has hidden markings that glow bright blue around radioactive objects .^. He's like a living geiger counter lmao
Here's a pic without the background
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Anyway, I've had to restrain myself from making this too long, meet my boy! I haven't thought of a creative name for him yet, so i usually just call him leonardo, nardo, or Blue. I'll let ya'll know if i come up w something, tho
Have nice day
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ladyryukyo · 1 month
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Hello, I hope work is going ok
Haha, I also hope this is somewhat coherent, but I am very bad at assembling my thoughts into something that resembles a narative, but here are some thoughts that has been carouseling my mind:
Recently, I have been thinking abou beyblade fantasy AU's: A grant adventure, a world fractured into many fighting factions (some human, some elven, some with magic powers and so on), soon to be overshadowed by The Great Dark Lord Nemesis™️
The legendary bladers are propheciesed to save the world, and as of now most of them traveling together on some great mission to raise an army to defeat Nemesis or smth (everyone except Ryuga? Have a very hard time imagining him going anywhere with anyone). However the legendary bladers are NOT a cohesive unit, they are from different factions and have a hard time trusting each other 😔 </3
Along with this, I've been thinking a lot about armor: how to make it functional and actually protective, while still evoking the feel of the bladers original outfit... (ok actually I've mostly I have been thinking about how to make armor, that looks like a crop top with a big billowy coat for Kyoya, but at the same time actually protect his vital organs)
My solution for now is probably layering some chain mail under some cut up shirts, but then I ran into my second problem: that much armor is heavy, noisy and warm (since you'd also need layers beneath the chain mail), would an adventurer even wear that much armor on a day to day basis?... So now I am trying to come with a way to balance that out... (Actually after writing it down tho, Kyoya specifically would absolutely see wearing heavy armor as a great training exercise...)
Also bc Kyoya gets special treatment as my favorite character, and I think he could use more "great-destiny-I-didn't-pick-and-thus-don't-want" issues: Mayhap his mother is the heiress to one faction, but she was driven away by an usurper, who is now out to kill her and her descendents? (No scars from *accidently* falling windows in this AU)... (Also maybe the usurper is paying Chris to take care of her descendents?)
Aaaahhh anyways thanks for reading all of my ramblings <3
henning i can always count on you tysm for sharing your ramblings w me <33
fantasy au my beloved!! the idea of the legendary bladers roaming around the lands and trying to rally an army while constantly bickering with each other is so funny. i have to agree that ryuga probably wouldn't travel with them but! imagine the kenta & ryuga interactions in this scenario :(( kenta tries to learn magic from ryuga who is so so good at it but unwilling (and without the patience lbh) to teach. kenta just stares at him really hard and tries to learn by observing ryuga do impossible feats of magic. ryuga acts annoyed but he also loves the attention lol
plsss kyoya in fantasy armor is simply amazing and badass. id love to see it. i know its impractical but i do imagine him in a chainmail crop top or something similarly unnecessary but stylish. anything for the glam. could also imagine some kind of corset top-like leather armor? i think leather armor would be the go-to for adventurers anyway.
kyoya is the perfect protagonist for a "refusal of the call" trope lmao. it would be a "fuck this, im gonna do my own thing" situation with him. every. time. "i don't care that you're a god or fate or whatever and you can't tell me what to do."
d-did you just make kyoya/chris possible in this au?? FJFDHSSJS maybe it's just my permanent brainrot for this ship but! chris keeps failing to assassinate kyoya but he's come close a couple of times and also kyoya's scars being a result of one of chris' assassination attempts and also they know each other by now after all this time and they probably keep bickering while trying to kill each other which is so unprofessional but it's almost like they're friends and do they really actually truly want to harm each other at all at this point?
... im blaming you for this tangent lol thank you henning i truly appreciate this <3 love you
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jennyandvastraflint · 4 months
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Xena Reactions S2Ep15! (I think this is one of my faves so far XD)
The awakening. And dudes being annoying
OH NO GABRIELLE!
