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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
squiiids crystal-kobold-caverns
gihou

theres an entire subculture on youtube with cocky middle aged adults using some uninterestingly designed persona talking sprite that they commissioned some artist on deviantart for, and use them to make “rant videos” and talking about shit absolutely no one cares about and they are the most boring things on youtube with a huge following

gihou

and they’re always videos like this like watch out this talking drawing is going to pwn feminists with his epic ideas for 12 minutes

radiation

crunchwrapofnotredame

tharook

w8 theres some fucker out here just kinning gilgamesh in his anti shw videos??? asshole thats my idea
uncle-loko thebutthag
playfuldeer

What’s a kobold? Originally a mischievous sprite from German mythology/folklore, dating back to at least 1200 AD. Usually invisible, with the ability to appear as small humanoids, animals, fire, and candles. The element “cobalt” is named after these creatures, as ancient miners blamed them for the toxic ore’s presence.

You may recognize kobolds from fantasy settings like Dungeons & Dragons and Warcraft. Their ethereal shapeshifting nature was abandoned in favor of reptilian, goblinoid, and ratlike forms. Subtle folklore tradition can be found in the Warcraft kobolds, with their candle obsession and mining gear. There’s no “wrong” way to draw a kobold, but over time the reptilian form has become dominant.

The past few years have seen an explosion of kobold art, with a new aesthetic shift. Once loathsome monsters in a D&D tome, the kobold has become increasingly anthropomorphized, intelligent, and attractive.

(Artists sampled in Contemporary Internet Kobolds, from left to right: w4g4/ponqo, EC Major, SorcerusHorserus)

ecmajor

Sometimes evolution is good to us

thebutthag

Ascribing sympathetic traits to an unrepresented character archetype taken to its logical extreme

They are now more dangerous than ever

Source: playfuldeer