Changed My Icon And Header, Going Full Starfruit Branding From Now On Lol

We all knew that as soon as I was able to draw again and with how One Punch Man has been developing, I was going to draw these two it’s just the natural order of things... I can’t decide which version I like better, so have both.

Also on my Twitter *PLZ DON’T REPOST MY ART*

Uhmmm here I am on my bullshit again, instead of making something good for the next con I’m doodling. Dude is Sebastian from Stardew Valley, I love the Moonlight Jellies scene! Cyan and sad anime boys comfort my soul don’t judge.

Ok very old sketch that I decided to clean and colour a bit to warm up after not touching my tablet for 2 months! The real number one S Class hero is lady Operator Z for dealing so graciously with all the crazy S Class includying Tatsumaki hahahaha man I ship them so hard aaaahhh

Some of my old One Punch Man fanarts... season 2 ended too soon *sobs* but I am grateful we are getting a 3rd season!

I made this one for a One Punch Man event in 2017, the prompt was Depowered AU! So that’s why Saitama looks that way hahah. I don’t have any 2021 Vday pics for you this year but I never posted this one on my art blog so here you go!

A-City news: local S-Class hero gets whole team very distracted

One Punch Man is very stupid and very sexy thanks for so much

Tutorial: How to draw Folliage

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Old sketch from last year!!! Ann Takamaki “ Panther “ from Persona 5

Legends Arceus, 108 Wisps and Chinese Classics

I'm finally playing Pokemon Legends Arceus and I'm just realizing the game is somewhat inspired on the Chinese classic Shui Hu Zhuan, often localized as Water Margin, or as All Men Are Brothers, or also as (-The 108-) Outlaws of the Marsh.

*THIS POST MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS*

I have seen people comment on how Spiritomb and Typhlosion (Hisui variant) are related to the number 108 in various ways, as it's the novel I'll be discussing. To gather the Pokemon facts first, let's start mentioning that to get Spiritomb in Pokemon Arceus, you have to find the 108 wisps wandering around Hisui, and some of Spiritomb's Pokedex entries read:

'Exactly 108 spirits gathered to become this Pokémon. Apparently there are some ill-natured spirits in the mix.' 'It was bound to a fissure in an Odd Keystone as punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago.'

As for Hisuian Typhlosion, Professor Laventon says in the Pokedex 'Said to purify lost, forsaken souls with its flames and guide them to the afterlife.' Additionally, from the official Legends website we also learn the following:

'It emits ghost flames –said to number as many as 108- from the fires around its neck. These flames all attack the opponent, adopting the countenance of ferocious beasts.'

Some people already explained that the number 108 is significant in various Asian religions, but to be brief, it often revolves around the idea that there are 108 'temptations' on the way to Nirvana, 108 mundane 'feelings' in the way to purification, etc. and so, many rituals and traditions involve the number in some way (rosaries have 108 beads for this reason, temples sometimes have literally 108 steps, they ring bells 108 times, etc.)

Shui Hu Zhuan, or Water Margin, is among the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. JRPG enjoyers such as myself might have heard of it because of Suikoden or Eiyuden… being a Suikoden fan for as long as I've been a Pokemon fan, my impression is that this novel is not known to westerners, so allow me to explain further.

The plot revolves around the 108 Heroes or 'Stars of Destiny' seemingly inspired by the Taoist idea that everyone's destiny is tied to a Star. Generally speaking, this funny but also tragic brutal novel is about people from all walks of life, sometimes criminals, coming together to fight evil (mostly in the form of a corrupt disastrous government and the invading regions). It's about sworn family, about friendship, about repenting, about changing times… and about how beautiful women are evil because the novel is definitely a product of its time. A number of the adventures in the book are inspiration for the characters arcs in the game, as well as for the locations.

