How Japan’s Emperors Convinced People They Were Gods | History of Japan 25

How did the Shinto myth that Japanese emperors came from a goddess form?
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[@Linfamy]

So I sorta screwed up, didn’t know KZbin would notify everyone hours before the scheduled time… won’t happen again. But anyways what do you guys think of KZbin Premieres? Like it? Don’t like it? Shrug? RELATED: Shinto Creation Myth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4XRd6Z8h9OFqas Buddhism Battle: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZDcg3aGm7WUqM0 The Imperial Family Rises to Power: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKXcmWqBjp5rgMU

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Don't worry - I'm here bright and early and ready to strongly disagree with your comment at 3:18. ;)

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[@StMyles]

As long as its on my Friday nights to Saturday mornings Cool 😎

[@revolutionarycomrade]

What if Emperor Jimmu was just some guy named Jim who went back in time?

[@Linfamy]

Then good for him :p

[@aramhalamech4204]

There probably exists some manga about that idea 🤣😂🤣

[@saikrishnavarma587]

Japanese people say juice-juiccuu kick-kickku jim-jimmu

[@dayman161172]

mind fuck that actually make sense XD

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

I can't believe that my younger brother that went back to the Yamato period Japan, became emperor and declared himself a God is this cute! Coming to a doujinshi circle now.

[@maggintons]

Now I want a Kami version of the Sims where you have to make two kami in the sim creator who raise a family of emperors.

[@user-ko7hm2qc1n]

Almost all things of this era are still unknown... Recently Japanese government announced partly excavation of one of the prominent Kofun named Daisen, finally. I hope such attempt will clarify Japanese ancient history...

[@Linfamy]

Yes, and I hope they open up all of the tombs for research someday

[@AppiusOS]

I didn't think it was an excavation with academics. I read they were doing only a small excavation on the outer part because the moat needs to be rebuilt one day. I don't think they will ever let the excavation of the actual tomb. I'd love to see what's inside that storehouse in Nara one day too. I read they found Roman glass in it, but they don't like putting many things on display.

[@amberkat8147]

I hope so. I'm not a fan of grave-robbing though. (I know, a terrible flaw for an anthropologist.) So hopefully they can either re-inter the dead and their grave goods as they were and only display replicas of the grave goods, photos, etc. I do not believe the bones of the dead deserve to be shut away in sterile, numbered drawers. At least, not permanently. Ideally, once all applicable research has been done, they should always be reburied in the original graves or a new place, like a grave monument made for that set of dead if the original site doesn't exist anymore.

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I've been binging your videos, specially the ones on the history of the emperors! They're very good, thank you

[@Linfamy]

Woohoo glad you like em

[@malafunkshun8086]

Mhmm! Same here 😊🤙🏼

[@lalitthapa101]

Monarchies were meant to be closely connected with god.This was the big reason many monarchies held such high authority. In asia,almost every monarchy is connected with religion. For example-the former kings of Nepal were said to be an avatar of God Vishnu himself. Thailand's king is also a God king. Now although jimmu maybe never was related to gods,the mere fact that Japan maintained to keep a continuous succession only male line is pretty amazing👏👏

[@heneralantonioluna8725]

Thailand's current King is a shitty brat

[@elgatto3133]

That's true of almost every monarchy. Kings are either gods, descendants of gods, or chosen by gods. You wouldn't want to overthrow them and anger the gods, right?

[@ultraali453]

Very nice, thank you for uploading. Im glad that you went a little further and addressed the complexity of this matter to us. Have A Nice Day!

[@rogerpaesani5074]

Would you continue the history of japan after the korean peninsula events next week? Love your vídeos my dude.

[@Linfamy]

Sure :)

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Thank you! These presentations of Japanese history are GREAT.

[@Linfamy]

Glad you like ❤

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I came across your videos yesterday and I’m pretty sure I subscribed becoz of the side notes. 😂

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Good Job!

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As with all of your videos it is great!

[@Linfamy]

Thanks!

[@maggintons]

Is it just me or does this "Sun god" sound a lot like the aincient Yamatai ruler Himiko?

[@lhistoirenimp4537]

Ah, now I understand who is Tyler! Very interesting video. I love Japan history and for what I see in KZbin, you are the number 1 reference in Japan history in this media

[@luskdm659]

I love your videos! they are helping me a lot about the history of Japan! mainly in understanding the history of the place before the Tokugawa wars. Here in Brazil your content is unique! Thank you so much for bringing this knowledge to us!

