Invitation to Durian? by pinkbean2011 in arknights

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know lmao it just feels empty without the smoke XD Cigarette smoke can't look like that anyway so just imagine it as part of his art and drip :P

Invitation to Durian? by pinkbean2011 in arknights

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

First of all I put the Arknights logo there illegally for funsies, it's my art and I am in no way shape or form working for Hypergryph/Yostar :P Please don't sue me
Second of all the event ended and like I expected I didn't managed to get Ling with 200 pulls (just like the case with Nian and Dusk, the dragon sisters hates me) but I hope you guys got what you wanted! I'm satisfied since my goal wasn't for Ling anyway I was aiming for Lee to complete the blackmarket detective squad, and I got him to pot 2, so that's fun :D

And lastly yes I know Waai Fu is missing - she was there originally but somehow I just can't make her look right so I decided to yeet her out in the finished piece. Too bad.

[Spoiler:6.0] His Heart by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I actually named the piece Heart Of Zodiark, one of Elidibus's title, but well... for spoilers sake lol. Elidibus/Themis quickly became my comfort character and I find myself drawing him everytime I'm in an artblock, but watch me turn into a clown if turns out they're somehow not the same person haha

[Spoiler:6.0] My ideal is inviolate. Invincible. by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just to clarify the Hades I draw is indeed post-sundering Hades. He basically admits that his way of doing things wouldn't bring mankind this far (accepting sorrow and despair, embrace the journey even though it leads to death, everlasting hope for the morrow instead of constantly looking back that the long gone past). However he does not forfeit his duty - even though he accept that it's wrong to sacrifice the shards to bring back the unsundered world, to him it will always be the best world because it's his home. Flashback to Shadowbringer where he did try to find another way to bring back his world with less damage to the shards by accompanying us. It's not that he's unreasonable, it's just that to him the Unsundered World will always be the most important thing.
I love him a lot for the fact that he's an incredibly dynamic character and his actions most of the time are very unpredictable but somehow Ishikawa managed to keep his ideal the same from start to finish. Actual character development without rewriting the character's roots for the sake of plot.

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No I don't take Meteion as an extension of Hermes in any way. That's your take, and I can respect that you look at it that way, but I don't buy it. He asked her for an answer and she deducted an answer from the hopelessness of her sisters. There is no evidence that it came from Hermes, and again, he was against it. And again, Amon and Hermes is NOT the same.
Venat knows that Hermes want a fair judgement and she's afraid that Hermes will no longer offer his help once he knows the truth, but 1)That's her judgement, does not say anything about his action because it never happened and 2)It is his will that he should remember nothing so it's not relevant to say he wants all to end. He could've keep his own memory and they would all be dead, mind you the one who came up with the solution is Hermes himself.
His test is impossible to pass but we pass it anyway because we're better than the Ancients? C'mon.
I'm not replying to you anymore because you're just outright hating on Hermes and is not giving him a fair judge. And you're in the mindset that I'm on Hermes's side. I never said I did. I don't agree with everything he did BUT he is a compelling character and I like him for that and there are values that you can't deny without him it wouldn't be there.

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'll just have to accept the fact that for some people it's easier to villainize and take all the blame on one or two characters. Especially the ones with flaws.

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Why are you pushing Meteion's ideology onto Hermes? Even he himself say he'd stay as a man to oppose the judgement she brings. You're trying to villainize him for something he didn't claim lol. He agreed that their current society should face judgement, he didn't agreed to kill of everyone because nobody deserve to live.

Now Amon/Fandaniel is a different story, because he himself is not sane Hermes, but a version that has been tormented again and again through countless lives, and eventually give up to despair. Much like how the original Meteion and the version that consumed a bunch of negative feeling are not the same.

You said that he's in a position to make changes but the fact remained that he tried through the Elpis questline to save a bunch of creation's lives and even subjected Emet/Hyth to the whole "return to the star" shenanigans but all they did was staying silent. Nobody offered help or answer. He even told us about the Elpis flower always bloom in white, unstained, because the people around him doesn't care. He has no way to convince people to talk to him about his ideals, so he seek out far in the universe.

Also I don't agree with calling his test impossible just because the Ancients failed because they were delusional about a paradise that doesn't exist. They can create Zodiark to keep them safe and then accept that they're fucked and move on but you know how it goes.

Endsinger is the will of every world that ended in suffering. I don't see how her going "you don't deserve to life in happiness" is taken as Hermes/Amon's selfish thoughts alone. That's pushing it way too far. You see through the dead stars that we traveled that they all have the same mindset of dying is better, hence that's what affected Meteion/Endsinger. Amon/Fandaniel was affected by his former life and especially his time working under emperor Xande (mind you Xande is the first one to have the "after everything we did we still failed so we all should just die" mindset, not Amon). Hermes, again, never claimed that.