Back to the 108 wisps, Spiritomb and Hisuian Typhlosion; other than being possibly related to Hinduism and Buddhism, the way I think they can relate to the novel is explained by this Wikipedia quote that summarizes the lore of the books: 'The 108 Heroes represent 108 demonic overlords who were banished (…) Having repented since (…) the stars are released from imprisonment by accident, and are reborn in the world as 108 heroes who band together for the cause of justice.'

I don't have enough reliable sources to talk more about it and it's been some 15 years since I read this novel -a very mistranslated version apparently-. But I know for a fact that out of the 108 heroes/Stars of Destiny, there are 36 Heavenly Spirits and 72 Earthly Fiends. These 36 are generally higher ranked or more important in the novel, and if I'm not mistaken, there are 36 characters in Pokemon Arceus that are somewhat relevant, all being ancestors to other human characters in the series -including the antagonist-, a lot of them either officials of the Galaxy Team, Wardens and leaders of the Diamond and Pearl clans, or people of various 'mundane' talents helping Jubilife Town prosper… much like in the novel.

So yeah there are many little ways I which Game Freak seemed to take inspiration from Water Margin!

Laguz ages!

Fire Emblem Heroes has released not one but TWO Tellius banners in such a short time and I’ve been dying to get the laguz soooo I’ve been super in the mood to talk about them and I decided I wanted to calculate how old the laguz are supposed to be lol. 

I’m calculating this based on 1) Radiant artbooks that state an approximated “if compared to human development” age for the laguz 2) Janaff saying that laguz in their late 20s are kinda infants, and Nealuchi saying he raised Naesala for decades 3) the various conversations between Janaff and other characters that reveal Janaff is a little over 110 years old, that Ulki is 5 years younger than him and that Tibarn is around their age too. I won’t include the dragons because Nasir says they age VERY slowly in comparisson to the other laguz tribes, and that they also live for thousands of years instead of centuries *EDIT* it seems that’s also true for Herons though, considering Lehran is more than 1700 years old but looks 40 at much, but in any case, it’s made explicit in the game that the only other herons in this list are all younger than Naesala.

So this is all super relative and not meant to be their exact ages of course, it’s more like “apparently they are AT LEAST this old”.

Here goes:

- Nailah: ~ 115 years old (real age) ~ 31 in “human age” according to artbook

- Tibarn, Janaff, Ulki: around 107-113 (real age) ~ 30 human years

- Muarim : around 100 (real age) ~ 27 in human age

- Naesala, Skrimir:  ~ 93 (real age) ~ 25 human age

- Ranulf, Rafiel: 85-90 (real age) ~ 23 and 24 respectively

- Reyson, Volug: ~ 82-78 (real age) ~ 22 and 21 respectively 

- Mordecai, Kyza: ~ 74-70 (real) ~ 20 and 19

- Leanne*, Lethe, Lyre and Vika*: ~ 67 (real)  ~ 18

- Caineghis, Giffca:  ~ 168-172?? (real age) ~ 45 and 46 human age

- Lehran: more than 1700 years old 

- Nealuchi: VERY OLD??¿¿¿¿?  

Read more for extra notes:

*Leanne spent 20 years sleeping so while I state her real age, that’s the reason the other bird laguz treat her as more of a teenager than an adult... Reyson even calls her “my infant sister” (but referring to a 45 year old Leanne in the past).

*Vika is slightly younger than the other girls. All the other laguz women are said to be around 18 in human age, expcet for Nailah (31) and Vika (17).

- Extra info about developing young laguz: Janaff even says bird laguz can’t talk very well at age 24, and that at that age they haven’t developed proper wings yet! You can check Janaff’s support with Oscar, Shinon and Lucia for this info and some laughs... Janaff just wants to adopt every single human in their 20s lmao... what a good bird uncle...

- The bit where Janaff says he’s older than Ulki, and that they grew up along Tibarn is in Radiant Dawn, one of those optional camp conversation called “birds”

- The bit about Nealuchi saying he raised Naesala for decades comes from one of his dying quotes *sobs*