Finished The Weapon Art For My Doll Mod For Darkest Dungeon. Been Doing One Every Day. Hopefully I Can

Finished the weapon art for my Doll mod for Darkest Dungeon. Been doing one every day. Hopefully I can keep the momentum to get a finished mod.

Weapon advancements follow a tradition of the first being a monochrome version of the second, then it gets progressively less dingy and more cool.

Personally I think I cooked with the 2nd and 4th. The last isn't my favorite, I like the Saif, and the threaded canes forming a DNA strand is a good idea, but the execution wasn't fully there for me. I'm happy with it regardless.

As for why it is like that, I took heavy inspiration from the Bloodstone Shards from Bloodborne, because you know, Bloodborne weapons, and I always wanted to see how your weapons mutate as you upgrade them, but no one ever drew that. So I did.

By 4, her Beasthunter's Saif's blade gets replaced with Bloodstone Chunks, and the threaded canes' blades get mutated into Bloodstone Shards.

By 5, the Saif becomes a Blood Rock, and the DNA webbing inside becomes the blade.

So yeah, end statement.

happy make a terrible comic day

A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA part two (part one here) in which Holmes attends a wedding and tells Watson all about it!

This is in the Watson's Sketchbook series!

figuring out a monster jon design

he’s essentially a living optic nerve. the tower is there to direct and stabilize the connection held in the pupil. when he’s in the panopticon he serves as both the center of the tether to reality and the closest thing the eye has to a mind.

before he settles in the panopticon, he can fly and he moves a bit like an avian dinosaur. as pupil, he isn’t affected by gravity and his wings and legs are vestigial. the furthest he can reach with his body is the floor of that room.

the archivists serve as a defense system because jon is basically a vital organ and fairly physically vulnerable. they’re very fast and can fly short distances but usually just cling to walls and crawl. they have about the same level of sentience as beholding itself (not much). jon can maneuver them as external limbs but when he isn’t, they kind of just run on eye-autopilot.

Sex Ed Time

ok I'm gonna tell you about some things that might happen if you are transitioning m->f. this is not a comprehensive list just my own experience, be sure to do your own research I just really wanted to voice how this affects me because I think open discussion about this type of stuff is just more helpful for everyone rather than keeping it private

BOOBS HURT WHEN THEY GROW

your sex drive (libido) will probably go down a lot

facial hair is very hard to get rid of

my go-to gender affirming clothing is high-waisted jeans. I suggest going to a goodwill or some sort of cheap store that lets you try on clothes to figure out what you like

muscle mass will go down, fat will be redistributed

boobs do all sorts of crazy stuff when you run / exercise

overtime your skin will get softer, you also might smell nicer, and I've been told it can thin body hair but I don't really see it all that much 🤷

your brain chemistry can change when you reduce testosterone and increase estrogen, there are lots of factors that contribute toward any changes to your personality, but hormones can have an impact as well. for me this is a good thing because I struggle with allowing myself to feel emotions sometimes, no matter how hard I tried I was never really able to get myself to cry. I've gotten closer to being able to cry since I started transitioning though and that makes me very happy

this is a slow process that can take several years, ultimately you're going to be in your body for several years regardless, so if this is something you want it's definitely something you should try to pursue if possible. the time will pass anyways, and it does feel nice to work towards something that can make you happier.

also this is very important, you don't need to do any sort of hormone replacement therapy in order to be trans. not everybody can access HRT, and for those who can access it, not everybody wants to take on all the changes that come with treatments. you don't have to chemically or physically change your body in any way in order to deserve respect

all right that's all I have for right now feel free to add anything in the comments, I would especially like to hear from trans men what your experiences have been, I think openly talking about these types of things can really help some people

It can be really hard to learn to engage in positive self talk, but sometimes it's easier to start by pretending it's coming from a friend, first 💜