Sagitarianja

Magnus has a very consistent theme of "going too far". Two examples off the top of my head is him trying to catch a falling spaceship (Master of Prospero) and trying to solo an Aeldari titan (a thousand sons). Both feats where he suceeds, but also feats that he would NOT have survived without the help of others. He reaches too far, seemingly in ignorance of the scale of what he's trying to do. He's unaware of how far is TOO far. Or, so to say, he lacks the acuity to judge it. He lacks METAPHORICAL depth perception.

And of course he does. It's no coincidence that tzeentch chose to take one eye, and not both; that Magnus is subtly crippled, not blinded. A blind Magnus might stop and think; might slow, be more deliberate. A fully blind Magnus would not be off balance. He would be HIGHLY aware of a crucial concept: that others see things he cannot. That he is ignorant.

A fully sighted Magnus would not be fooled. Would understand the concept of distance; would know how far ahead his Father was. Would see the depth of the abyss and draw his hand back.

And what Tzeentch takes isn't just Magnus's physical eye, so much as a piece of his soul that manifests there; A piece of his whole perception itself. Magnus is missing the ability to understand, not just see, true scale, true depth. To imagine it. His world is flat, and he thinks that all of it is within reach.

He does not perceive the true depth of the warp. He does not perceive the depth of his mistakes. He does not even recognize the depth of other people's wisdom; he listens to no one, condescends to most.

I think I would always focus on a) Working smart, not hard. Asuryani losses are always permanent. They never have numbers of attrition. Even when they use the dead (Iyanden). Prevention / avoidance is better than cure. b) The Path encompasses all aspects of Asuryani life / personality. It is driven by the terror of the Fall that came form uncontrolled excessive emotions. The Asuryani imprison their natural selves - and psychic ability - in order to survive. c) technology as magic / magic as technology. The aeldari blend myth with reality and draw no distinction between psychic and physical properties. d) Aesthetic. The appearance of a thing or process is as important as its function. This is almost universally informed by the mythic cycle of the Aeldari. e) A place for everything and everything in its place. The Path means narrow dedication to certain lifestyles and functions. Civilian and warrior does not overlap. There are no 'ordinary' citizens, each Asuryani is dedicating themselves to perfecting some aspect of their life. Older Asuryani have broader experiences but are still within one stretch of the Path. Roles within the craftworld are determined by Path / psychology, not the other way around. The Path of the Trader, for example, does not exist because craftworld have a capitalist economy, it exists so that individual Asuryani can deal with greed, consumerism, the desire to bargain and negotiate. The function is always to perfect control of the trait, not to remove it.

Fire-tailed Myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura), family Paradoxornithidae, order Passeriformes, Sikkim, India

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens), male, family Parulidae, order Passeriformes, OH, USA

the female gaze

I'm SO excited to finally share these pieces I created for D&D's Ravenloft: The Horrors Within.

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on

this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏

BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos

the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise

ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!

aaaand another one bites the duck,

we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos

power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,

the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis

and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.

Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp

Bird number 14 out of 14,

The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius

thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.

start the day right

── .✦ Clark Kent x fem!reader

synopsis: clark bending you over the counter, fingering you underneath your clothes just to give you a quick orgasm and a good start to your day.

cw: porn and no plot, fingering (f!receiving), little bit of dry humping, squirting, clark jizzes his pants <3

wc: 966

a/n: guess who just finished the longest semester ever??? finally, i have time to dedicate myself to writing superman porn ☺️

It starts off as a normal morning, just you and Clark rushing around the kitchen, trying to clean everything up after breakfast before you each go to work.

You've got a bit of time to spare, and Clark just wants to have a little moment of peace with you. You've both been so busy, and he misses you.

So while you're wiping the kitchen counter down, he hugs you from behind, just placing little kisses on your nape.

“You smell nice,” he says against your warm skin, inhaling the soft scent of your perfume. “Sweet.”