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#ra ra rasputin#its kodya#kodya karevic#mr karevic#on god i need to figure out how to draw his pre incident haircut because hes funny to me#i got the current one down to a science#idk why he always has white hair somehow though#fighting the stressed allegations fr#also that time he was responsible for the death of like. over 25k people at least#because people keep on forgetting that this story is about Time Bullshit#french russian war of 1812#god why the fuck was he in canon alive at the time of napoleon#mf literally went yeah fuck napoleon all my homies HATE napoleon#at 17#ridiculous ass lore#im so sorry but his is so funny but those mental health issues must be terrible#actually i cant tell whats worst post incident trauma or pre ros trauma#literally cant catch a break so he just kind of freed himself from the narrative and changed his own fate with his bare hands???#and hes not the main character so we dont talk about it#room of swords#how did i forget. that tag#go boy go#alku art
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Kodya sketch <33
#i am a firm believer that Kodya would just wear a bunch of tight polo shirts with allll the buttons down as casual wear in the new universe#that or I just haven't seemed to stop drawing him in them. so uh yk its whatever we ball#room of swords#kodya karevic#room of swords fanart
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im in a bad mood but at least in 2 days is game night (morning for me) with people from the discord :D
#a bunch of people from there are also tumblr users#and i see them in the tag on here#i dont wanna reveal myself kkkk#but my pfp is kodya and my name is spring on both#so if they figure it out its ok#anyways
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*pokes Kodya with a stick* cry harder
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Summary:
Imprisoned by giants in the Eyes realm and out of vitalitablets, Kodya has only one move left to make, and too many thoughts to think.
#room of swords#fanfic#strawbarrow week#altho its just kodyangst whoops#kodya karevic#he's my fave blorbo ever *tortures him tortures him tortures h-*#me writing a thing#tw: suicidal thoughts#suicidal ideation#idk what trigger tags are best for this#and yes: MORE than regular ROS suicidal ideation LOL
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I don't know.
#*tori's voice* i hate gay ppl sm its unreal#at this point in ros i dont even know whats happening i just need them to win and be free this cant go on#also i kinda love how gyrus is letting himself be hugged he looks taken off guard like a cat i dont#i dont know if i make sense#anyways. tagging time#room of swords kodya#room of swords gyrus#room of swords webtoon#room of swords#gyrus axelei#kodya karevic#ros webtoon
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Room of Swords Chapter 202 Reactions:
Kodya has exactly one piece of advice for Rookies, and he will say it CONSTANTLY
#its a good thing Gyrus is so smart#because kodya could not have been that good a teacher if this is all he has to say#tell me i’m wrong#room of swords#room of swords reactions#ros kodya#kodya#ros 202
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Black and white photos taken by Ikhlas Abbis and reproduced in the book "Zar: Spirit Possession, Music, and Healing Rituals in Egypt" by Hager Al Hadidi.
The zar (or zar cult) is a practice spread throughout Africa, West Asia, and possibly even into South Asia, most likely originating the Red Sea area (possibly in Ethiopia specifically). The oldest known reference to Zar spirits is from Ethiopia in the 16th century in a Ge'ez manuscript; the first written records of the practices associated with them comes from the early 19th century.
It has been described as a type of "spirit marriage" and as an "exorcism cult". Neither are wholly accurate, though the Zar shares elements with both practices, as it is a series of rites and rituals surrounding life-long spirit possession and the placation of these spirits, who cause illness, nightmares, and misfortune when angered.
The zar came to Egypt through enslaved Ethiopian women in the 19th century and subsequently diffused into broader Egyptian society, especially among women (men participate in the zar as well throughout the regions it is practiced in, but it is generally female dominated overall, and male participation is often associated with gay men). The zar is characterized by it's use of music, possessed trance dances, amulets and costumes to please the spirits, animal sacrifice, and divination.
It is not a religion on its own, and both Muslims and Christians in Egypt participate in it. A great deal of variation exists within practitioners about which spirits are recognized. They are categorized into different pantheons, and have corresponding overall styles of music. Different musical troupes and bands specialize in different types of music. These different subgroups exist in the same areas simultaneously, and are called upon as needed. Leaders in rites are called Sheikh(a)s, and multigenerational involvement is usually matrilineal.
