ok now i'm just knee-deep in my own bullshit because GOD the build-up in When I Still Needed You is SO. FUCKING. GOOD.
i'm gonna be obnoxious and go ahead and pop it in a tag. if you are looking for some new #music to listen to, give this a whirl. yes it starts slow, yes it is worth it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC_cKVDM_zY
Afro Celt Sound System is very marmite-level music, you're either going to fucking love it or fucking hate it, but i'm gonna argue you might like it a whole lot more than you'd think
(then the male vocalist comes in and then the choir, so i guess that male vocalist - who is a regular part of the band - i have decided probably sounds the most like botw link in fine singing form is... ...idk, link's singing in gaelic somewhere in the distance. no idea what the choir is and where they fit in that's where this all falls apart a bit
it's fine, it's still a real fucking good "music to imagine a video to and thus flesh out your story idea" song)
anyway this was all kicked off by random shuffle bringing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqfbAWqbX0I up - which is a much more like... placid, chill song, kinda sad with a kernel of hope in the middle, since it's a "life is tough but i'm going to make it through this" tune
and realizing Ah Shit, There's The Voice Of That Minor Character I Just Drew
i mean look down at her, and then listen to the female vocalist, and tell me it don't fit but perfect
(but it's not my fav song from that album) (THIS is my fav song from that album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5drqKNVukY
(if "dance music bagpipes" doesn't terrify you, you'll probably like it too) (if you hear the concept and go HMMM, GO ON... A REEL BUT IN THE CLUB, YOU SAY... you'll probably love it)
y'know i just realized in trying to introduce Afro Celt Sound System to a fediverse of furries, i coulda just linked their song Big Cat and been done https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl-l03pzFVA
Seed and Anatomic are tied in my second-place for best ACSS album slot
if you want to like... start with just one of their greatest songs, and are ok with it being a slow burn at first
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC_cKVDM_zY
iirc this was featured on the soundtrack to Hotel Rwanda
some of their songs you can tell teeter more towards the african or more towards the celtic, the above teeters more towards african (and rightly so)
to me vol. 3 further in time is like... the quintessential acss
this is about as pop as they get, so it's a good introduction so to speak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNI2Tb24ofI if you like what you hear, the whole album's fantastic
link, naturally, hates her
is it because she's yiga clan? possible
is it because she currently has a more defined jawline and butch haircut than link does?
much more probable
please keep watch for any semi-feral battle gremlins going to yell whatever the hylian equivalent of 'perkele' at the moon; report any spottings directly to prince sidon who can be there with a punitive hug
also that's all my drawings for tonight y'all are safe now
and finally, the one i don't need to cw is also the one i ended up drawing the most competently, likely because this is a completely original character made up to fill a minor role for a few chapters at most
Sakuraso is the tough-as-nails lady warrior rounding up the sensible bit of the yiga clan by yelling "fucking HELL you guys i think we lost the fucking war TWICE OVER NOW can we PLEASE go surrender instead of doing DUMB STUNTS"
cw more emphatically for gore (scarring, eye trauma scribbled in)
fionnan (yes i got the double n in the wrong place) is the ganon-this-incarnation-pulled-a-parthuurnax good-guy who has had a real shit time being continuously tortured to act as appropriate bait anchoring calamity ganon together for the last thousand-odd years
he could use a cup of tea and one of those trauma blankets, honestly. he'll settle for a hug or just quiet acceptance as he cry-shakes like an abused chihuahua for a bit
did i have an art tag? who knows. #oopsiarted was my tumblr one so good enough here
right this is all in my maybe-will-write-eventually botw fic idea
link and zelda are both impossible to draw
link is sporting some "yeah, calamity ganon tried to melt my face off with malice-acid, and made my hairstyle asymmetrical, but i'm too fucking stubborn to cut my hair" looks
zelda has a Sensible Braid.
cw for gore-ish? badly drawn burns on face idk
shadowrun rulehack where augs that make you more like your fursona don't penalize your essence
i am expecting at least three people who have :blobcatpat: on their most recent emojis list to immediately go WHERE IS THIS AND HOW CAN I PURCHASE ONE IMMEDIATELY to this concept
[ flashback to fuckity o'clock ]
good guy captain-of-the-guard ganon: hi researcher friend!!! it's lonely being the only gerudo here but i think i'm making new friends!!! the men are starting to really respect me!!! they even gave me a nickname! 'boar'! it's because boars are cool and dangerous right???
researcher: no it's uh
researcher: it's a comment on how you eat, buddy.
good guy ganon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuhom6q3xoQ
30 y/o - token cishet - tumblr refugee. spoonie/15 chronic conditions in a trenchcoat/actual cyborg. just hangin' in there