I'm not against fanon but I think "scavengers are ruled by strength and the chieftain gets its title through being the strongest" is a misunderstanding of what we see ingame
The chieftain passage is obtained by getting high enough reputation amongst them, and that reputation is obtained mainly by trade but also by fighting alongside them:
It is obtained by helping them out, by being a helpful ally;
If anything, their community is a meritocracy;
The chieftain we fight as artificer could've probably been the one to open metropolis for all of them, given that they have a citizenship drone, which would mean it effectively contributed this whole city of resources to the community, that gotta be worth at least like, a hundred pearls dude;
Stronger individuals have more capability to contribute more, so an overlap is prone to happen;
But if you're a hindrance to them, you'll lose reputation and no longer be fit of chieftain;
Artificer cannot get the chieftain passage;
The scavengers will never acknowledge her;
Even when defeating their chieftain, they attack artificer regardless; what we see after the ending is not scavengers being subservient, is them being scared, understanding they can't bring her down: you're not king of the lizards for sporting a vulture mask, you're just proving yourself to be too much of a threat
Now, I might just be stating the obvious with all this, but just wanted to put it out here
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She makes a shit ton of poses (like 16,000 or some crazy nonsense). I used this lovely lady to draw so much as a teen. Whether it was some nerdy pose for my Mary Sue as fuck OCs
or for full on fight sequences
or for tragic deaths of my OCs in the arms of a totally OOC main protagonist.
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And with the wildest, craziest stuff that you could see in your head but had no way or resources to reasonably draw like
or this
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DUDE! INASNE SHIT!! So I was using her for a pose reference and decided, you know what, I owe this bitch some cash. Lemme dole it out for her. BUT then, I looked and saw she only has 286 fucking patrons!! This chick gives out free shit and spends countless hours arranging these shoots and setting this stuff up.
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since the old version of this post was flagged for 'adult content'...
Wish we had more of these two :( I love them <3
the shrike to your sharp and glorious thorn
08.24.24 Exhaustion
HEART. LUNGS. LIVER. NERVES. HEART. LUNGS. LIVER. NERVES. HEART. LUNGS. LIVER. NERVES. HEART. LUNGS. LIVER. NERVES.
i cant stop…… i cant stop drawing the birds…………… someone sedate me……
Managed to forget to draw their wings and tailfeathers in about all of these whoops