Shdhdhs she just sloshed water on her to wake her
I love Xena fighting with a frying pan
NOOO GABRIELLE
shdhdvd "Xena, this is our only frying pan!"
"Can we cook with your juices?"
Gabrielle is not having a good day
Shfhdhd she knocked him out again
Oof, they're having a rough day
"You pinch him I ask the questions >:)"
"Heads, we take on the giant"
"Does your village have a shop that sells frying pans?" Please XD I completely understand Gabrielle tho
Are they playing guess who
"Were you killed by a certain warrior princess?" "Yes." "Well that narrows it down..."
XENA IS HUNGYYY
"You know, a frying pan would come in handy right about now" XDD
She caught her gf an eel sjdhd
PLS XENA LIKES THROWING FISH AT HER GF (ngl Vastra definitely did that)
"Another one's fallen for you" "AGAIN?"
"No I think [chainmail] would just attract a kinkier group." sjdhdhdbd
GABRIELLE USING THE SHAKRAM FOR CUTTING
"I've learned that she works in mysterious ways" She doesn't have plan
XENA USED HER SCROLLS AS TOILET PAPER 😭
Pls...
BOOB GRAB
Hmmm... No people
Uhhhh... Is this a fangirl
"And I can read" 😂
She has no strategy yet
O_O THEY'RE BATHING TOGETHER
Gabrielle lovingly washing Xena's hair
XENA SCRUBBING GABRIELLE'S BACK
"Because I do the sensitive chats"
"I'm less competitive than you are"
"Are you sitting on the soap?"
AWWW THEY'RE SPLASHINGGG
"HEY. Say goodbye to Minya" like a dog
"Wanna trade?"
CALLISTO KILLED THEODORUS "She was in my body"
There is a lot of tension here...
"You're a genius" "No"
Gareth? I think I've heard that name before
Awww, Gabrielle giving Minya her stuff to read
OH. The one who killed Goliath's family
"How are we going to get lightning bolts?" Oh, a kite
"Maybe if I run with it" she did not hear a WORD Gabrielle just said... 😂
"Have faith, Gabrielle" NOOOO SHE GOT HIT BY THE KITE
Yay it fliessss
AAAAAAH, THE STRING. My poor Gabrielle
"I think you're denying your feelings" fuck offfff...
GABRIELLE WANTED TO JUMP HER
Damn grab her boob armour
"I just gave her some advice about handling men"
I'm still a hater of the Goliath episode... Goliath loves
Xena bored? 😂
"Cut him some slack, he's just stomped an entire army"
Him just screaming at her, and she's just like :3
MINYA
"looked so good in leather?" PLEASE 😭
They're both like ...Wat
"Don't let them die on a lost cause"
AWWW THEY COMMUNICATE (*looks at the Victorian wives who could use some communication*)
JESUS HE'S BIG
She stepped on his toes after tying the kite to his belt
"Come on, handsome" djfhdsh
I love the way they utilise perspective. They definitely had two different size bones for this.
"Goliath says Hello" AND ZAPPPPPP
Oop he's proper torched
"That bunch up there looks like a big dipper" THEY STARGAZE. OR STARGAYS!?
CUUUUTE
Bwahaha Gabrielle thonked her nose 😭😂
AWWWW, SHE KISSED IT BETTER
They're so married ajdhdhfhd I love them
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teaandinanity · 8 months
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Drawing a game armor as someone who knows just a tiny bit about it is so weird because it’s like.
‘why is there chain under this scale mail? that doesn’t make much sense.’
‘chainmail pants are not a thing I refuse to draw that’
‘how the fuck does that attach??? it’s either getting straps or I’m removing it I don’t care if there’s magic in-universe’
‘there should definitely be padding under all of this but I don’t hate myself enough to add it, you’re getting a full layer of cloth between your skin and the chain tho because otherwise I will imagine the pinching and cry’
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simplyvladimir · 7 months
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My ass is absolutely not on fire about "Castlevania: Nocturne".
