impressive, is it not?

lyrics: what’s a king to a god? what’s a god to a master? what’s a master to light? who am I thereafter?

never wanted to be such a lonely bastard but the burden of right is to bleed disaster

who wants to live forever? certainly not me, but we’ll see, they’ll all see. hey kid, it’s a shame this is the only life you’ve got- wouldn’t it be nice if more time could be bought? don’t let those friends of yours get in the way, watch from the shadows and see what they say.

don’t let all of those feelings cloud your vision now,

we’ve all got a role to play, even when the light burns you, there’s always a price to pay, the dark won’t die easy and when it has faded away, maybe I can see you and love you again someday.

who can see the future? nobody but he; he’s the lock, I'm the key. we were all born into sin, that’s the way it’s always been, never twas a day where we were free.

don’t let yourself lose track of your mission now,

we’ve all got a role to play, even when the light burns you, there’s always a price to pay, the dark won’t die easy and when it has faded away, maybe I can see you and love you again someday.

once there was a light beneath my eyes, I would’ve have died to save them all, he took the light from me, no guarantee that I will be there to see the darkness fall, and now here the weight will lay me to waste and no one will hear my call, to break down this wall, maybe it isn't worth it after all,

anyways. in this universe, which is an urban fantasy setting, the gods haven't existed since before history but rather there is a new god born every couple of centuries. generally the gods are treated like hot celebrities rather than traditional wise gods, although the general attitude towards the gods and which ways people revere them in kind of varies based on how involved each god is in maintaining order of the world, how they generally act around the public, etc. the main plot of the game revolves around the god of fortune being born in the current time, but that's not who we're talking about. this post is about my booboo bear sobriar. he's the god of strength and war. as you can imagine from this he has the absolute most frail toxic fragile masculinity in the world, and as such is constantly desperately clinging to any semblance of power and control he can get. a lot of this comes from his past though as he was in a very toxic loveless marriage for hundreds of years. he has 2 kids, one of which he "disowned" for trying to aid one of his siblings whomst he has a rivalry with (it's very complicated, he still loves his son and regrets disowning him but is too prideful to take it back because he's an insecure coward.) he clings to whatever is considered to be the most socially "powerful" thing at the time, which in the current age is wealth and status, so as such he is a strict businessman who is always trying to stay relevant and be as wealthy as possible. he is constantly involved in different get-rich schemes and is popping up in advertisements 24/7. probably not legally distinct enough to keep but, originally, there was an in-universe parody of starbucks named after him called "sobriarbucks." obviously he is a piece of shit, but he is also an incredibly flawed individual who was born and instantly thrust into the spotlight with 0 parentage or prior training or whatever, as all of the gods are in this world. he is absolutely one of my favorite characters I have ever made in human existence and I am in love with him. I really mean it, he means the world to me in ways I cannot describe. my dream VA for him is keith david. 2 years ago I met keith david at a convention and briefly told him about this, and asked him to sign some of the above art of sobriar- not only did he do this, but he held my hand and looked into my eyes for about 10 seconds and told me to give him a call one day. I then went home and listened to defying gravity and bawled my eyes out for like 3 days. I still get teary eyed when I think about it. here is the art he signed:

I love him. so much. even if nobody reads this im glad I can just dump about him somewhere and get it out of my system. this is super old and the character designs are insanely outdated but I will leave you all with this art that still makes me piss my pants laughing of him interacting with the main antagonist of AA (who has a fat crush on him):