Lockon! Lockon! Lockon!

Telling myself I’m not allowed to start it until I finish the SuleMio drawings I started. Back to the sketchbook mines.

Using the novella mostly for reference here. The language used for Frank vs the Cenobites is so interesting because they’re largely portrayed as more neutral and unknown, while Frank is repeatedly represented with language that’s hostile, violent, and intent on harming.

Will be doing another SuleMio too for @lalkamoder just need to actually sketch it out first.

Yeah the way sexist straight men talk about women does sound like they hate them. Because it’s misogyny. They’ll treat women’s bodies like objects while showing contempt for the idea of them as people. That isn’t being closeted. It’s being a misogynist.

The Cenobites’ descriptions avoid labels, essentially just existing as they like. They don’t intend to harm. Meanwhile Frank’s actions and descriptions are filled with language likening his pleasures with violence, abuse, and the explicit intent to hurt others like Kirsty.

I get why it’s harder now when there’s dozens of grifters who constantly lie for a payout, but there’s something nice about watching people refuse to play along with bullshit These hosts knew nothing, knew they were running off lies like full frontal nudity, and get called out.

I think a good example of this is Gundam 0079 being aimed at younger audiences and Hathaway being written for older ones. They both touch on similar themes, but it’s obvious when reading Hathaway that Tomino’s asking more than he can from the younger audiences watching 0079.

The colonial lens purposely separates men from nature because they’re positioned *above* it. They’re uplifted as creators and conquerors of the domain women are given mastery over. It’s an outlook that seeks to gatekeep women from what colonialism rewards: conquest.

The best thing Shaddiq does for Miorine and Suletta is taking the fall for QZ. And even then you could argue it’s beneficial to him if he becomes a martyr for Earthians. He’s all talk and it shatters the second he’s expected to act on it.

I hear some people go on about how Guel “deserved” one of the girls, but somehow they ignore that Guel’s arc is literally about him learning to step back and not be the centre of everything. And a huge part of that is portrayed through his late interactions with SuleMio.

Genuine skill issue if getting the smallest bit of pushback for shitty behaviour causes you to threaten women, POC, queer people, etc with a vote to strip away their humanity and their rights. Pretending otherwise is just coddling the losers.

I love the decals, especially the amount of gold accents. Definitely a strong point. I’d say the weakest point is that there’s few areas to hold onto when assembling. Trying to add the back waverider pieces was annoying because the chest is very hollow and easily pops open.

I get they’re going for different things, but I always liked Degwin more because his grief over Garma is used to contrast how much suffering he was okay with He was fine with the OYW destroying so many lives because he thought it would never hit home, and his reaction is childish