Well, if you remove the word "Castlevania" from "Castlevania: Nocturne", you'll get a pretty good animated series. It needs to be said that I watched first Castlevania just with common facts of this universe and game experience of Lords of the Shadows. I liked the show (tho it had it's own disadvantages). And I really waited for the continuation of it. Even when I saw the first trailer of Nocturne my expectation were at the veeeeeeery low level. The idea of taking course to the historical events seemed not very good to me, because if to mix them with Castlevania's world it will surely turned into goo-mix of something strange and unlogical. Designs were +\- okayish, despite piano in the bushes - Drolta. Like, wtf is this mix of Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga doing here? By the trailer it was already a fact that happened classic Netflixifiction, but I forced myself to think that it's not that bad. So I watched this new season. Aaaaaand if to be short - it's bleh. Thank you for your attention, have good day, bye. If not to be short - hmmm, where should I start? Promotion said the events will take their place at French Revolution, but we see like 0 things about except few very short scenes and the main idea of the Crew of Fighting Kids. Maybe it will be shown in the future seasons, but not now. The biggest dissapointment to me - characters. Richter Belmont, the most powerful of the all generations of Belmont clan is... weak crybaby. He can do shit. This is all. Annette is absolute OC. She changed her race, story and I bet she could kick both Drolta's and Erzsebet's asses with her left finger, but Netflix decided that it will be too much. Drolta went through bimbofication and now she is a vampire? a demon? a latex inventor? I think that the creators of the show themselves do not fully understand this. Erzsebet now is the egyptian goddess avatar and even older than Dracula. Typical white-skinned egyptian (I swear I almost heard her saying "Eat shit old dick"). You know, these new extra-powerful sequel's characters whom anyone never heard anything about. Olrox, aztec gay vampire. Aka Quetzalcoatl. Powerful bottom. Mizrak, mestizo\mulatto gay Malta knight. He is such a himbo that chainmail fits tight on him and his barber secretly make his job every fucking day. The plot, motivation of the characters, logic - this all were thrown into the toilet. Yep, in one scene we see that vampires kills a lot of people just in one town, people terrified, and in another - how they are partying with humans on the streets. In this season vampires can beat the sun with umbrellas, levitate, turn into half-demons and hell knows anything else, but can't fly away from the wide cage in their bat-shape. Annette don't give a shit about Richter and even get really mad about him, then BOOM. She is suddenly have romantic feelings to him. And he have feelings to her too (but this is lie, we are all know that he likes milfs). This all looks like the situation with Resident evil Netflix tv series, when the absolutely side story used the brand name to get views. It's also very obviously that the budget was terribly cut, because some animations looks like they were at least halfly AI-animated. No offence to the real animators of the show, you did good work, guys. As I said before - it could be a good show if it was just "Nocturne". Thank you for your attention.
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single-malt-scotch · 1 year
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i love it when players have certain habits that they never change. yes i am only thinking about bdubs sorry. i am thinking about how he holds the clock in his offhand like all the time. how he loves to ride horses and frequently does whenever he can regardless of there being better ways to travel. i love how he sleeps all the time whenever its night, even when its in the middle on conversations or tcg matches or whatever. i love how he actually wears chainmail all the time even tho its not very good and not always easy to get cuz it cant be crafted, even showing up to a twenty warden battle in fucking chainmail too. idk why he does all this still but i love it for it
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hey y'all! welcome to my blog :]
because this is online i go by either kiwi or trout! i use they/them pronouns but use masculine honorifics and the such 🏳️‍⚧️
i'm not nonbinary, please don't call me an enby. i am genderqueer. 💚🤍💜 i know they're similar labels but the distinction is important to me, please respect it
(tho i do love the more general label of just 'trans' 🏳️‍⚧️💗)
i don't trigger tag much but what i do reliably tag for is unreality and flashing/flickering lights. if you need me to tag something, reach out! i'll probably be able to accommodate
that being said, i say faggot, queer, transsexual, etc. around here a good bit and i won't be tagging that. if that really bothers you, sorry, but it might be better to move on from my blog
i post from a bunch of fandoms (especially the locked tomb, helluva boss/hazbin hotel, dungeon meshi, and tales of arcadia) plus an assortment of non fandom stuff, but i think my blog is traversable and enjoyable even if you don't know any/most of them lol
i draw, write, and generally make stuff! my tags in my blog for that are #kiwifae draws, #kiwifae writes. my chatting tag is #kiwifae says shit. i also have a #vanities tag for pictures/drawings/picrews of myself- none of my actual full face because Internet Safety, but that tag gives ya an idea of my appearance
don't repost my art or writing, for fucks sake!
