Europe 2023: Cochem

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Aachen

Day 8, cont.

Despite our first train being late, it was fine: our second train in Cologne was late too. We only had a few minutes in Cologne, though, not enough time to visit the Cathedral again (which I had previously visited in 2012), but enough time that I could walk to the end of the platform and get some new pictures. Though we got off the first train precipitously enough that Tharash forgot his waterbottle. : ( But he resolved not to worry about it (probably seeing how upset I get whenever I lose things : P). Continue reading →

Europe 2023: Aachen

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Bruges

Aachen was really high on my list of places to visit for this trip, because I’ve seen the Cathedral there in several documentaries (my favourite being The Day the Universe Changed, Episode 2: In the Light of the Above, which discusses the impact of rediscovering Greek and Latin scientific and philosophical writings on Western European thought). Also, we used this video to help us plan the trip. So here we go! Shorter post this time because we were only here less than 24 hours.

Day 7, cont.

We got on the IC (inter-city) train to Brussels where we changed to the high-speed ICE (inter-city express) train. It was a very high speed train because however fast I guessed it was going from looking out the window, it was probably going about 50% faster than that. (A high-speed train later in the trip was going about 240k/h, which it said on the screen that announced the upcoming stops, so it was really booking it. North America could never.) There was a really cute black baby on the high speed train, but he was a wiggly little boy and when the mom walked away for a few seconds to attend to some luggage I had to keep him from squirming out of his seat and running after her! Eventually she got him to sleep. Continue reading →

Europe Trip 2023: Bruges

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Amsterdam to Antwerp

In an effort to not make you scroll forever while reading, I’m making many images smaller in this post, click them for larger. (It doesn’t help, you’re still going to scroll forever.)

Day 5

We started the day by going to the local bakery across the street from Tharash’s apartment for a loaf of fresh bread. It was very popular in there, people lining up out the door to get their bread and buns and pastries, and smelled amazing. Then we went to the grocery store for cheese and cucumber, and I also requested some crackers as a snack. This was when I discovered that Tuc makes crackers that aren’t just plain salted crackers, so I got bacon crackers omg. They do use real bacon so they’re no good for vegetarians, and they are very salty. I loved them so I was sparing with them and they actually lasted until I got home again since I didn’t eat one every day. (My local Dutch import store sells paprika-flavoured ones!) Continue reading →

Europe Trip 2023: Amsterdam to Antwerp

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Hello! This year’s ridiculous adventure took me to Belgium and Germany for three and a half weeks, wherein I saw a great many things, ate a lot of food, drank a lot of alcohol (by my standards), and took a lot of pictures (nearly 3,500, plus 500 from Tharash, though I’ve narrowed it down to about half of that (these are just mine and have not been edited in any way)), so these posts are going to be very, very long as usual. But here we go. I kept a careful journal on my phone to refresh my memory, so I’m arranging things by day like in my notes. Continue reading →

Ashara clubbing

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I’ve been working on a project to draw Murlesson during all the stages of his life (part 1 will go up to the end of Devil’s Due and I’m almost done that) because I wanted to see all his different costume designs. After I posted the outfit for date night, Tharash said he was a little disappointed not to see Ashara’s outfit too. Sooooo since I am pleased with the outfit I designed for her, I drew it! Can you blame Murlesson for falling harder than a Kaminoan on a high-gravity planet >.>

Figure was traced from some random stock image from a google image search.

Thirsty Sword Lesbians

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Tharash: who wants to play Thirsty Sword Lesbians?
me: ME APPARENTLY

So I drew some characters! Very sloppy and quick (don’t talk to me about the fencer’s arms >.>) On the left is the design for Lady Erzabet Penelope Flora van Dietrich y Vasquez du Lac (she/her, lesbian), who is named in the vein of Percival de Rolo from Vox Machina. I intend her to be a Devoted class (we don’t even have the rulebook yet, I was just looking at the free class pdfs), as the class flavour text really appealed to me. Her personality is inspired by Kashima from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun – the prince-type with a million fangirls, who flirts outrageously with said fangirls, and yet only has eyes for one special person. Erzabet loves lilies and always makes sure to have several on hand to throw dramatically. Continue reading →

I went to a rock concert

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Found out Disturbed was playing their Take Back Your Life tour “near me”, near enough that I could justify the travel expenses, so I decided to go! They’re one of my three most favourite bands that I can’t get tired of (along with Dire Straits and Big Country).

Mount Baker lookin’ good! ^ It pretty much looms over Abbotsford, really, where the concert was, so that gives you an idea of how far I travelled. I forgot to take a picture of it while I was actually there. Actually once I got off the ferry, Google said it was only an hour’s drive away, but there were many sections of the highway where traffic reduced speed to like 20km/h, which really did a number on my gas tank. : P It was also pretty hot and humid for May (it was a heat wave) which didn’t help. Continue reading →

Happy Fanservice Day 2023: Reid Dakimakura 1

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Heyyyy!!!! I was too overworked last year to draw fanservice and that kind of upset me so I’m making up for it.

Here’s ModernAU!Reid looking hotter than lightning (his thematic element lol) in an image intended for eventual use in a custom dakimakura (character body pillow). The reverse side will have him wearing a greatkilt (and only a greatkilt ;D ). Click for larger!

If this is your first time seeing this character: normally, Reid is my DnD Fantasy Renaissance warlock (based loosely on my Star Wars: The Old Republic Sith Inquisitor). Then I noticed that I made a very attractive character and wondered what he would look like in the modern era, and the answer is: fine as helllllll <3 In this incarnation, he’s a sarcastic but warm Scottish historian who plays bass guitar and sings and spends too much time on Reddit and sometimes does jujitsu.

This isn’t even the full-size image, I have a very high-resolution file for actual pillow-ordering. I also put a watermark on this image (which I never do usually, I’m pretty proud of this lol) so if you like this enough to want your own dakimakura… let me know? XD