Explodingquails - AAAAAGHegg

So I see a lot of posts about Caitlyn hesitating to kill Jinx at the tea party scene, and how that moment probably haunts both her and Vi after.

But rewatching the scene, I noticed an important detail and realized, Caitlyn likely dodged a bullet (literally) by not shooting Jinx.

After a tense confrontation with an escaped Caitlyn and hearing Vi plead for her life, Jinx seems to yield.

We see her look around as if in contemplation, then slowly took a few steps back.

After being told to "drop the gun" a second time, Jinx finally put the handgun on the table...right in front of Silco.

We all know Powder/Jinx is incredibly intelligent. It appears to me the decision to put the handgun within Silco's reach is a deliberate one. (Silco would later grab the gun and attempt to shoot Vi.)

Silco was the only participant at the tea party who had no qualms with killing his opponents. Despite the peculiarity of the moment, Jinx knows Silco would come to her defense if anything happened to her.

This actually shows how much Jinx trusts her adoptive father even after the statue scene.

If Caitlyn shot Jinx, Silco would most likely grab the gun and fire at Caitlyn. Given the Kiramman's diverted attention and without Jinx there to stop him (why would she?), Silco would not have missed like in canon.

(I would also like to add that being shot has much graver consequences for Caitlyn compared to Jinx, who is enhanced by Shimmer.)

Now I doubt Jinx did it on purpose, but knocking Caitlyn unconscious and taking her out of the equation might have actually saved Caitlyn's life.

Calling it now, if there is a special NPC in the region after Olympus (a.k.a. Palace of Zeus) it will be Chiron and his art will feature his aspect of Coronacht

Very random bits of art wisdom I learned over the years bc I'm bored on the bus:

If you use black for shading it'll muddy up your colors (not saying do not do it ever cause I'm sure some ppl make it work but still)

Use references kids

Like seriously who came up with the idea that refs are bad

I pinky promise you don’t have to pull poses, outfits, etc out of your artist ass

Drawin' chompers? Lower canines always in front of upper canines

The secret to the other eye is not copy pasting the first, but drawing both together as opposed to fully rendering them one at a time

Styles are annoyingly overrated. How about we realize the value of experimenting and being versatile eh

Step out of your comfort zone. Will it suck at first? I mean yeah probably but there's no other way to learn something you wanna learn

Idk what ppl are on about hands, it's shoes that are the real devil here

Also while I'm at it, have a "comfort subject" that takes little effort to draw, for when you really wanna do something but don't feel particularly inspired

It's also a good little bit of ego boost

Take breaks. Seriously. Don't be like me. And stretch.

Half the fun of designing a creature is figuring out its anatomy (but i mean I'm a nerd so take this with a grain of salt)

Textured brushes are your friends, but they can make something a lot messier than intended so watch out for that

Learn just a little bit of color theory (no not the children's hospital that isn't even actual color theory, funnily enough)

Cutting corners is valid, but try not to end up completely dependant on certain tools

Name your files something other than keyboard smashes. Trust me.

Treat your microns like newborns and don't let that one fking classmate that presses the pen like their life depends on it borrow them i swear to fucking god-

There's no one size fits all for art, maybe every single bit of advice i just gave is complete useless bs to u and that's fair

That’s a red flag to YOU! To Marcille she’s just charming.

Had this idea ever since I finished reading Dungeon Meshi and finally got around to finishing it.

(on youtube for better quality)

Music - “Red Flags” by Tom Cardy

MAJOR Hades 2 spoilers under the cut!

I am so unwell about this... the way their bodies are arranged in a circle made me think they were cornered and making a last stand back-to-back when Chronos got them.

Also the fact that Nyx was frozen away from the rest implies either: 1) Chronos attacked her first to get her out of the picture; 2) She was the last one left and faced Chronos in the hallway leading to Hades' room to buy Melinoë and Hekate time to escape

In case the pic is too low quality those are the Chronos victims clockwise from the top: Achilles, Zagreus, Megaera, Dusa, Persephone, Thanatos :((

:O

Then you came into my life with come hither in your eyes

Low effort meme post feat. Link and the Champions from Zelda: Breath of the Wild because there is not enough memes of these idiots as a group

me, halfway through listening through a song: hmm this might have otp potential

*restarts song but this time listening with Blorbo Intent

Just walked by a housemate and I audibly gasped and she said "aww thank you it's new :)" and twirled around to show me the gorgeous gilded dress she was wearing to a party and I did not have the heart to tell her I wasn't gasping about the dress I was excited about the box of Dominos cheese pizza she had in her hands