In Egypt there is evidence of Hausa Bori influence found in certain words used by zar participants, such as "kodya" (from "godiya", horse), and "mayanga" (from the word for graveyard), as well as Maghrebi Gnawa influences, and Sudanese influences from the active participation of Sudanese-Egyptian immigrants.
#cipher talk#Probably won't discuss zar too much publicly on my blog but these photos are VERY good and striking#Masr#Actually Egyptian tag#The further reading for this one is. The book in question#Zar rites
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Ok this took a while cause i kept getting distracted and rereading all of RoS but here we are! This is me connecting the song Octavarium by Dream Theater to the webtoon Room of Swords!
Alright so the last verse in Octavarium goes
“We move in circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor's edge
A perfect sphere
Colliding with our fate
This story ends where it began”
Guys.
Okay I’ll break it down with RoS panels for reference
We move in circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor’s edge
A perfect sphere
Colliding with our fate
This story ends where it began
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@spoinkydoo has also connected the beginning of the song-
(this)
-to Gyrus not wanting to become BBGyrus and/or BBGyrus not wanting to become Masiosare
As well as the second part-
(here)
-to Kodya using his powers to help BBGyrus
In conclusion, ITS CONNECTED!!!
ITS ALL CONNECTED!!!
#thank you for coming to my ted talk#also hi discord people#room of swords#dream theater#octavarium#room of swords webtoon#ros#gyrus ros#kodya ros#james labrie#prog rock#ayreon#gyrus axelei#kodya karevic#webtoon
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Something that’s kind of neat is how in Room of Swords the hair-length of the leading males definitely means something but I still don’t know what it is
I think it represents knowledge though, or maybe wisdom? Like, Gyrus had long hair when he met Kodya, who had short hair, and back then Gyrus knew a looooooot about how the RoS worked
Then of course after everything went wrong, Kodya’s grown out his hair and he finds a young-Gyrus with short hair and lots of questions. This Gyrus has no idea where he is or what’s going on and so Kodya has to mentor him
Then during season 2 Kodya sort of shaves Gyrus’s hair as a way to measure his mental state???? I haven’t reread the story in a few years so I forget but I think he uses it as a way to know how far along Gyrus is in recovering his lost memories based on his hair length
And at the end of the season it’s touching the floor lmbo and they have to cut it again… I think. Actually maybe it gets cut off on its own? I… I haven’t read in a while… something Masiosaire related right?
Uh anyway his hair is short for most of season 3 and then long again in the finale so I guess I wanna say there’s obviously a thing going on but what is the thing ya know?
#btw Iro’s hair is ALWAYS short if that’s anything#freakin moron#room of swords#room of swords spoilers#ros#ros spoilers#edited: I accidentally wrote Don no lol his hair grows into a gross roach beard
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Early ROS season 3 Kodya thoughts (aka here's my excuse to ramble)
I'm only on episode 180. I have thoughts on a lot of things but rn I just wanna talk about Kodya?? Idk ever since we've seen him again in episode 159, he's been a lot more stoic and and standoffish than he used to be? (at least compared to his season 2 counterpart, which yeah he spent most of that outside his body but he wasn't this standoffish to Gyrus before). He's a lot more similar to his season 1 counterpart in some ways which I found interesting. Originally, I thought it would be a temporary thing just from the shock of seeing Gyrus again and recovering from the fact he genuinely thought they'd never meet again, but then he kind of stays that way and he's kind of snarky and defensive which I find interesting. I really like when characters are flawed or are tangibly impacted by things that have happened to them. Anyways here's like multiple reasons I headcanon (some of these are just straight up stated or heavily implied) there's such a big character shift (at least to me):
Um. Yeah he literally thought he'd never see his on and off boyfriend of several years who he literally fought so hard to keep around. That's going to fuck you up regardless of if it ended up not being true
^ Also I feel like losing Gyrus again definitely brought back some old pain and trauma from the time he, yknow, watched Gyrus lose himself over the course of years and eventually had to be the one to kill him ^^ so. YEAH (he has abandonment issues to me)
This is more of a minor point but we should talk about how fucky it would be to spend several years with people from the future and then be plopped back into your time period and expected to just. Keep existing like nothing happened and like you don't know at least hundreds of separate things and concepts that are, quite literally, ahead of your time
