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Sketch of Valar during Valian Years ( before the Lamps)
Namo,Yavanna,Aule,Melkor,Manwe,Varda,Ulmo and Orome
No Irmo and Nienna because they look a lot like Namo, and no Nessa because she looks a lot like Orome. No other girls,because I don’t care for them actually. And no Tulkas - because I can’t imagine his appearance before the Years of the Lamps.
It was a bad idea to draw Aule and Melkor together,because generally they made from one material,both of them are giant rocks. So Melkor is a rock + ice + fire, and Aule is rock + lead,gold,manganese and other kinds of ore.
Since I have little updates and willpower to daw anything big, have a few shitposts and older sketches that I never posted from our campaign.
The first one is our wolfkind Fern borzoi'ed because of that stupid meme going around recently. He’s been making furniture to our party’s house for the last several sessions and is a true craftsman now! Second has no context I just wanted to have the ‘no pickles’ line with those two. The third is about Iri'thiel learning more and more how to do body modifications like piercing. I should’ve added Aki who got a “tattoo” (more like fur dying) of a few throwing knives from her recently. Next is Aki’s newest familiar - a fiendish creature she summons in the form of a raven. He’s been very helpful and also quite funny to interact with. Second to last is Anastazja training, the Viscount’s sister and an NPC that’s growing more and more important. The last one was a comfort sketch of Iri and Llelyth sharing a room after that one party, it was very sweet. Shame my blorbo rolled a nat 1 on a con (hangover) save in the morning and now she doesn’t even remember them talking.
(The actual celebrity and famous writer sits back in his rocking chair, surveys the world of Tumblr, from his porch. He chews meditatively on a straw, and then he says:)
TACAFW: Y'see, I’ve been here for nigh on twelve years now, which in new-fangled internet years is about four hundred years… yup, I remember when all this wuz just folks trading photos of cats, and I remember when over there, where it’s now just waste land, that whole part of town was whut we used to call ‘Not safe for work" – hooey, I don’t know where those folks went, when they got driv out of town – but me, through those twelve years, I’ve just been in this old rockin’ chair on this old porch, and I’ve seen 'em come and I’ve seen 'em go… I guess I mus’ just’ like it here…
the least realistic thing about star trek is that starfleet uniforms don’t have pockets and nobody complains about it
My instinct is to agree with this, but like, when I really think about it…
No money, no credit cards, identification is all vocal/fingerprints/retinal, so no wallet.
Again, doors are voice activated, or just unlocked by entering a code. No keys.
Communication devices are tiny and stick onto clothing starting in Next Gen. TOS had bulkier communication that they carried around or kept in, like, packs and stuff, so the arguments for pockets is a little more valid, and if I remember correctly, those costumes did have pockets, tho I could be wrong about that. But anything post TNG, the point is moot anyway.
Tricorders and phasers are really the only thing anyone’s carrying around, and that’s usually on away missions where they’d be bring their packs/holsters or just have them out. I mean, who wants to stick a phaser in their pocket?
So, yeah. There’s not much little stuff people need to carry around everywhere. And if they are preparing for a longer journey or want to bring bulkier things, well…just bring a bag. It fits more anyway.
what if i find a cool rock and want to take it home with me
Every time a member of the USS Enterprise has found a cool rock and taken it home, it has resulted in eleven deaths, six temporal displacements, the holodecks breaking again, and somebody getting turned into a lizard. Pockets are a privilege, not a right.
I’ve gotten more notes on this comment than anything else I’ve ever posted, but this is the best addition to it I’ve ever seen. Thank you.
like, all warships? form all time periods? that’s not doable :P hmm…
HMS Warspite, the WW2 battleship, the definition of plot armor, tough little battleship and one of the few that totally deserved to be saved, but wasn’t.
USS Washington (BB56), mainly because of the Battle of Guadalcanal and that it’s commander was an Olympic sniper and he trained his gunnery crew accordingly.
Scharnhorst, because it’s just cool and while it didn’t really do much as such, it did score one of the longest recorded naval altimetry hits. And because of the channel run. I was considering Tirpitz for this spot, but Scharnhorst had a bit more eventful career.
HMS Belfast, not because it’s a particularly remarkable ship, although it did have an interesting career, but it actually still exists and I’ve been on it.
The Iowa-class battleships, because they are the longest-serving and highly decorated battleships. I’m old enough to actually remember them being deployed in active combat in the 1990’s. And all 4 are preserved so there’s a chance for me to see them.
And a honorary mention goes to ORP Błyskawica, which is not a capital ship, but is awesome and also I’ve been on it many times.
Oh no this is going to be embarrassing, but sure. No particular order (aside from #1). It was really hard to compile this list I hope you appreciate the effort.
The Witcher (duh) Mostly because it’s so down to earth yet with magic and creatures and past that make sense together. The world feels organic, familiar, and mysterious at the same time. It’s medieval, based largely on human nature, the everyday things of everyman’s greed, love, or failure, but with magic elements, bending reality moments and sometimes unicorns. It’s Europe-like, but with ancient elven past buried right underneath each city and forest (which also somewhat feels European with all our castles and ruins, just with fantasy flavour). Sure there are fantasy races like elves and dwarves, but reading them makes you believe they live in this world, not just exist for show to fit into the tropes (elves = high fantasy cities or all-magical forest dwellings / dwarves = strongholds). I don’t like high fantasy much, so this setting really speaks to me. It’s dangerous, dark, but all the same beautiful. The rough and tumble lifestyle of a witcher and all the beasts are just chef’s kiss. I love the amalgamation of different mythologies in this setting. Of course Sapkowski isn’t the best author out there and there are things I’d wish of him to write better (like the sorcerer women or that there are no women witchers), but the books were written in the 80s-90s, and all in all I love them and the games and I will die on this hill.
Avatar (ALTA/Korra) I’d have to go back and remind myself a lot about this setting, it’s been a long time since I’d seen it, but I really like the elemental bending powers, martial arts, the creatures, and the many secrets this world has to offer. I don’t think we’d been shown that much of it, anyway, so there’s more to explore if anything they’re planning to do with the franchise is successful (and by successful I mean I can watch it without cringing).
DnD…? Not sure if I can put this here. I do love some of the classic elements of Dungeons and Dragons/Forgotten Realms canon (the monsters, some races, the many different planes of existence), but what I like here is the potential of what you yourself can create from it. The baseline setting with all the additional extensions/books that came throughout the years is an interesting world in itself, but I’m more interested in the homebrew ideas that can stem from it all. Critical Role would also fit on this list in this place.
The Elder Scrolls This is the embarrassing part since I only ever played Skyrim. I do like the world and the setting though, it feels a lot less like “I can see this world existing/functioning”, but I still enjoyed the overall story and what I heard about the previous iconic titles.
Discworld Ok so I only just recently started to read Pratchett, but I already like the set up and I feel I’m only going to like it more the further I read into this mess, so yeah, let’s put it on this list.
From all that I heard about the settings of Neverwinter Nights or Dragon Age, I’d love to put them on this list, but in all honesty I never played them myself. LOTR is great but I never got too deep into it and it’s the trope maker series. Gothic games (only 1&2, szanujmy się) are my all-time favourites, but the setting is similar to the Witcher if not less magical. Still awesome, but not as fleshed-out and engaging in itself.
