Delayed Post: Black Lives matter

I live in the Twin Cities. Right now things are pretty crazy here, so I am skipping this week's post.

I always end my posts with the call to action, be excellent to everyone. Our country is not excellent to everyone. George Floyd didn't need to die. The U.S. needs to be honest about its racist inequities and provide justice for all so that there can be peace for all.

Now more than ever, be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Fan Art: Sailor Moon's Moon Stick to hop on the #redrawsailormoon bandwagon

Here is my take on Sailor Moon's Moon Stick.

Moon Stick: This wand, it doesn't look much like a regular stick, is wielded by Sailor Moon in her defense of love and justice. The moon stick assumes its final form when the Silver Crystal, a love powered superweapon, is attached to the stick.

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I drew this because I kept seeing the #redrawsailormoon posts everywhere. I didn't watch Sailor Moon as a kid, but I started watching it as a background show during grad school and found it super charming. In the past, I may have been a silly boy blinded by toxic masculinity, but not longer! Sailor Moon is a wonderful watch.

I don't own Sailor Moon so don't profit off this without its owner's permission.

Parts of the world seem to be getting less crazy than my hyper-nationalistic and shortsighted country. Covid-19 is still a danger, don't just go back to normal life because you really want to. 

Stay safe, work to keep everyone healthy, and always be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

I'm not an artist: Five rings from the Oracles games used to punish rule breakers.

Five rings from the Oracles games used to punish rule breakers.

Red Ring: This ring doubles Link’s sword damage without increasing the damage he takes when hit. Link must defeat all four of the golden beasts of Holodrum before he can earn this ring. Once he has completed the herculean task, he is rewarded with an unidentified ring by an old man living in a hidden cave in North Horon. As always, link must take every new ring to Vasu and pay to have it identified. Like every ring that can be only found in one of the two Oracles games, this ring can be transferred to Oracle of Ages by passing a ring secret between Vasu’s snakes in Holodrum and Labrynna.

In the artisan district of Layon, propriety is a necessary commodity for a person’s success. The highly proper citizens are also deeply concerned with aesthetics, so they are loath to harm a person’s innate beauty. Wrong doers are forced to wear enchanted rings that are beautiful and harmful. This ring befuddles the wearer, making their movements uncoordinated.

I'm not an artist: Six rings from the Oracles games found on the hands of influential crime families.

Six rings from the Oracles games found on the hands of influential crime families.

Power Ring 1: The first level of the power ring increases the damage of Link’s attacks but also increases the damage Link takes when hit. Link must conquer the Explorer’s Crypt in Oracle of Seasons or the Spirit’s Grave in Oracle of Ages to unlock the ability to find this ring in his adventures.

The Sarconni family officially runs a somewhat successful seafood company, but it is a well-known secret that they are also in charge of all organized crime in the wharves. Sarconni officers are given a single pearl on a band of silver and they are expected to wear it at all times. What lower level Sarconni officers may not know, is that the pearl rings subtly push wearers to meaner, harsher, and more violent behaviors.