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It will be recognised that there are two approaches to dealing with Balthier's vest:The first involves an eye for incredible detail and either sufficient draftsmanship/dogged determination to render it or enough cleverness to simplify it in a satisfying fashion.
This is the second.
Laziness, eh?Otherwise, I don't really know what he's looking at. Fran, perhaps?
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I would love to colour him, but he's given me quite an attitude every time I've tried. So far, it's.. man.. Balthier - 3, Ramie - 0 .. at least.
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I've spent almost a week trying to colour him. I think he must have an aversion O_O
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See what I mean? He's incredibly stubborn! Yeesh..
And hey, if you want a larger version of him to mess with, just let me know and I can upload one to my website for you to grab.. this one's pretty titchy.
What is it with me and men that simply Do Not Behave?
(.....because I think that Haughty and Stubborn is way hotter than Obedient Puppydog..
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Balthier strikes me as the kind of man who will not co-operate with your petulant demands unless there's something very good in it for him. Which is probably why he and Fran go together so well xD
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...because Fran is the last woman in the world who would make a petulant demand?
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Fran doesn't demand....like you said, Fran just does. And Balthier complies lest he get a stiletto in an uncomfortable area. O_O
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And how many stilettos do you think it took for him to fully grasp that aspect of Fran's personality? Dude IS, after all, 22; an age where most men are not noted for making good decisions the first, third or fifteenth time where women are concerned. XD
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Judging by the slight limping gait to his in-game run, I would say he's on his twenty-fourth stiletto incident?
I feel the insane urge to write fanfiction now....someone stop me
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Twenty-four? You think so? Boy must be a genius; rather ahead of the curve I'd say... I mean, I would have attributed half-a-dozen each to -Accepted Behaviour Regarding Fuzzy Ears- and -Older Than You, Further Elaboration Unnecessary-, which doesn't even touch on -Metal Thongs Are Practical Battle-wear, Not An Advertisement- or -Hard To Get? Playing? Oh Hell No. Go Away.-
Furthermore, now that you mention it and I think on it.. he *does* limp a bit, doesn't he? Perhaps not so fast a learner after all...
In addition, *gazes nonchalantly off into the distance* ... the term 'fanfiction' carries such a negative weight in some circles, you know? I prefer to think that I read Directed Literary Experiments; variations on a theme, as it were. Soo... sorry.. I am (somewhat to my embarassment) no good at turning people off of writing fanfic, particularly when I know going in that the person in question can actually spell and form complete sentences, as well as be funny as hell without even seeming to try.
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I think he gets away with it purely on the merit that Fran wants him in her pants, intact xD
I haven't experimented with literature in such a manner for quite some time...on my side are the merits of my age, experience and ability to form a sentence in which the commas are, generally speaking, in the correct place. Weighing heavily against me is my fan-nerdiness, which will make complete and utter sappiness VERY hard to avoid.
But I do need a reprieve from colouring Balthier, and since my drawing skills are below par at best, this is my best way of annoying people with Balthier/Fran mush.
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"I think he gets away with it purely on the merit that Fran wants him in her pants, intact xD"
And there you have it, Ladies and Gentlemen: That which keeps maintains the delicate balance of the universe. Men are men, which fact alone is enough to make us want to kick them quite a lot; yet they are delightful to have in our pants, which virtue is enough to cause us to hold off on all but the most deserved abuse.
Age, Experience and Comma Awareness collectively put you in the top 5 percent of fanfi-- ah.. authors of experimental literature by default; so as far as I am concerned you've nothing to fear. I also submit that authors who are not only willing but highly inclined to explore the Delicious, Delicious territory of Complete and Utter Sappiness are right up there with dark-chocolate-and-raspberries when one is compiling a list of things that are Truly Wonderful.
Soo.. - le sigh!- .. I would consider nerdgasming of the Balthier/Fran mushy variety to be a bonus. Big bonus.
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yet they are delightful to have in our pants, which virtue is enough to cause us to hold off on all but the most deserved abuse
You have no idea how much this made me laugh.
Dark chocolate and raspberries? Well, I'm sure I can sneak that into the fic work of literary genius....
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Laugh? I can't imagine why anyone would laugh, it was the cold, brutal, heartless truth...
... does dA have a good Throughly Wicked emotismile? Another board I post on has one with devil horns that runs to and fro saying 'woohoo!' and generally looking evil, which would be about right. Heh heh heh...!
