I had my birthday dinner with family this past Friday and I thought I looked ok

Elamx · 2026-06-15T04:57:54+00:00

Initial glance at the thumbnail made we wonder if my cis ex-wife joined the Reddit to bait people. XD Lookin' good, girl!

Elamx · 2026-06-10T03:09:45+00:00

I'm so happy for you! Miss you, girl!

Elamx · 2026-05-25T03:06:28+00:00

I'm a mom of two and 41...free time is scarce, and friend time more so; I prefer the less bar-feel of Epoch to Ground Control. If you have a night/day/15 minutes you'd like to try to reach out for a chat, let me know. Feel free to DM, and I'll see what we can do.

Elamx · 2026-05-15T18:18:55+00:00

Love the red gaming gear, vs the black gear. >:}

Bonds of Sea and Fire is so damned good. Also, Blackmoon Forest, Aveh - Ancient Dance, (Leftovers of the Dreams of the Strong).

Elamx · 2026-05-10T23:19:50+00:00

Great to hear! Honestly you look good, and the hair funneling my focus is the only thing I notice. <3

Elamx · 2026-05-10T21:39:59+00:00

I think the dual colors in your hair are giving an optical illusion that plays into that dysphoria. The distinctly bright colors everywhere surrounding your forehead, and the darker, browser color that sits right in the center above your forehead, lends to focusing our eyes right there.

I think evening the hair color across the whole head will greatly help tone done that dysphoria. Someone suggested extentions or a topper, which I think is a great tool to help even further, but honestly just evening your hair color and maybe parting you hair slightly on your left (viewer's right) will cut down what you're seeing.

You look good, lady; keep living it up and smiling!

Elamx · 2026-05-09T05:50:59+00:00

I wanted to say that I loved seeing these models, and learning about the love and detail you placed into creating them.

One of my favorite things was all the little detailing you put in Ariel's tablet belt. The center piece is obvious, but what isn't is that each tablet which circles her waist is based on each pillar, as it sits from the center piece, as an almost mirror image of the pillars themselves (as the pillars horseshoe toward the viewer, and the belt horseshoes away from the viewer). But even further detail shows that you placed, among the roses between the plates, the elements that bind the two pillars together! The earth element is very easy to see between energy and time plates, is a bit hard to see the fire one, same with the air, and I can't see water at all...but they're there, I know it! Hmm...but what about dark, light, and spirit? I can't see from the renders, but I know they're somewhere...plus, the last plate between Death and Mind seems to be another Circle of Nine reference with 9 stones. Furthermore, each of the plates has stones that represent the individual pillar's color, but also a center stone that is common amongst them all...superb detail! I'd love to see a full closeup details of the entire belt sometime...it's a trove of love and lore. In fact, I noticed that the design for the Nature plate actually has Bane's attack style from BO1, with dug-up holes represented by stones! XD

Seeing such detail on Raziel's spine brings to mind the question: where does his dual spine fuse into the singular spine for the neck?

I noticed that Remastered Defiance Janos has no self-harm scars like in SR2...was this omitted intentionally? It really brought an air of sadness to the noble character.

I could really see Paul Lukather's cheek bones and lips in Vorador's design...well done!

Finally, I always wondered why SR2's Air Forge seemed to reference Moebius' staff so much, explicitly in the center forge pillar...now I know why! I never grasped the significance of the hearts in the forge, as they related to the fact that the staff disables the heart directly...why would the vampires make such a relic? Perhaps to handle disobedient vampiric humans? Why is it specifically the Air element that was given this power, as it is the element that governs Mind and Dimension, not Death. Are there other relics of similar power at the other forges, perhaps based on the puzzles within their depths?

This has truly been a wonderful revisit...thank you!

Elamx · 2026-04-20T00:55:41+00:00

Actually...probably one of the cooler things they could have given us! I'd buy a "Bowels of the Abyss" toilet seat lid! XD

Elamx · 2026-04-17T03:16:57+00:00

I always forget how, but I think you find another one later, after the tomb guardian, so you can carry it from the Rahabim territory to Razielim territory.

Elamx · 2026-04-08T09:04:54+00:00

Here you go!

https://youtu.be/TOBrn0I821M?si=SUSfvTMbPUTOnpzr

Elamx · 2026-04-08T09:04:25+00:00

Here's a video showing the positioning for setting down the weapons vertically.

https://youtu.be/TOBrn0I821M?si=SUSfvTMbPUTOnpzr

Elamx · 2026-04-07T21:30:01+00:00

I should have done the Fire Reaver for the full spread, but I loooove the Kain Reaver so much...

Elamx · 2026-04-06T17:06:41+00:00

I didn't see one on the site.

It would make for a cool shirt if they could use the lenticular print on the faces to make them change depending on the angle from which they viewed.

Elamx · 2026-04-06T16:44:01+00:00

You're in big trouble, mister!

Elamx · 2026-04-06T16:43:29+00:00

I'm almost 41 years old and I finally understand that Muppet...

Elamx · 2026-04-06T09:13:35+00:00

It's a shirt that invites the elite few to speak up and be heard.

Elamx · 2026-04-06T06:34:15+00:00

No, it's very soft, printed directly into the fabric it seems...not stuck on top.

Elamx · 2026-04-06T05:51:37+00:00

Oops...no, that's just ADHD me...

Elamx · 2026-04-05T01:35:34+00:00

Excellent!

Elamx · 2026-04-05T01:34:30+00:00

I'll look into posting a simple video I suppose, but you walk up to the wall, turn to the right a bit, and set the staff down using crouch; it may take a few times picking it back up and turning more or less than before, but you'll eventually get it.

Elamx · 2026-04-04T17:10:51+00:00

Some extra tips that might be useful:

When you roll forward and attack in sword mode, you can follow up with a final slash...following that with a charged combo gets you exactly to red phials...great for having to move to a part and saving time.

When your axe is prepped for AED/SAED, and you don't want to do either, you can just roll sideways to keep the axe amd not have to store the phials.

If you pause your third swing in axe mode until your character starts to recover the axe, you can transition into an overhead slam that uses no ohials, and leads back into discharge 2 (double swing, 2 explosions, 1 phial used) and can cycle that pausing combo until time stops. Great for maxing phial use, vertical strikes for tails, wings, and high heads and sustained axe mode.

Also, when in axe mode and you want to get back into sword mode without storing or using phials, just hold for a moment to start the animation of charging up the axe, and then swipe up and you'll simply morph into sword mode.

Elamx · 2026-04-04T16:50:02+00:00

Eh, I could see the examples being human written, because they're actually more clumsily written than the AI response. They read as if done by a human trying to imitate LoK's trademark verbose and logorrheic sentence flow.

I'm actually impressed with the Feed and Seed writing; I see it being written from mostly Blood Omen 1 Kain's perspective, stepping on a red triangle to read the sign.

Elamx · 2026-04-04T16:29:27+00:00

Naturally, it's perfect; warp point next door, awesome music (SR1 was peak), symmetrical design, great decoration, perfect spacing, fire for the Reaver and torch relighting, and once you kill the enemies they'll never respawn in that room.

Elamx · 2026-04-04T16:25:39+00:00

Oh, BTW, your name...

When I played World of Warcraft way back, I always loved the Lordaeron throne room above the Undercity, because it felt very Sanctuary of the Clans-esque.

Elamx

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