i don't do discourse here. i'm here for fun, if you wanna pick a fight find somewhere else
on a similar note i don't spread chainmail, even the friendly ones. feel free to send it but i won't be sending it to anyone else
through i don't have a 'dni', as i've found they do literally nothing, queerphobes, bigots, and terfs, know this blog is not for you. you'll get blocked and reported.
all seriousness aside, have fun on here!
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deadratinhotcar · 2 years
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I think I finished throwing up finally???? I think???? I hope????? I have an interview at Amazon today and I’m praying I get it because I don’t wanna go back to the fucking plant I’m working at rn hahahahaha the schedule ain’t bad, 12 hr shifts, 2 on 2 off w every other weekend off??? Cool. But the work??? The heat???? The fucking STRESS???? Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh I hate this job so much that I’m willing to do anything to get on at Amazon at this point bc fuuuuuck this.
I will be keeping my chainmail glove tho
Y’all ain’t getting that back lmao
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wizardnuke · 3 years
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idk what comes over me when I write the enemies part of enemies to lovers but it always ends in me looking at my writing like the lisa staring at the table meme bc did I really have to make it that morbid. did I. it set the tone tho
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soundsgayiminlmao · 2 years
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my thoughts during the new book of boba ep:
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omg wild wild west guy
is that r2d2
robot ants?????
"is that a...bench?"
GROGU DKSJNDJENDN
oh my god is that luke skywalker!!!!
it's so off-putting having him look like luke but like....he's not mark???
fwoggggggs
omg the frog 💀💀 he looks so sad tho </3
wait luke those are living and breathing animals????
LUKE FORCE PUSHING GROGU SO HE CAN KEEP UP I'M SCREAMING
we better get a mando and grogu reunion
THE MEMORY I CAN'T OMG HE WAS THERE IN ORDER 66 NONONONO
poor mando
AHSOKA??????? WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE DOING HERE WHAT??????
THEY'RE ALL HERE
this doesn't feel like the book of boba fett anymore
ahsoka shut up and let mando give grogu the armour
AHSOKA I SWEAR LET THEM SEE EACH OTHER
okay she has a point but idc
no ffs
what was the point
i mean i know the point
ffs
grogu is gonna survive the whole massacre later on tho because of the little armour
LUKE TRAINING HIM HAHAHAHAHA
the little jumps
"don't try, do" -luke skywalker
the parallel to yoda and luke training is just *mwah*
THE TRAINING ORB (remote?)
having grogu train with the orb without a weapon????
NVM
HE JUST FLIPPED OUT OF THE WAY
WHAT A KING I LOVE HIM
ASHOKA AND LUKE FRIENDSHIP CONFIRMED OMFG
grogu sleeping 🥺
omg boba fett???
mando looks so cool just vibing in the corner <3
WHO MANDO WHO????
the jawa ship oh my god
OH THE WILD WILD WEST PEOPLE!!!!
