One Of These Days I'll Make A Proper Soriku VN

Xemnas' pronouns are "what's left / all there ever was"

bonus Demyx interaction below cut:

"And don't you dare leave me still in love with you. Nothing's fair when love is war."

oh Lune I've been thinking about this, I had to go digging through the blog to find it again

It felt kind of comforting to have another online mutual who was working on animation, but the art itself is also just so lovely by its own merit

shot from a short film I'm aiming to complete

it's called Aking Tala or My Star.

Wall-E (the character) is a great demonstration of how being curious about the world echoes our level of care for it. And that caring can quite literally course-correct humanity His playful fascination with what humans left behind, his ability to find "new" on a dormant planet of waste refuse-- he continues to care and be amazed by and change things in a world that has not effectively changed for about 700 years. Wall-E commemorates artifacts of life by treasuring them on their own special shelves in his home. He lovingly makes sure The Plant is secured in a way that won't crush it as he's going home. He accidentally runs over his cockroach and worries about it. He tries to make an inactive Eve comfortable at his expense, not knowing when or if she will ever wake up again.

Wall-E has such an impact on Eve and other passengers on the Axiom because he invites them to care about small interactions they took for granted. They make meaningful connections and changes in their own directive because-- simply by being interested by them and what they're doing-- he offers a new perspective of looking at themselves. (Remember when he gives the elevator robot that little wave and it's so taken with that gesture it starts to copy it? It was seen and acknowledged when its role has always been to punch numbers.)

The spark that Wall-E shared with Eve, I think, is not only symbolic of his love for Eve (though it is clear he loves Eve more than anyone). It was that care. It has to be that same care. Because if his little acts of wonder and determination inspired every other character to break from their programming, who's to say it can't overcome a factory reset?

Oh, and "curiosity" and "care" have the same etymological root, apparently

You shall not fucking pass on his gig

Speaking of @foreststarflaime and dragons, I made this pixel art of their character Foreststar while we were at the library together. (I make pixel art sometimes) They can tell you all about her if they wish, and correct any of my errors-- my cursory recollection is that she's like a storybook god-dragon who is the patron of protagonism, and reincarnates as many different people and creatures to pursue the depths of kindness, wisdom and wonder.

Where every star on her wing represents a different story, it fuels her breath of blue fire with the intensity and brilliance of a life lived nobly.

the stuff going on at columbia campus rn is genuinely incredible

one of my many book projects that I'm working on, a personal LOVELESS copy. Still in WIP stage and I haven't cased the text block in

Next step is getting the corner and cover decoration 3D printed! I'm so excited to see this all slowly come together

Poor Roxas :(

a drawing of Ruby Rose (8/4/2024)