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Final Fantasy 6 as text posts

(References used for Locke and Edgar)

kefka sketch

ah. oh dear. who did that (bonus under readmore)

i think theres something very special and joyous about people. like having little interactions and things. i dont know how to word it but like yeah. and im specifically not talking abt friendship or romance or anything i think theres something very wonderful abt being strangers also. i think theres a special whimsical joy in such a short-lived interactions. like playing videogames. when ur in a silly shooter like rivals or overwatch and u start jumping and ur teammates join in or u make friends with an enemy or something and u have a lovely time but after that match ur never gonna see them again and thats ok. and mmos especially like i remember a more experienced player seeing me and healing me and sticking around for a bit to help keep me up whilst i beat some enemies for quests. and when im playing healer and i just hit Random people with healing spells even when they dont need it and sometimes they wave and i wave or they jump and then theyre gone and thats that and i think thats ok i think thats great. not every interaction needs to end up in a lifelong friendship. theres joy in the short and brief too. theres kindness and whimsy and good things and it doesnt have to be love or friendship or anything it can just be a thing that happens and thats still cool. its still such a nice little thing. theres a joy in coexistence, in helping others youll never see again, in hitting a wave emote and receiving one in turn. in sitting down and having strangers join you. in knowing somebody, though not really at all, for just a brief few minutes before theyre off with the wind. video games are so awesome to me. idk does any of this make any sense idk i wanna sleep. but yeah. so much coolness in the world and it doesnt even need to have anything related to love and friendship and things. there are leaves that change colour and there are gentle breezes and there are endless positive but brief interactions and there are the comfort of blankets and bed and there are plushies and stuffed animals and yeah. life is cool

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video games have taught me a lot about british men

Old men! Theyre old! and married

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Voices and the Hero I DID IT I FUCKING FINISHED THIS PIECE YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I have Thoughts about my designs for these guys so uh Design Notes under the cut!

I'm bad at drawing actual birds (if the narrator on the hero's shoulder is any indication) so I went with the next best thing that I'm better at: plague doctors! Plus plague masks are just fun to draw. I tried making each of the voices match the princess they correspond to, but it got tricky with a couple of them. In no particular order, here we go! The Hero is a bird guy with a bird mask. Perhaps the mask is meant to keep his identity locked away? Either way, the outfit is more shapes than actual fabric, similar to the Princess' gown. Simple enough to register as clothes, but vague enough to change and be recognizable as the loops splinter. Also the cape is hims wings! The Broken is made to be the wettest, most pathetic little guy, but also ever so slightly like a priest. This is to reference the Tower (mommy- I mean mommy- I mean-) saying that the hero's place by her side is "that of a priest, or a pet". So I made him look like a depressed little priest. The Skeptic is the voice that joins you on the route of the Prisoner, so what would be more fitting than a warden? Or maybe an escaped convict? Either way I love his little ponytail poking out of his hood. The Hunted looks like a feral wild child. Feather-hair out and messy, cloak made of scraps of fabric. I figured the most wild looking of the voices would be the one that corresponds to the Beast. The Smitten is all puffy and soft shapes to match the Damsel's rufflier dress and softer appearance. Also my friends recommended the hat and I agree 11/10 would hat again. Gave him a bowtie AND a cravat because the Smitten strikes me as just that extra! The Opportunist's beak is meant to resemble a parrot's, as he just parrots the ideas of whomever he considers to be "winning". This is also why he's dressed like a businessman. He kinda looks like a villain version of the Smitten, but I haven't played the Thorn's route yet, so idk if that's relevant. Also isn't this guy the only voice that doesn't show up in the Chapter 2 routes or am I forgetting one? The Stubborn has demon horns to match the Adversary (and the Eye of the Needle HOOGH MAMA). He's also got battle damage, and his mask is fashioned to look like he has a wounded and scarred eye. Fun fact! Stubborn was supposed to get the ponytail, but I decided while lining that a half cut looked better. The Cold looks the most similar to the Hero, but he's just a bit less put together. While I was drawing his hair I was thinking of L from Deathnote for some reason? Probably the cadence the Cold has. The Cheated is supposed to look like a gambler, given his title and speaking patterns. There...wasn't a good way to pair him with the Razor, but I suppose the spade on his cheek could be seen as a nod to the razor's blades? I dunno, I'm reaching here. The Paranoid suffers from my lack of impulse control when it comes to giving characters goggles. I fucking love steampunk goggles. Much like the Cold, he looks like a less-put-together Hero, but this one is a mess, actively having a panic attack, but is pushing through it because NEITHER THE HERO OR THE NARRATOR IS FUCKING HELPING. Also the stitches on his mask are meant to mirror the cracks on the Nightmare's mask. The Contrarian has a mask with three beaks as a mirror to the Stranger's three heads, but also because the two on his head make him look like a little jester and I felt that was fitting for this smartass. His cape is asymmetrical to spite the status quo.

I hope you enjoyed my art + rambles about these designs. I love doing this!

Burgh ! 🪲

a boy and his dog