[@Linfamy]

Thanks a lot for watching, appreciate it =)

[@bskorupk]

This reminds me of an issue the British Monarchy once had "How do we maintain Christian divine right to rule Britain when our ancestors claimed divine right via decent from Pagan Welsh deities?" Geoffrey of Monmouth: "Hold my beer~!" (suddenly) Historia Regum Britanniae

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

Western monarchy isn't solely reliant on ancestry, divine or otherwise - it also stems from Romano-Byzantine ideas of divine right which means whoever you are, and however lowly a class you may have been born into, if you're top dog, it's the will of god.

[@bskorupk]

I'm aware, it explains both the Turkish Claim to the Roman Empire after the conquest of Constantinople, and the descendants of Romano-Byzantine Nobles attempting to reconquer Anatolia repeatedly until the Russian Civil War. My comment was to draw parallel examples of early examples of politically charged historical and theological revisionism, in a silly and easily understandable manner.

[@Mikeztarp]

I like the one where King Arthur is Brutus, Caesar's son from 500 years earlier.

[@semiautothanoscar9612]

The British Monarchy are Releated to William the Conqueror

[@bskorupk]

Indeed they are, along with several other nation's Royal lines, and, by some distance, the pre-Norman British ones. On a similar note, George V and Nicolas II of Russia were first cousins, and looked/acted similarly enough that when they wanted a laugh in overseas visits they would sometimes swap clothes and regalia, and see how long it took people to realize that something was off! :)

[@metalmama84]

I absolutely LOVE the way that you break down japanese history and make it easy for us normies to understand. I giggled many times. Good video. 👍 💜

[@semiautothanoscar9612]

I'm so hyped right now i can't Wait

[@hyun-shik7327]

Hmm there's a very vine line between "your ancestors eventually become kami after they die" and "we are descended from kami"

[@TrojanHell]

Playlists? I just open the next batch of videos in consecutive tabs like the savage I am

[@tonyballerxxxx]

Good job!

[@Linfamy]

thank you human

[@MCorpReview]

any videos on the adventures of Ningi?

[@Linfamy]

Good idea

[@lalitthapa101]

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[@tylermcbride2322]

As a Tyler I feel it is an all around acceptable idea

[@Linfamy]

😉

[@Kamari333]

amaterasu's name is lovely

[@4felix8]

OMG, Jesus is actually someone named Tyler!

[@Fx_Explains]

Jesus never claimed to be God!

[@hektor6766]

​@@Fx_Explains Neither did Tyler.

[@Fx_Explains]

@@hektor6766 who is Tyler?

[@dangduy9727]

This is why they say human literally create God

[@bskorupk]

One of the interesting things about many Animist traditions is that divine entities can be both pre-existing entities that create, as well as spontaneously generated entities that then go on to create, with Humans often being described as either/or both created or spontaneously generated entities, that go on to create more entities out of either personal/social reason, consequence, accident, or habit.

[@Crosshill]

its also how gods become as real as something like currencies, its a real and tangible fictional force

[@armandcouze4242]

Pilythest

[@armandcouze4242]

God is Allah the one God whiteout parents and whiteout children who is strong doesn't eat and doesn't drink and doesn't have any need because he is strong but he want to create any thing he wants because he is Allah the one God genderless he create the man and the woman Allah the one God the first nd the last creator of this universe and no one. Is like him

[@goldranger5182]

Like how we have here in the Philippines a mythical sea water dragon creature that eats moon... And in the modern day its just Solar Eclipse

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After 25 videos .. now finally become your Loyal fan

[@Linfamy]

It took 25 videos? You are tough ;)

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I really can't wait for this

[@Linfamy]

Oh wow, KZbin's notifying you already?

[@shivamthapa7303]

Yes my Lord Lin

[@Linfamy]

haha sorry didn't know it would do that

[@shivamthapa7303]

Even I didn't my Lord 🤣

[@Tarbtano]

Off thought? If the original sun kami was either male or genderless, maybe Amaterasu was a fusion of this original kami with cultural memory of Himiko? She did have a solar related name.

[@cooldude-vp4lf]

You are of my favorite KZbinr

[@Linfamy]

4:54 Jar Jar Binks was a believer

[@animalia5554]

Hey Linfamy, are you familiar with the manga, Noragami? aka fun, games, and heartache, with the gods of Japanese Mythology with Shonen trappings

[@Linfamy]

Not familiar, sounds fun though

[@justfrolikin]

@@Linfamy you should check that out then... It's fun and interesting to watch

[@animalia5554]

ISIS X and read

[@shivamthapa7303]

I see that clarifies a lot of things hmm I believe Lord Lin will now proceed to exploring the stories of Ninigi and his lineage

[@Linfamy]

Ooh yes, that should be fun :)

[@panostriantaphillou766]

The Sun Goddess went commando?! (5:00 .. ) :)

[@DoctorX101]

To be fair, with her, there is no place where the Sun don't shine.