I would hate to drag anyone else down the path of dark-chocolate-and-raspberry wickedness... but who says you weren't going that way anyhow, right? Right? Feel free to venture elsewhere, I shan't pollute your brilliant, shining vision further by saying things like 'once for her, again for her ears' or 'neck-nibbling,' because this is a serious literary experiment.
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Strangely enough, neck-nibbling is most definitely on the agenda. I wonder why?
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I think you came to a better summary than I did, I liked this one.. 
Neck-nibbling? Really? How peculiar.. I can't think of any sensible reason why that would be there, although I can think of several naughty ones, so I suppose we'll just have to deal with it as best we can.
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That one is quite good too. I was considering it but felt I would seem crass. Strange, considering I have unashamedly spent the past ten minutes dribbling at the thought of Balthier sans shirt.
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How did I miss replying to this!? A message all.. well, at least partly, but that's plenty.. about Balthier sans shirt, and I just leave it sitting in the In-Box?
This is an unthinkable crime. I should be punished.
Anyway! Yes, that is a rather crass smiley and I beg your pardon - as I said, random bouts of immaturity. Current moment merely finds me tipsy, meaning more susceptible than usual to bizarre typos and saying things which are far more suggestive than the situation calls for.
Otherwise, I refuse to keep company with anyone who would spend ten minutes in the company of a mental image of shirtless Balthier that was of such vividness as to cause dribbling, and not share. I mean, what was he doing? Stretching? Mmm...
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I had a coherent reply planned, but I'm afraid I just spent five minutes dribbling and thus have lost my capacity to type properlengvkjgjokdjnd jrogjfod fhgore.
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This is not sporting! What are you dribbling at? *tries desperately to peer over your shoulder* An exceptionally well-crafted bit of Experimental Literature? A Balthier that is more naked than mine? What, what? Oh, and here, have a bucket ... ;D
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I have bestowed this upon you before....I challenge you to create something even more dribbleworthy
(although, having said that, I still dribble everytime I open the deviation I'm currently commenting on
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And while I'm annoying you anyhow, MUAH HEH HEH!
Even he had to agree. Ramie - 1, Dustin - 0.
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furry porn? Surely not! Fran's only furry features are her ears. At least, to my knowledge
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According to That Picture, yes: her ears are indeed the only furry part about her. Thence.. not-so-furry porn. I did pay for it the next day; my laptop greeted me with some truly terrifying bondage. I shrieked in indignation, then found a picture of a Pornstar Alf for his desktop... it's kinda turning into a vicious cycle!
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But then again she doesn't appear to have, well, any features downstairs.....
You realise the next step is pokemon porn?
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Well, I don't know what kinds of features you nutty Brits have downstairs, but I can assure you that over here we just haven't got that many. 
........ you know how people respond to certain theistic or abstract arguments with statements like "Well, you can't see gravity - does that mean it doesn't exist?"
Well.. I've never seen any pokemon-porn, but there is a tiny voice in my head that is now telling me that that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and even that small realisation is damaging my psyche in a lot of ways.
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The poor girl appears to have a completely blank canvas going on!
Ahh, the rule of the internet: if it exists, there is porn based upon it.
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*SNERK* Okay, 'blank canvas' really lends itself to some very crude 'painting' metaphors, you know.
And yes - I'm sure there is even Teletubbies porn, although I'd sooner be shot than even try to test the hypothesis. How's THAT for scientific method?
HEY HEY - did you see the finished isnane!Balthier?? 8D It be my newest deviation!
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*waits almost-patiently* Did you like it?
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IT'S THE "THE ROCK" FACE.
woot. He's sexier without the vest...and it's a pain to draw, anyway.
pee-ess...his outfit remains a mystery to me. How does Mr. Sexypirate vacuum himself into those pants?
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... it IS a 'The Rock' face, isn't it? Well, Dammit, I wasn't going for that, but he wears it well, I suppose. (He could wear anything.. or nothing.. well, couldn't he? 
The vest is a pain, pity he looks so hot in it; and as for the pants, well... I could tell you, but I would most certainly have to card you first. (And I really need my filthy little eyebrow-waggle smiley!) Just how explicit can these little comments on dA be, anyway?
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Internet = freedom. Be as explicit as required, >_<
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Oh, jolly good! 
^o^
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Hey, comments!
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hehe balthier <3
i loves him and his british accent
great job ^ ^
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eye brow pop....if only i knew a guy like this, id be happy....
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