Image Thread #3

[robkelk]

We could almost do this one for the Halloween party... except that we seem to have forgotten to bring Tokiwa Kyouko into Refuge along with the other Full Metal Panic! characters. Mind you, (a) the FMP! characters haven't shown up "on screen" in the post-retcon stories yet, and (b) I like Kyouko, so...



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EDIT: Okay, fine, we'll just have a "best Utena and Anthy cosplay" category in the best costume awards.

(In which Utena and Anthy will place second, of course.)



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[robkelk]

In case anybody needs to be reminded that "official" is not necessarily "canon"...

This is an image by "Shikidouji", the original character designer for Full Metal Panic! and the illustrator of the novel series. It's an image of Tessa Testarossa, nicknamed "The Witch of Mithril", one of the three main characters of that series. Thus, it is official.

No such scene exists anywhere in the stories. Thus, it is not canon.

However... it could certainly happen in Refuge; Tessa is smart and skilled enough to learn math-based magic such as Nanoha's and Hayate's.





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[robkelk]

Good grief.



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Okay, fine. Apparently there's a category of these on danbooru. The vast majority are Touhou, but there are a couple other than the Lucky Star art above that apply to us.




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[robkelk]

Is this an official birthday on this fan art? If it is, then Happy Birthday, Aika.



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[Labster]

Is this an official birthday on this fan art? If it is, then Happy Birthday, Aika.


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That's her canon birthday, if not her canon bust line.  I hope Touya Kinomoto gets some art for his birthday at the end of the month, since it doesn't come around very often.

I found this art that has, well, a certain characterization of Fate/ characters.  (full size with lots of comments)



I mean, maybe?  Or maybe this is just friends playing with face paint and I'm reading too much into this.

[robkelk]

I usually start the weekly writers' chat with a slideshow of recently-posted fanart (and official art), providing the download links after showing the images.

This week, I realized after the meeting was over that I hadn't posted the links yet. So, this week, everybody gets to see what kind of foolishness or not-foolishness we start the meeting with.

• Obligatory cheesecake shot: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7109741
  
• Not old enough for the other kind of bike yet: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7147863
  
• She's worthy! https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7166051
  
• Obligatory Sailor Moon comparison image: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7171803
  
• Fly Alaska Airlines! https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7167630
  
• Too far north for a Mexican standoff: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7028250
  
• Even farther north: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7173671
  
• She likes kitties, right? https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7178926
  
• (Official art) Old-time outfit: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7173984
  
• Tomboy: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7169161
  
• Pencil sketch: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7178499
  
• We'll see her again, right? https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7060038
  
• ...Because we need her for a crossover: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7073979
  
• Stuck in the middle: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7182493
  
• Everybody helps at the café: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7136542
  
• Obligatory "cheesecake" shot: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/7038678
  

[robkelk]

"Just take it, already. And this doesn't mean you're my boyfriend."



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Dressing for a Florida summer:



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[robkelk]

"But Valentine's Day was earlier this week! And I barely know you!"

"Oh. I'm too late. I've failed."



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[Labster]

Here's some Valentine's official art from PriPri, unlikely to happen in our timeline unless they borrow one of those Midchildan beds.



Another entry at Crown Arcade... maybe Artemis can make this one?

[robkelk]

Don't tell Peggy... Apparently, Ui's birthday is Cat Day.



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[robkelk]

Separated at birth? I know they're both fan art, but they're both faithful to the original character designs.

Anthy and Gazelle

[robkelk]

Must remember to write a scene where SI!Rob installs a bike rack at Blossom.



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[robkelk]

We can do this crossover in Refuge! Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Tomoeda and Cardcaptor Usagi, together again for the first time!

They look good together:



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And of course their friends have to meet as well:



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Two more images in this series:



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[Bob Schroeck]

And you know, for at least the first one, Tomoyo will be all over doing the tailoring.

[robkelk]

I can just hear them thinking, "Not another fuku fic..."




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[robkelk]

Highway Blossoms 1/2?



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[Bob Schroeck]

And here's a little something I whipped up at lunchtime -- a closeup on a key part of the title page for the first tankobon collection of Hard Press manga, featuring everyone's favorite reporter heroine, Minkao Jinguuji:

[robkelk]

"Harley, why's there a Kawasaki parked outside?"

"Oh, hey, Shinji. One of your classmates did some promo work for the company and took her payment in trade."



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[Bob Schroeck]

Rei and Lime, together again for the first time!

[robkelk]

"Oh, Brent, first you've never heard of Hard Press and now you don't know that Ah! My Goddess was written by CLAMP. Are you sure you're an otaku?"





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[robkelk]

Has somebody been playing with The Change again?



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[Labster]

Mamo-chan is probably pretty heavy, Usagi's body must almost be as strong as Tsumugi.

Not really for art quality but as characterization:



In my mind Nora might not be important by birth, but she's still queen of the castle.

Reddit comments on this post include: Jaune is such a ladykiller that all the women around him end up getting hurt or die.  Are we sure he's not bootleg Emiya?

[Inquisitive Raven]

Gotta love the way that Blake's parents and Weiss's family are one person each.

[robkelk]

Saw this one and thought "new Clow Card". Obviously it's The Dance.



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[robkelk]

So, I hear there's two places in LA called South Park (here and here)...



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