guardians of the galaxy vol.3 was very, very good
review lol

this has nothing to do with ouroboros or this group, I just wanted to post it here

so I hold the gotg franchise incredibly close to my heart. seeing it when I was a young, impressionable child changed me as a person and made me who I am. when marvel kinda started screwing up I got a little scared for the movies but I can tell you in my book it’s a 10/10
The cgi is incredibly consistent, the story is great, the soundtrack is incredible. I don’t want to spoil anything and I won’t, but i’ll say it opens up with possibly the best opening scene in any marvel movie, with one of my favorite songs ever playing in the background.
oh and if you go into this expecting a casual pg13 then you’re dead wrong, as this movie pushes the limits of the rating
I did tear up a little during this film yeah also
oh shit I almost forgot the attention-grabbing meme

uhhh
so I haven’t been doing much but writing
I uhhh, I’ve been playing god of war ragnarok on the hardest diff and I hate myself for it
It’s like a commitment that I have to complete or I won’t feel good about myself for such an inconsistency in my character

@mannyanims
here’s a tutorial on my style of jacket
although you seem to have it down lol

so I did say I was taking a break, and I am, there’s just something stupid I wanted to post
I kinda wrote down how louise is, traits and all pre-character development, and she’s kinda insufferable and toxic, which I think is great. gives her a load room to grow, and i’ve already written the first step into her new self.

in a nutshell, I adore writing characters

so I haven’t been making much recently
I feel as though I’ve been overworking myself, not to many projects, just to much to do with my singular project. I’ve come to a halt on the rewrite as a pivotal scene is getting really difficult to write, so I’ve decided to take a break. This doesn’t mean I won’t make it, just means I’m tired of making it and I need a break

so, I finished and perfected the opening scene
for those that are interested, viola

please give me valid criticism

opening sequence
The sound of rain and wind was enveloping the town in the approaching storm. Street lights were tough to make out in the fog of the early morning, with the sun being nothing but a fading glow in the clouds, barely distinguishable from the occasional car, with its headlights piercing the vacant area. Few people were still in the shops of the bazaar, maybe staying the night to work, or maybe for some semblance of relaxation or calmness in a place away from home. Caiman sat in one of the booths of his coffee shop, with many books and drinks around the area. The faint sound of vinyl playing on an old jukebox in the corner of the shop echoed across the old building. At the same time, a small radio talked of the darker parts of recent history. A strange communicable disease had been causing incredibly painful and apparently permanent rashes, spreading at epidemic proportions. Caiman paid no mind. From experience, he felt like most radio news stations existed to just instill existential fear in the listeners. Nonetheless, he couldn’t rely on anyone else to tell him what was going on, so he had to occasionally tune in. He jumped at the sound of sirens, as three police cars and what looked like a S.W.A.T car zoomed by. He looked out the window in curiosity, then noticing someone rushing out of the fog. It was a middle aged man with a relatively skinny build. He looked to have a thick gray beard and a mullet of the same color. He had on a denim coat with a furred hoodie underneath. His pants looked stained red in some areas, and he had a rifle strapped around his sagging left shoulder. He was waving and calling out to the road, yelling for the cops.Caiman got up, contemplating either turning the lights off or maybe helping him. Caiman acted out of instinct, shutting the lights off and getting away from the door.
BLAM!
The glass of the door shattered. Caiman fell to the ground, now merely acting out of fight or flight. Before being able to do anything in self-defense, the man stepped through the broken door. His face was that of surprise and concern. After a moment of tense silence, he knelt down and extended a helping hand to Caiman. He backed up, distancing himself from the stranger.  The man looked as if he was about to speak, but instead he fell backwards at the pull of what seemed to be another person. Upon further examination, it was not. He landed hard on the patio, and the zombie bit into his neck, ripping his skin open to reveal muscle and flesh underneath. He tried his best to shoot it, but instead the draugr threw the rifle aside. It slid across the linoleum floor, resting at Caimans side. He picked it up, holding it steady in his hands. The zombie had eviscerated the neck of the man. It leered its bloodied head up, turning to face Caiman. It didn’t look human, or of the likeness of any of the other species. Where it should’ve had a normal face, there was what seemed to be the wooden husk of a skeleton, with the only resemblance to something living was its piercing blue-ish white eyes. It rushed up, and in a millisecond Caiman reacted, shooting the draugr in the knee, causing it to collapse onto the floor. It squirmed on the floor, letting out piercing screeches as it writhed.

a change in the right direction
I watched chapter seven of the mandalorian today
and I got out of my mario-induced crisis
It was the best episode of the season. It was really cool and kinda satisfying to see a few of the weird loose ends and plot holes be explained with short bouts of dialogue, and watch the side quests culminate to be in harmony for the finale
this isn’t a review, it gave me an idea
moff gideon is detestable, and I love it
not in the way where his character sucks, in the way where he’s finally a good, hateable villain. that gave me an idea about the villain of my wider story, violet
gideon is the same as bowser, in the way that during the length of the film or show made me rethink my own bad guys
there’s some things i’m going to do with violet, like making her a lot more evil, taking notes from the films I’ve seen recently but i’m taking a ton of inspiration from moff gideon
that’s all

i’m trying to get unstuck from my recent creative funk

so, here’s my newest concept
twig zombies
essentially, the concept these infected were based around was norse mythology and some verse in corinthians
the reason they’re called draugr is cause in norse myth, draugr were soldiers who died in battle, but when the valkyiries attempted to take them to valallah they were too stubborn and stayed on the mortal plane, left as wandering souls simply looking for a fight. and in the bible there’s some verse about the dead being raised imperishable
so, the infected are immortal, in some sense
how?
the infection regrow a woodlike structure to replace injured or destroyed tissue, so after 25 years of battles, injuries and decay they eventually become nothing but wood, turning into what I like to call twigs
they’re incredibly strong despite how thin they are, and are incredibly sensitive to sound. their immortality can be ended permanently with a headshot, thankfully

in a nutshell: heh heh funny wooden zombie