Craneo87me - My Name Is Craneo

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decided to take some more art lessons. mostly to overcome my issue with drawing skin! i think that is a thing of da past now    try to guess who is who! the tags might help ya!

Marx and magolor? are they homies or more?

A while ago I did presentation clarifying misconceptions regarding Dedede's character, using nothing but canonical facts coming from the games and official tie-ins like info from japanese websites, I gave it an update, which is why I'm posting about it again, give it a look :)

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JL7EAKTaEehpyObRJmyQy6mUbNMb97Ds/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102814556732081877986&rtpof=true&sd=true

this sequence of images is so mystical to me. it's like a prey animal noticing you

they non-binary, nice 👌

Gijinka - Morpho Knight

Your friendly neighborhood Angel of Death™

When they’re not violently harvesting the souls of the damned, they’re actually pretty chill

Has no friends, but doesn’t mind. They enjoy people in and of themselves

Loves music~

Tells lies just for the hell of it

Feeds on the emotional energy of others, but shows very little of their own

Equally likely to help or harm you in almost any given situation

Power level = ???

It’s generally assumed the universe will come to an end as soon as they get bored with it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Seriously, don’t fight them

Would you still love me if I was the official Kamen Rider Ryuki Chess Pcs (12pcs) by MegaHouse

every time you talk to minion waddle dee in forgotten land's post-game, dedede greets you first. he doesn't have to do that. kirby technically doesn't talk to him directly nor he first initiates a greeting. but he does so anyway.

it's like shinya kumazaki just put up a megaphone in front of this game and screamed through it:

DEDEDE IS A GOOD DUDE AND BESTIES WITH KIRBY

legend has it, he still screams

Warning: Long Post, Bragging about

For me, it’s tied with Valigarmanda (not Tritoch) and Ultima Weapon (not Atma Weapon, as much as it hurts me since i love DDS but i digress) both from FFVI

Valigarmanda is such a underappreciated Summon, Esper, Eidolon, whatever. i love this Quetzalcoalt-looking thing (i don’t know if would be a better feathered serpent design for quetzalcoalt than smt 1 quetz but that’s beside the point) despite how much important it is for FF6′s plots (being the first Esper you encounter not counting the half-esper herself, terra, which speaking of which, it also help her to unlock her esper form) it’s kinda of a shame that outside of it’s debut game, it barely appears, and most of it’s other “appearances” are just reference to it (which an antagonist from world of final fantasy being probably it’s most important non-ffvi “appearances”) i think it’s gimmick being a “tri-elemental” summon would atleast make it stand out for most other summons in the franchise.

Ultima Weapon is also very badass design and (thankfully) it does appear in more FF games (thought sometimes other i can be a pain trying to refer specifically to this thing since i usually refers to the weapon (both the FFVII and the literal definition of the word) of the same name. (also Battle to the Death slams)

honorable mentions, in not particular order:

The Weapons from FFVII

Odin

Behemoth

Typhon

Sprite Gilgamesh (yeah, i’m kinda weird)

Diabolos

The Four Fiends from FFI

The Four Archfiends from FFIV

Shinryu

Sefer Sephiroth

Alexander

Leviathan

Deathgazer

The Warring Triad

so what's your favorite Final Fantasy Monster? (whatever if is "myth accurate" or just looks cool)

Accuracy to myth is definitely not something that figures into my appraisal of FF designs. Anyway:

this was the most freak shit that a preadolescent soren ever saw. still unfuckwithable to this very day. god this shit is sick. fuck!!!

Shin Megami Tensei Devill Summoner World Guidance: Angels (and friends)

Kaneko Kazuma’s comments on his designs for the angelic hierarchy (minus Seraph), Demiurge, Abraxas, Black Maria, Metatron, Sandalphon and Lailah.  Beware of… odd inspirations.

Translation over here!

i love popstar gang, the dream team, the main four, whatever you want to call them, so fucking much man

like. they weren't MEANT to be a team. both in-universe and in meta context.

these characters were all created for different purposes entirely.

kirby is protagonist, obviously. dedede initially was a bowser expy that grew into friendly rival role but not necessarily protagonist material. bandana dee was a nobody that was just a throwaway opponent in a minigame in original super star. meta knight was meant to be enigmatic "dark counterpart" of kirby and nothing more.

but then, suddenly, shinya kumazaki comes and recontextualizes all of their interactions they had in previous games into them building up bonds. until it culminates in them becoming genuine friends.

dedede's slowburn warming up to kirby has a satisfying resolution. meta knight's brief team up in amazing mirror now is seen in entirely different light. bandana dee's encounter in revenge of the king hits different as well.

this wasn't planned. this wasn't intended. this feels kind of messy and maybe ill-fitted at the first glance. but for a series where main characters' design was literally unplanned placeholder and was kept in just because they really liked it... it only feels the most fitting.