[@urotaion9879]

Ameterass, Amaterasu’s Jamaican cousin

[@adetutuajibade7688]

Does a game where you need to it’s Japan styled and you need to defeat Yo Kai

[@cooldude-vp4lf]

Your animation are so much better then all the other KZbin animators

[@Linfamy]

Haha thanks! Strong statement, even though I think there are better artists on KZbin :p

[@cooldude-vp4lf]

No no, everybody always overreact to make their art top of the top, sometimes it’s nice to just lay back and in joy something simple jet great. Ps your funnier than them to. ;p

[@Linfamy]

;D

[@cooldude-vp4lf]

You are one of my biggest inspirations

[@Linfamy]

Aww I'm touched, honest. Thanks for watching the videos and commenting :)

[@nont18411]

4:17 He who controls the past, controls the present. He who controls the present, controls the future.

[@user-sg8ii7ft9i]

Man, why is your English so good? :D

[@Linfamy]

Likely because I live in USA 😅

[@user-sg8ii7ft9i]

@@Linfamy I suppose it explains everything then xd

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

on one hand: this on the other hand: how the romans (i don't remember how frequent) were convinced they were descendants of venus of all roman dei

[@elgatto3133]

it's because of aeneas. venus in rome was seen as a war deity as well as a love deity, probably took influence from ishtar in that respect

[@Onora619]

Wherever you find royalty you'll find a history of them trying to convince them that they're divine in some capacity. Didn't work out so well the second people stopped believing that.

[@jooppoojk2356]

Yeah sure, I am totally convinced!

[@hitkid2456]

No different than the Pharaohs eh?

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Minus the direct Alabama inbreeding (as in, from Linfamy's video about keeping royal blood pure, "just knock up your *half* sister". In Egypt it's straight up banging *full, direct* siblings) And also that explains Japan's fascination of cats to the point there are like 3 neko shima (cat islands)

[@genghiskhan5701]

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Egyptian Pharaohs married but never straight up bang their sisters. They mostly took concubines to produce an heir since its pretty obvious that incest kids are gross

[@TheTongtonghe]

You missed out on a really great Monty Python joke when you were explaining why suddenly changing Kami was weird. Instead of Jesus being replaced by “Tyler”, it could have been old mate “Brian”. Anyway, your example made me giggle.

[@Linfamy]

Dangggg you're right 😭

[@genilsonaraujo1032]

Another video

[@Linfamy]

Sure is :p

[@drmahlek9321]

I liked this, just wished I hadn’t missed it live!

[@Linfamy]

I still love you

[@drmahlek9321]

Linfamy 😎 seppuku avoided.

[@Linfamy]

😥

[@craigmusa2254]

As a theological history student I always love how our ancestors always mixed myth with history and it's our job to figure out the truth.

[@goldranger5182]

And then science explains everything. Science that they dont have before

[@hitkid2456]

@@goldranger5182 Except what it can't. There must still be a few mysteries even there.

[@hektor6766]

@@goldranger5182 "That damned science, always messing with our power grabs!"

[@hektor6766]

@@hitkid2456 Doesn't make somebody's made-up shit true.

[@shivamgogna3331]

Are kazuki and other text gods real or just self made kamis or folklore?

[@RainbowMuse2]

Funny how Kami and Commie sound so much alike. :D

[@Linfamy]

😁

[@Tucker11111111]

I wonder what Josephus, Tacitus and the Talmud said on this "Tyler."

[@Haydenh127]

Damnit trevor..

[@fidenemini4413]

Kami are not so much as 'God', but they are spirits or souls. God implies a supreme status, Kami don't necessarily. There are supreme Kami of course, but average Joe, cat, dog ... anything has their own Kami when they die. This is called Animism.

[@John-mf6ky]

It sounds like it's more like a "spirit"

[@tirone7520]

yeah, he covered it in an older video.

[@TheDreamRiver]

You culture see “god” in one way, doesn’t mean others also have to. I think it’s fair to compare kami to gods. While it’s useful to keep the difference in mind, unless we use shorthand like these, discussions can’t really go anywhere. Btw, are Eastern dragons dragons?

[@godistheonetruegod.1592]

I have Samari blood, the ones who used to rule Japan long ago.

