Well, now I'm conflicted. Though she seems to like them, all the same...

As the project originally came together, I immediately loved that Shao and Ozzy were ver distinctly different visually speaking, with height, weight, and physique very quickly becoming a shorthand for the contrasts between the leading ladies. I found the distinctions very endearing.

This recent piece by bluhcat.bsky.social is a personal favorite for the fact that, despite the exaggeration, it gets Ozzy's bold figure across to the viewer. The devil-may-care expression and casual use of her lightning magic is also captivating. It depicts her as someone impossible to ignore.

One of my favorite outfit design innovations from agonwolfe.bsky.social is the subtle snake motif in this vest. It touches on how Agrius is one of the few characters in our little escapades that is genuinely off-putting visually, yet he works VERY hard to make this aspect part of his mystique.

A lamentable loss to the Looney Tunes "chase" catalogue was the mynah bird from the Inki shorts. But given that the mynah bird was the SUPPORTING character to Inki an, albeit cute and precocious, Sambo stereotype African hunter kid, there's very little cultural presence that the character had.

While most tricksters are disposed towards benevolence or malevolence, Lǐngzhǔ Huī eschews such dichotomies. Mortals that draw his attention are subject to his capricious flights of fancy and his amusement. He considers them inconsequential creatures that should be grateful to be "given purpose." 🦊🎭

Even Wikipedia makes a short statement that they WANTED Orko, but the crew lamented technical issues. Which, I think, is just them being polite about saying they couldn't cover the costs.

It's just a case of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass striking again.

Full disclosure? The ONLY reason that it seems like we've splurged on all this Ozzy art simultaneously is that several things happened where previous orders from a couple artists compounded into each other. If you're worried that the mouse is being pushed aside... simply bear with us.

Fear about defining his manhood and of struggling with emotions is Alan's journey in the film. And having the same actor playing his emotionally distant father and an avatar of the board game that forces Alan to face his terror in the form of certain death is an extremely powerful subtext.

Shàonǚ was born in what is today known as Shenyang, China on 6 June, 1644 by the Western calendar. This was the day when Beijing fell to the rising Qing Dynasty. Shao's father took part in this campaign. He later received the news of his daughter's birth on that day as an auspicious sign. 🗓🐭

Oh, we're going places, people. Don't know if you'll enjoy it. But the itinerary is already booked.

Despite protests from Lincoln and Grant, Jefferson Davis and Robert E Lee flatly declined to intercede. Which led to Union withdrawal from prisoner exchanges. Lost Cause propaganda not only obscures this wholesale murder, it protects Lee's reputation from a more critical historical analysis.

But there is a more sinister aspect to it, pushed by Lost Cause propagandists and those influenced by their representation of the Civil War. Namely that the Union halted prisoner exchanges because Confederate soldiers were routinely murdering surrendering Black soldiers.

I keep thinking about prisoners of war during the US Civil War because there is a misconception that prisoner exchanges between the Union and Confederacy were halted to deprive the Confederacy of much needed manpower. Which may be true, in part.

I'm distressed by the thought that some Southerners and conservatives say that "JFK was the last good Democratic President" because Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts during his term. They believe Kennedy wouldn't have been as friendly to the Civil Rights Movement.

We let bluhcat.bsky.social do something again. And Bluh's ability to draw such stunning eyes keeps hitting me with their startling presence. I've been eager to see more of what she can do since the first image. Minus the Hasbro influence and with my regards to Lauren Faust.

🐷➡️ ⬅️🐷 Red Sonja (1985) is a bad movie. But it was the sort of bad where we all still had fun, because it remembered to bring a meat-headed Austrian along for the ride and it's hard to stay mad at a movie when everyone's swinging swords everywhere. 🐷💬

Me, ever since I learned about Konto 5 and then seeing most media produced between 1950 and 2000 depicting German generals, admirals, and field marshals as being personally loyal to the Nazi regime exclusively out of a sense of begrudging honor and duty and not because of Nazi slush fund payments.

This is unsurprising. This lies somewhere between my "Christopher Lee playfully terrorizing Peter Jackson with his SOE kill count" knowledge with my "Christopher Lee ACTUALLY learned occult magic on a lark" pet theory.

It's very disappointing that MLM scams and religious cults are indistinguishable at this point. Once upon a time, the "sale of indulgences" being one of the most crucial motivations for the Protestant Reformation, it has come full circle as core tenet of American civil religion.

That is to say, it's happening. Now. Hopefully to be ready with... stuff... by sunrise. 📒🖊

Hey, anybody remember this? It's one of those things where I had a brother who loved playing it while he served in the army during recreation time. The sheer amount of setup time required some serious commitment.

It's after the Witching Hour - that mischievous time between midnight and sunrise. How many of you learned The Hearse Song when you were children? It's of uncertain origins, but was popularized by the mass death of World War I. My first time hearing it was the turn of the decade in the 1990s.

To my eternal shame, someone in my small town felt compelled to declare their devotion to techno-fascism. The photo was taken a couple of weeks ago. I meant to share it sooner, but was very distracted. I've seen it around town, but it rolled up right in front of me by serendipity.

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Funnily enough. I had just made a post regarding this very topic after our exchange. I was referring to this.

This is in contrast to the lever-action rifle that Shamier Anderson's Mr Nobody uses in John Wick Chapter 4. Ironically, this was a modern, tactical version of Marlin's classic lever-action designs.

As project lead, I love all the artwork we get: paid for, gifted, traded, and so forth. It gives me a sense of accomplishment for what we're doing. Even if it goes by very, very slowly. And every now and again, I'll just be captivated and remember that our two leading ladies are... so pretty.

The painting shows how being a "good child" can be dangerous. Because if the unwitting boy answers truthfully, the Parliamentarians will immediately have a timeline of his father's movements. While lying would go against the virtuous principles his parents taught him.