"i don't think you heard what i said"
*head tilt* "i heard you"
"....he's new"
the spice running plot is reminding me of poe's backstory and remembering they could've done so much better with poe and then i remember the sequel trilogies
i agree mr wild wild west, din djarin's smile is amazing
ayyyyye wild wild west people are gonna fight that's amazing
next episode is gonna be a vibe
UH OH TROUBLE RIGHT WHEN MANDO LEAVES
he's either gonna get killed or saved by mando
CAD BANE
WHAT
THE
ACTUAL
FUCK
I AM LOST FOR WORDS
he's looking a bit pale
nvm the eyes make up for it
although seeing him live action is weird
oh fuck no not mr wild wild west
i liked him :(
ah shit he killed the deputy
"free town" well that's over-
the pikes look so cool
what the fuck they got blown up in the bar
the little chainmail armour 🥺🥺
the mini lightsaber
IT'S GREEN
IT'S YODAS
nah man the ways of the jedi are wrong
like the "let go of what you love" is what made anakin so angry in the first place like maybe you should rethink it????
NO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HE CHOOSES 😭
at the end of this i'm just.....confused? why bother with the book of boba if two episodes are barely even about him 💀
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monggay · 2 years
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played Minecraft tried to find a stronghold found an ocean monument almost shit myself from an elder guardian jumpscaring me right as I saw the monument in my periphery found a shipwreck died to the shipwreck bc i couldn't make an air pocket for the life of me had no spawn bed and respawn on spawn abt 1000 blocks from where I died cheated and went on creative to get my stuff back spent like 5 mins trying to remember what the coords was so I could tp myself there missed by Abt another 1000 blocks in the opposite direction I even passed the ocean monument again and just resigned to retracing my steps and finally found it only bc of my boat and also there was this glitch w the phone where for some reason everytime I jumped out of a boat it would disappear behind me and only reappear if I left the world and joined back in again anyways I found my stuff which for some miracle hadnt despawned yet and I didn't lose any of my diamond tools or netherite armor WHCIH WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME I COULD ONLY REPARI NETHERITE W MORE NETHERITE bc i didn't fucking repair my boots before upgrading it and it was at less than half durability and it was making me anxious so I spent half an hour breaking lecterns and dealing with villagers WHO WONT FUCKING TAKE THE JOB SITE IN FRONT OF THEM AND WOULD TAKE SOMETHING THAT THEY CANT EVEN FUCKING SEE trying to get an unbreaking iii librarian and then I still ended up using two netherite bc it was still making me nervous bc i wanted to fight the dragon and what if it broke on me and so anyways back to the shipwreck I went back to survival mode n looted the shipwreck n the only thing of value was a treasure map so I followed that and got a heart of sea n a bunch of boring stuff and also chainmail armor and then I went back to looking for the stronghold and I lost like three eyes of ender throwing the damn things NO WAIT it was I think five actually bc one of them went into the ground so I dug down AND I DUNNO HOW DEEP STRINGHOLDS GENERATE SO I ENDED UP DIGGING DOWN TO BEDROCK AND SOMEHOW DIDNT COME ACCROSS IT STILL SO I WENT BACK UP THREE ANOTHER EYE LOST A BUNCH MORE IT STILL POINTED THERE N I SPENT SO LONG TRYING TO DIG AROUND IT AND STILL NONE but I did find a village and a dripstone cave tho BUT STILL NO STRONGHOLD and the phone died bc minecraft hates me
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coinofstone · 4 years
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Combining 4x12 and 4x13 The Sword in the Stone pts 1 and 2 into one post, no commentary tracks on either episode, unfortunately.
4x12 The Sword in the Stone pt 1
I really don't mean to question any of this homoerotic comedy gold, but why has Arthur got his chainmail on before his pants? Surely chainmail is a post-trouser application?
"No one likes to be called fat, Merlin"
Arthur sitting there moping over Gwen is the biggest self own. "I look for her in the room, and she's not there. Then I remember why." Yea cuz you threw her out you DUMBASS. Sick of TV trying to make me feel sympathy for dudes who played themselves.