Look me in the eyes and tell me he didn't 100% face or see homophobia after returning to his time period. You know that would mess with him a bit (I find his defensiveness near Iro, while partially justified, really interesting? because it's the first time I can think of we get any implication that homophobia explicitly exists in the world of ROS <- which makes sense and it also makes sense to assume that the room of swords itself was probably pretty queer friendly because of the amount of different people there. Anyways Kodya's defensiveness near Iro just reads to me as someone anticipating homophobia because of firsthand experience with it)
Gyrus self deprecating about not as strong as Masiosare, who's essentially like if you took BB! Gyrus's inability to open up and ask for help and his tendencies to do morally fucked up shit for his version of the greater good and then maximised it(/hj), probably made Kodya feel worse. Like he already spent years watching Gyrus lose himself to those ideals and I feel like at this point, the amount of trust issues and general abandonment issues of having a partner who used to hide things from you constantly until it literally destroyed him, combined with that same partner now self deprecating and faintly implying he wants to be like that again, would 100% trigger the shit out of his trauma and probably make him feel like history's going to repeat itself
I don't know if this was intentional but (oversimplification) CPTSD symptoms tend to show up after the person's left whatever stressful environment they used to be in and it starts flaring up because the brain can't process or understand that its in a safe environment and is still in a very defensive protective mode even when it technically shouldn't be. Kodya's likely CPTSD from, yknow, EVERYTHING in the room of swords probably could've started flaring up because of the fact he finally managed to escape, which could also partially explain his mentioned thoughts of feeling cursed and like he'd never be happy before Gyrus showed up (it's a common thing to struggle to feel happy or safe after not having experienced either feeling for a long time)
In conclusion, Kodya Karevic is a well written mentally ill little guy who's literally done zero (0) wrong in his entire life/j. Jokes aside, I wanted an excuse to ramble and get my thoughts out and also just talk about how pleasantly surprising it is to have them actually acknowledge the flaws in Strawbarrow's relationship and show Kodya have tangible problems with trusting Gyrus again. Idk I really like how well and complexly they're written
#also before anyone asks the iro thinking gyrus is some guy in an insane heterosexual cheating polycule thing is the funniest joke ever#room of swords#ros#webtoon#kodya karevic#character analysis#<- eh? maybe? idk what classifies as that tbh#i do a bit of speaking <3#liveblogging#<- in a way
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ms paint doodles save me... ms paint doodles... save me ms paint doodles...
#room of swords#hiii everyone following this tag.... isnt it dead as hell......#im being the change i want to see in the world#alku art#uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fuckign#gyrus axelei#kodya karevic#rosposting#theyre like the one thing keeping me from slipping into art block and never returning its a toxic relationship#sylvia ros#shitposts#shitpost#shitpost art#webtoon#thats all the tags!
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deja-vu
#its a sad part of the webtoon but also its a vibe#room of swords#room of swords webtoon#room of swords fanart#ros fanart#ros#strawbarrow#kodya karevic#gyrus axlei
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ok im ngl this whole kodya obsession thing is kinda healthy for me..... I've been writing a lot more and talking to people on discord which is basically the most social interaction i've had in months ?!?! and getting nice supply <33 and im able to brush my teeth and go outside even its kinda crazyyyyy
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At some point, early in their stay in their training session, Gyrus had a nightmare in the cave. He expected Kodya to judge him, maybe scold him for waking him up, but all Kodys did was drag his sleeping bag over to Gyrus and sleepily soothe him back to sleep. It was the first time Gyrus saw a softer side to his mentor. The next day, Gyrus thought it was over, but Kodya put his sleeping bag right next to Gyrus’ again, not saying a word, and then proceeded to stand guard against any more nightmares.
Gyrus slept a lot easier from then on.
#room of swords#room of swords headcanon#bad ros headcanons#ros 144#its just to cute#i had too#gyrus#kodya#submission
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youtube
i totally didn’t spend like 7+ hours making this
#room of swords#past gyrus#ros gyrus#kodya#don ros#you know when you listen to a song and a little music video start playing in your head?#that. that is what this is.#go read Room of Swords its an S tier webcomic#Youtube
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