Ari Bach's Blog, page 78

kadecobian:@the-walrus-squad look what finally...

kadecobian:

@the-walrus-squad look what finally came!

Awesome, enjoy!!!

Enjoy might be the wrong word for some of it… 

But enjoy!

kvitoya:(it’s been like two months since i posted any art...

kvitoya:

(it’s been like two months since i posted any art pfft.  i blame moving.)

here’s Balder! his Tikari is my best approximation of a Hickory Horned Devil caterpillar, because how sick does that thing look? 

Awesome. I long ago ran out of original adjectives for your work. This is amazing and the Hickory Horned Devil is way cooler than what I had in mind. I love it!

happehfuntiems:-deep inhale- I LOVE VIBEKE VERY MUCH YES...

happehfuntiems:

-deep inhale- I LOVE VIBEKE VERY MUCH YES INDEED

@sky-fi-fangirl requested Vibeke in the ‘Saltwater Tears’ palette! Thanks very much because it actually reminded me that i needed to draw her for once lmao.

Awesome! And I can confirm that hoodies do canonically exist in 2230.

If I weren’t an author this might look strange in my search...

If I weren’t an author this might look strange in my search history.

citycouncilwoman:acoolguy:thepowerofrussianarmy:Walrus on...

citycouncilwoman:

acoolguy:

thepowerofrussianarmy:

Walrus on a nuclear submarine

this is the premise to my favorite hypothetical movie

@facts-i-just-made-up

Always reblog Umberto’s great-great-great-great-great-grandwarlus.

abyssmushroomartorias:There’s this one line in Gudsriki. That line just… it sets off everything I...

abyssmushroomartorias:

There’s this one line in Gudsriki. That line just… it sets off everything I love and makes me so happy it hurts.

When Vibeke is fighting Cato/Will, and the Geki appear.

And she says: “Fire at Will!”

Every. Single. Word. Of that sentence. Is a pun. And I love it. It must’ve taken zero thought to come up with yet it’s so incredibly good omg

Okay here’s the thing- It took no thought to come up with but like 40% of the entire Valhalla series happens because of it.

SPOILERS

In the beginning, the books were a screenplay. This screenplay had no Geki in it. There was no character named Cato. Veikko didn’t get into a fight with the Geki, Cato didn’t betray anybody, literally 40% of what’s in the books did not appear in the original script.

Then I thought of this funny line where someone would say “Fire at Will” and it would literally mean to burn a guy named will. So Will had to be created, and a being that used fire as a weapon had to be created. These eventually became Cato and the Geki, and all their plot threads happened as a result.

So if not for me wanting to make a silly double pun, there would be no reveal at the end about who the Geki are, there would be no Cato or “Nuke Tunisia,” there would be different stuff in their place and the books still would’ve worked, but the specific course that these novels took was literally without exaggerating 40% because I wanted to stick in that line.

So I’m very glad you like it :)

Oh Amazon, you know my readers too well…

Oh Amazon, you know my readers too well…

facts-i-just-made-up:I think when it comes down to it, Ari Bach’s “Valhalla” trilogy is really...

facts-i-just-made-up:

I think when it comes down to it, Ari Bach’s “Valhalla” trilogy is really about the insect knife robots within all of us.

fruitydrinksister:Me: is minding my own businessMe: remembers the Valhalla trilogy and fucking...

fruitydrinksister:

Me: is minding my own business

Me: remembers the Valhalla trilogy and fucking screams bc I’m still not over it

I maintain the ending is a happy one for those characters who deserve one, as happy as it can be in such a world, but regardless I’m glad you still like the books :)

(Spoilers in original post’s tags)

Valhalla Hardcovers Now Available Through Barnes and Noble!

Valhalla Hardcovers Now Available Through Barnes and Noble!