Can you hear the music when you see this
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Such a great shot. AND a great piece of music too.
Dear reader, you're probably expecting me to make a shit ton of hypnosis jokes, and you know, you're not wrong, but first - there is something pressing that needs to be addressed:
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Behold, the most awkward handshake of all time. Eoin is literally going for his bicep instead of his forearm, what even is that?!? And poor Percival, he's got one injured dumbass hanging off him on one arm, and another dumbass trying to shake his other hand like he's never seen an arm before. It looks like he's reaching up into his armpit because of the angle 😂😂 I'm cackling watching this gif loop.
Same energy:
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THIS is why Elyan/Percival is the superior side ship:
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Look at that sweet sweet chemistry. I almost always see Percival paired with Leon or Gwaine in fic and I just... how on earth can you pass this up? These two are perfect together. That LOOK Elyan gives him and Percival's giddy face as he looks over at Merlin and Arthur 😍😍😍 it looks better in the video than I can reproduce in gif
Christ, he DOES play the bimbofication well, doesn't he? "Whatever you say I'm entirely in your hands." I feel like at the time that was the line that spawned a million fanfics.
Morgana that is a magic snake, not a pen
Agravaine is so fuckin creepy. I mean I'm glad it took this long for him to go full blown creepazoid but we ALL saw it coming. Even tho he's NOT her uncle it's still gross, he's twice her age and disgusting.
How many brothers did Ygraine have anyway? Tristan I guess we'll never know but why would Agravaine really want his sister's SON dead? Fuckin royals.
Is Arthur listening for woodworm?
Why is Tristan twice Isolde's age
I miss Simpleton Arthur, but at least King Arthur looks good fighting in those tight capris
Arthur's all moody about Agravaine betraying him and Merlin is so supportive. If I were Merlin I would've been dropping "I told you so's" left and right.
What I don't get, is if Merlin knew Gwen has been in Ealdor, why has he never told Arthur this?
Gotta figure the people of Ealdor are not gonna be too happy about their village coming under attack cuz King Arthur is hiding out there. He's not even their king 😂
4x13 The Sword in the Stone part two
It's weird to have what feels like a ending moment ten minutes in
Tristan is such a dick
Won't eating moldy bread just make Gaius sicker
Hey um... how did Arthur get his clothes back? Did he keep a spare set in Ealdor? You know, for all those times he visits Hunith with Merlin? What's that you say, I'm getting fanon confused with canon again? Am I though?
Actual scene from when Merlin was telling Arthur the Bruta coda:
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Omgggg the way he looks at Merlin's mouthhhhhhhhh before he goes to try and pull the sword from the stone
This is probably the second most iconic scene in the series, after the round table scene
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and yes, I realize I'm going to hell for this but I can't be the only pervert watching this and thinking about how incredibly ... phallic it is.
There's a whole other level of subtext to this. Not just the phallic imagery but Merlin literally leading a doubtful Arthur to this ... performance space in front of a crowd, where Merlin is in full control of what's about to happen - and he guides Arthur through the motions, encouraging and confidence boosting, until Arthur becomes the truest version of his self. I say Merlin is in control but that's not even entirely accurate, he's only in control of releasing the sword from the stone, but that in and of itself is of no consequence; the power in this scene lies with Arthur, in his faith in himself - which is what Merlin is really helping him reclaim; the sword is just metaphor.
But am I supposed to believe that this subtext isn't intentional? Especially immediately after Merlin had Arthur in a trance-like state where he became more pliant and willing to be led?
My god if I were involved in this fandom when this was airing this episode would've made me lose my MIND.
Daaaamn Leon coming on a bit strong there but okay.
Nice to know that Morgana Pendragon, last priestess of the Old Religion, powerful Socereress and current ruler of Camelot, freezes and whimpers in terror at the first glimpse of an unexpected octogenarian in her castle.