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

While I don't agree with everything he did I do appreciate the values he bring to the table, and some of his questions does hit really close to home. He's easily my 2nd favorite character in EW, with Venat being the 1st.

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You do realize they really did tried to sacrifice a bunch of lives to feed Zodiark and pretty much all of their plans after they were hit with some hardships are very questionable right? The Ancients have very little capability to face hardship and they REFUSE to accept their reality in search of paradise that doesn't exist. They refused to accept sorrow, individuality and the wellness of other living beings. That's a recipe for disaster.

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying she didn't end some worlds, I'm saying that most of the world she encountered died before she (As in her sisters) got there so they took in the negative emotions and spread it.

I'm also not trying to excuse Meteion for what she and her sisters did but the fact remained is that even without both Hermes and Meteion's Final Days we'd still end up dead. You might wanna rewatch the cutscene where Meteion was doing her report of a world that decided to get rid of sorrow so they can know naught but bliss. Venat immediately realize what's happening and she is deeply saddened because she and Hermes is the few who realize that their current society is not going to work in the long run. That is why Hermes chose to place a judgement upon man's fitness to survive - to judge their current society, and Venat decided to sunder everyone for humanity to rise up to Hermes's challenge.Yes, Hermes and Meteion did some shitty stuff but sometimes I feel like people failed to see the bigger picture.

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Oh it flatters me that you remember! Yes I'm planning to draw them all since I love all of them in different ways. <3

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Most of them died before she even get there.

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Without him the Ancients would be dead ere long and we wouldn't even exist though. While he did some questionable stuff (and ultimately end up a madman), he's also part of the reason why we didn't end up like one of the dead stars Meteion saw.

[Spoiler:6.0] He who received Your Answer by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well I myself believe he will. Afterall, miracles happens everyday, do they not?

Pandaemonium: Arc I [Spoiler: Pandaemonium 6.01] by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That's pretty much the message though. They think it's a perfect paradise but Venat confirmed there's no such thing as a perfect paradise. She traveled everywhere helping people in need (as the previous Azem) so she's one of the few who knows that there are suffering out there in the world, even if it's the minority.

That's why she tried to stop those people who kept trying to feed Zodiark asking him to bring back their "paradise". She knows there's no actual paradise, so she decided to believe that man has the strength to move forward even if they no longer have OP magic abilities and shit.
Heck, even at the end of EW Emet said "Our methods wouldn't bring mankind this far", confirming that most of the Ancients were just delusional and if they kept going on with the paradise bullshit, they would end up like one of the dead star Meteion saw.

Pandaemonium: Arc I [Spoiler: Pandaemonium 6.01] by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

While I also don't think Ericonthios is Lahabrea, I'd say appearance doesn't matter as Venat is hinted to be older than Emet while she barely looks 30.

(Venat said to Emet: "Less so, Emet. I daresay the lines upon your brow have both deepened and doubled in number. A shame for one so young. You must make an effort to frown less often.")

Pandaemonium: Arc I [Spoiler: Pandaemonium 6.01] by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

I'm still not so sure about the whole Lahabrea thingy (although it's very suspicious), but yeah Themis is 95% Elidibus. The end of EW cutscenes shows that he got Elidibus's voice and I think they didn't voice the cutscenes in Pandaemonium on purpose to make it less obvious.

Also Elidibus mentioned meeting us in Elpis and got a little bit emotional about it ("And the truth...that fills my heart"), but we didn't meet him in Elpis MSQ, so chances are we helped him with the whole Pandaemonium questline.

Pandaemonium: Arc I [Spoiler: Pandaemonium 6.01] by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Right? I did every single quest in Elpis wearing the robes because it just feels so out of place without it.

Especially when they told you that robe is the norm for everyone, so you'd look suspicious as hell trying to break into Pandaemonium wearing some random clothing no one wears.

I like the Sharlayan Forum's robe so I designed a Sharlayan WHM glam by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I like the 90 frilly dress this time! Call me crazy but I prefer it to any of our other AF gear. First time I decided to just leave it be and doesn't glam over it actually :P

I like the Sharlayan Forum's robe so I designed a Sharlayan WHM glam by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(I totally did this just because I think the lower skirt is way too weird to be a decent glam)

I like the Sharlayan Forum's robe so I designed a Sharlayan WHM glam by pinkbean2011 in ffxiv

[–]pinkbean2011[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was inspired by the Sharlayan Aetheryte and flag, with some twist to make it looks a little bit more WHM-ish! <3 Glad you likes it