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A weird in the shell

@ashilean / ashilean.tumblr.com

Hi! I'm Ashilean (rhymes with chameleon), and I do some art here and there and run a lot of D&D. Also I still spy an otter in my water. Y'know. For posterity's sake.
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"I believe that mask belongs to me."

It has long been my intention to--if not actually becoming active here again--at least keep this place relatively up to date. So here is the last of BIONICLE month from 2020, most of which is now very old or out of date but still nice to have all in the same place. I believe the remaining prompts were for a toa of water, toa of air, turaga, matoran, adversary, and titan (which is the Hydraxon piece above).

I'm fairly certain at this point all of the custom masks were designed by KhingK and the cordak blasters are my attempt to ape BobtheDoctor27's really slick stud shooter ones. Hopefully get to posting my modern projects here soon!

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PHARAOH’S CURSE 𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉 𓁊 𓁋 𓁌 𓁍 𓁎 𓁏 𓁐 𓁑 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊

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cryptotheism

Renaissance monk attempting to describe a game of Tekken 7: "I saw before me a great precipice, upon which would take place a battle between two great spirits, each flanked by banners of xanthous color which unfurled to that of blood when the spirits were struck. On the left was a demon in the shape of a bear, which stood upon its haunches in the posture of a man. On the right, an angel in the shape strong man with the head of a great cat. I watched as the spirits wrestled and struck each other with strength unlike that of mortal men. It was a terrible vision. I shall recuse myself to fast for a fortnite (he spells it that way) lest I am plagued with further dreams. "

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“Legos usage of Māori and Polynesian cultures and their borrowing of Māori terminology to use as fantasy terms in early Bionicle was really insensitive and they should’ve either hired a Māori consultant/sensitivity-checker or outright had a Māori as a member on the creative team to make sure that the series wasnt stepping on toes of marginalized groups”, “The Polynesian and Māori elements in early Bionicle were done not out of malice but in good faith, as they were implemented due to co-creator Alistair Swinerton finding the culture intriguing and wanting to use concrete culture as a basis to the storys setting rather than just using a vague tribal island setting the Boneheads of Voodo Island prototype had, which was far more stereotypical and culturally insensitive than anything in the final product”, “While the setting was done in good faith and certainly feels like a lot of love and research was poured in, it feels rather clumsy and whitewashed due to been made by white people which gives a lot of unfortunate implications given the series uses the aesthetics of an marginalized culture who has been colonized and trampled on in its past so its understandable to be on edge with it all”, “A lot of Bionicle fans love how unique the tribal island aesthetic of it’s early years was and feel it lost a lot of it’s identity when it traded the island aesthetic to much more typical science fiction setting with typical western fantasy tropes mixed in”, “The whole Māori controversy is often sensationalized and exgarrated by the fans and is nowhere as dramatic as a lot of retellings make it out to be”, “Its impottant to discuss about problematic and insensitive elements of a work of fiction you like as long as youre doing it in good faith rather than to try to put it and its fans down”, “While discussing and acknowledging early Bionicles cultural appropiation is important the discussion is often really circular and done by people who do not belong to the Māori culture, thus speaking over the culture this is about”, “You can still like Bionicle and dont have to bring up how you are aware of the series shoddier elements every time you talk about it” and “The series does have Māori fans who really like the series and dont have many issues with how it handles their culture” are all takes that can and should coexist actually.

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