I never watched any cast interviews beyond the SDCC panel that was in the S3 extras but I really want to know where that little laugh Old Man Merlin does came from. That little 'heh' is just the greatest thing ever, I'm dying to know if he based that on anyone or anything in particular.
Hey remember in S2 when Morgana got a whole bunch of hairbrushes for her birthday? Bet she wishes she knew where those had got to now.
This brief moment between Gwen and Arthur is actually perfect. Arthur has for so long gone been brooding about how he loves her but he's angry, even though we, the audience, know he has no business blaming her, none of the fucking characters do, including Gwen. But Gwen has also been through a lot, and he's given her zero benefit of doubt the whole time. So watching her march up to him and angrily tell him that she still loves him, then walking away without letting him speak - him, the king, her, leaving the 'tho God knows why since you behave like such an ass' unsaid at the end. It's really a beautiful, perfect moment.
Arthur: what happened to you, Morgana?
Morgana:
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We love a mirror corridor fight scene
Percival and Elyan tho 😍😍
"Hold me"
No parallels there, nope, not at all.
Arthur: will you marry me?
The castle staff: christ, not again
Merlin's got himself a new coat for the occasion and everything!
Why is it that Merlin never checked on Aithusa? Never even asked Kilgharrah about her? You'd think he would've felt some kind of obligation, as the last Dragonlord, towards her. Yes I'm going with 'her' don't @ me it's hc.
As per usual, if there's anything worth commenting on in the special features for S4 I will create a separate post.
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Episode 22 - XuanXian friendship AU & Meng Yao can’t believe one of his boyfriends is this dumb.
Hello hello! First of all, it looks like I will have to slow down these posts to every Sunday at most, I might be able to get a few episodes per day but if you’re interested in reading you’re gonna have to wait the whole week. I started the intensive course preparing me for an exam and I have to put in 12h daily six days a week. On the upside my Sundays are completely free and I just spent the whole morning reading in my garden.
We have a romantic rooftop date and WuJi on the piano, this is gonna be good.
My bb LWJ is looking for literally the smallest sign that WWX is not going to melt his brain with his new brand of magic. He’s so worried.
They’re being so soft and vulnerable and I’m so glad WWX agreed to let LWJ help him. (Hhhhhmmmmmmgggggg the possibilities if these two idiots communicated oh my gooooooood)
That’s it, that’s the whole episode. Nothing else happens.
Ok clearly it wasn’t. But I just have to spiral down and scream about their fucking lack of armour. Maybe I’m too used to western high fantasy but they’re not even wearing leather or chainmail what the fuck.
NHS YOU CUPCAKE I ADORE YOU!
That whole battle scene with the Peacock. What the fuck
So... JC sword fighting and covered in blood. Hhhmmm... interesting visual.
(Listen I said I wasn’t gonna creep until SunShot, this is SunShot)
Something I’ve never understood: aren’t puppets mind-and-body controlled people at best, walking corpses at worst? Why would they stop if you chop off an arm? It’s not like they feel pain or have survival instincts, and if they’re corpses, or you can keep them in control after they die, delivering a mortal blow would do fuck all wouldn’t it? Solution: get a flamethrower.
... a well known man in a position of power, built like a brick shithouse and with a big-ass sword just decided he was the best for the task of infiltration and assassination. What the fuck Da-ge, was it LXC’s turn with the braincell or what? And these two just let him! I want to think if NHS had gone with them he’d smacked all three over the head with his fan.
Listen listen listen. I find my sister crying “unchaperoned” and in the company of the asshole son of a known can’t-keep-it-in-his-pants dude, IN HIS ROOM, and I’m murdering first and asking question second. And I don’t even have siblings. Hell, I find any girl crying in those circumstances and I’m getting stabby.
