i made these edits back when only the heartslabyul manga was out and i LOVE how the manga depicts the inherent horror of overblotting
i had SUCH a "BOOM SHAKALAKA ⁽⁽`o(≧ᗜ≦)o´⁾⁾ YESSSS GAAAAAWWWWDDD" moment when azul fr 'cried' the blot
C'MON LEONA 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏GIMME I TOLD U SO PRIVILEGES AGAIN🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏IM MANIFESTING 🕯🕯🕯
part 2 here + a yapfest for those who liked this
Someone may have already had this take but uh.
Leo and Forrest right. Leo is deemed as phobic to Forrest by a lot of fans, BUT, I like to think that Leo just so happens to be projecting his childhood (ie mostly his relationship with his mother) and is struggling to overcome it. Like, guy doesn’t know what a good parent really is, for starters he was a child borne out of wedlock from a woman apart of a harem, who was competing with other women and children to become the next queen. Already at the lowest of the low despite having dragon’s blood in him.
Leo already has self esteem issues of trying to become better and or equal to Xander, likely stuck in his head by his mother so she could be recognized as the woman who raised him if he struck stardom with Garon. She very much held high expectations for him, and after she died he held onto them. It has made tension with his relation with his siblings especially Xander as noted for their entire support.
Because he had Forrest during the war - while he was still struggling with those thoughts - he embodied what his mother was to him; image and fighting skill is everything, surpass those that are higher in status and skill only then will you be recognized as someone of worth. Forrest just so happened to do neither, as he went against social norms with his appearance and chose to be a healer instead of a fighter.
Luckily, Leo snapped out of it at least some of it by the end of Forrest’s prologue, but he still has a long way to go.
Anyway that’s my two cents. Enjoy Ꮚ`ꈊ´Ꮚ
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Meowmeow
Part 1 here!!
Notes:
On the left there's the academy phase outfit, and on the right we have the war phase (after a 5 year timeskip)!
I feel like the arrows should be self explanatory, up for good at, red for bad at, and the stars are for budding talents (things that they could be good at)
Extra notes under the cut!
I'm so sorry ace fans, i forgot to draw his border...
I know i said i leaned towards riddle being a dark knight but..!!! he just looks cooler with magic and a large cape and train!
I tried keeping shape in mind while designing the war phase outfits, like i tried to incorporate clovers into treys, a heart for ace, etc
Another thing i had in mind was just the shift in expressions? They all look pretty happy in the academy phase so i toned it down during the war phase.
Deuce is bad at reason and faith purely because the icons are books, and i feel like that ties into his current learning struggle.
Since reason is also his budding talent i feel like he could also reasonably be a mortal savant? I ended up going with swordsman though. (I contemplated assassin but maybe that would be better off saved for jamil or lilia?)
Cater's a pegasus flyer of sorts (whether he's a dark flyer or falcon knight is still questionable)
could you ladies please just pose with her
and he loves her very dearly
trying to break into the furry scene what do you guys think of my newest ocs
fates au where nothing bad happens and they're all just Really invested in their dnd campaign