Ok, here’s another scene I’m taking to create a parallel btw “stable” and “unstable” WWX. You remember that when he got into a fight with the Peacock at Cloud Recesses the second Shijie appeared with a bit of manpower he backed the fuck off. Now she’s here physically holding onto him and begging him to go (remember she’s the one who’s crying and probably wants to leave and not have this turned into a public spectacle) and he’s so angry he isn’t even budging. Like, I’d understand if the fight wasn’t triggered by her being upset and she was just asking him to not fight, but she is super upset, and instead of comforting her like I’m sure he’s done a bunch of times he wants to stay and throw hands. Conclusion: get this boy to therapy.
Do NOT scream at MianMian.
Ok now I want to throw hands with the Peacock myself. (Once again I beg of you, someone re-write canon but with an actual responsible adult for these people to go to when this shit happens. Women need more female friendships and everyone needs an actual good adult role-model)
As always, any Jin disciple not MianMian is an asshole (I’m willing to forgive the one who went to fetch WWX just now).
Bless LWJ’s wrist grabs.
OH MY GOD GALAXY BRAIN MOMENT: So we remember when JC got his core melted and shoved WWX and he barely felt it. WHAT IF the Peacock already knowing WWX packs a mean punch, realises that being sent flying into a table is way too mild a response, and why would WWX hold back when he’d just made his Shijie cry you know? What is wrong with WWX, we can’t have him sick/dying this is a war and we need manpower, plus it’d make her cry and he refuses to see that ever again. So he confides in MianMian and they decide to keep an eye out for WWX, give him a hand AND try and guess tf is wrong with him. I’m not gonna say they guess it, because it’d be impossible but book MianMian was already good with herbs and medicine so maybe she gets to research? Regardless WWX suddenly has two very determined Jin puppies following him around and being nice to him? Like, genuinely? Like they seem to be pleased just by him chilling and taking a rest? I’ve always said I’d love for him and the Peacock to become friends (bc oh my god the bitchiness if those two joined forces) and LWJ going fucking insane because suddenly MIANMIAN is glued to his Wei Ying’s side would be hilarious.
In this AU she offhandedly comes out as bi, WWX either realises then and there or goes “oooohhh same” and WangJi.exe stops working for a sec while he rearranges his whole world view. Bonus if Peacock goes something like “we figured with you dating LWJ” and that’s how WangXian gets together. JC will never forgive his brother in law because fucking hell the PDA is OFF THE FUCKING CHARTS WHY. (It would be, they’re barely out of hormone hurricane hell and fighting battles all day, emotions run really high)
And that’s how, when WQ goes to ask WWX help with her brother MianMian (and probably LWJ? Idk, I don’t want to deprive myself of that “my body is ready” face he makes when WWX drinks his wine for him) is with her WN doesn’t die, WQ gets a girlfriend AND EVERYTHING IS SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS.
Aw look at 2zun talking about their boyfriend.
Have I ever mentioned that LXC’s headpiece reminds me of a (western) dragon skull? Because it does and I think it’s super cool.
NMJ just said “that asshole Wen” according to the Netflix subtitles and idk if it is accurate, but holy shit I love it.
Well, that’s not an ominous place to go and try to break into or anything.
Oh he got caught. What a surprise. Who would’ve thought.
(Sneaky Meng Yao gives me life tho)
Meng Yao is enjoying this and I’m living for it, that’s such a pleased smile. Insert here a joke about him enjoying seeing his bf all bloody and on his knees.
Also his face when NMJ goes for the kill pretty much screams “this dumbass is gonna get obliterated, why am I with him again?”
LWJ’s Wei Ying senses were tingling. Also, assume I’m screaming about these yahoos not putting their hair up, that’s a scalping wanting to happen and those shits ain’t pretty.
BATTLE COUPLE! BATTLE COUPLE! BATTLE COUPLE!
Btw I really like the fade to black cut style of the battle, helps not make me dizzy.
Nvm I’m dizzy now.
Holy shit I love how creepy YLLZ can get.
And that’s all for this episode my friends. Read you soon!
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