[@Jobe-13]

Nice

[@Kxy2x]

"omG amatErasU aNd suSaNoo fRom nAarUto"-🤓

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

Good stuff. I wonder if you know that the Buddhist statue of which thou speaketh (2:24) was resuscitated, fished from a river by a passing fellow, who took it home and built a temple for it (the storied Zenko-ji temple in Nagano)? We're not allowed to see it, although we can touch it in the dark. Fab temple though. I once sat there, in the main hall, during a midsummer sunrise as the Monks chanted esoteric hymns. I'm not a Buddhist but that gave me a huge buzz.

[@Linfamy]

Oh really? Is that true or just a story? I'm assuming just a story. Yeah Buddhist chants can be trance-y

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

Just a story????? Ha!!! When did THAT ever happen in the religious sphere??? ;) There seems to be a meme though, with Esoteric temples in Eastern Japan, founded to house sacred statues fished from the water - Zenko-ji, Senjo-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo, and Kawasaki-daishi all have such foundation myths.Them chants certainly are trance-y when you're sitting there, sleep deprived at 4.30 a.m.

[@johnsamu]

You're only allowed to TOUCH the statue in the DARK so you'll know it's there??? When I was very young I also wanted my GF to do this, but she never fell for that 😇😎

[@Linfamy]

johnsamu /facepalm :D

[@samuelschonenberger]

Damn it Trevor!

[@Justaguy0111]

my time has come

[@EMNstar]

Sol Invictus

[@TYAdv]

how do you know my name...

[@grailchaser]

Its "a ma te rasu" right? Not "Amatsuras". kzbin.info/www/bejne/innPnaV_hqZ0jdk Though dropping the last vowel is common in Japanese.

[@degenerate3288]

Linfamy Why like your own comment Every action has a equal and opposite reaction so to fix it you have to like my comment Also great video

[@Linfamy]

You're right, I must follow the laws of physics

[@terraflare2962]

Murica broke this belief after ww2 correct me if im wrong

[@noxDOTevolvedDOTgmai]

Godhood renounced since 1945.

[@terraflare2962]

@@noxDOTevolvedDOTgmai yes my dude it's a huge blow to japans pride and stuff

[@johnsamu]

This story is more complicated then university level mathematics. Halfway the story I lost track of who is following what and who is who. I am sure the ancient Japanese already had computers, otherwise they never could have calculated who to worship, who was derived from who and who was who.😁

[@Linfamy]

Haha. Nah it's probably because I didn't explain it well

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

It's probably also because the characters don't have names familiar to non-Japanese ears, but that can't be helped.

[@francescosorce5189]

Is Tyler/Trevor this channel's Vadim?

[@Linfamy]

What's a Vadim?

[@francescosorce5189]

It's a meme from the channel "Life of Boris" it's the catch-all name for "that guy"

[@Linfamy]

Ah got it. They're actually patrons ;)

[@alex_zetsu]

I've read from at least seven different sources that talk about early worship of a sun kami that might have been Ohirume before Amaterasu came into the picture. And all say that we don't know what the early versions of the myths were since we couldn't recover any texts from before Nihon Shoki. But if we don't have texts of the earlier myths and no one bothered to maintain the pre-Buddhist myths in an oral tradition, how do we know the pre-Buddhist beliefs???

[@hosschapple3194]

Sooo is it just me or is naruto seriously based upon Japanese mythology . Amaterasu could be the equivalent of kaguya

[@Linfamy]

You should see the Shinto creation myth, Naruto references a lot of it

[@hosschapple3194]

Linfamy already have man . I think it wakes quite a bit of sense ... more so to naruto than to japan

[@PerumPalli]

Iam eager to see

[@Linfamy]

Me too

[@StMyles]

I maybe on my 6th beer or 8th beer but I will be waiting.

[@Linfamy]

In the morning??

[@StMyles]

Linfamy sorry 11th. Yup I’m up

[@StMyles]

Linfamy Its Friday and only football tomorrow.

[@Linfamy]

lol

[@misslieth]

TREVOOOOOR!!!! >

[@vesteel]

My memes are ready

[@Linfamy]

😱

[@bskorupk]

aRE FaCTs Gei?

[@Linfamy]

O.o

[@richimunshi]

Who is husband???

[@riderchallenge4250]

other asian countries especially China and India which had many dynasties and empires bigger than Japan never claimned to gods and all but NK and Japan did. There must be some reason.

[@purin172003]

the further you go back in history, the less credible it becomes :(

[@Linfamy]

Yeah, but that's true with any history really

[@Kxy2x]

And so did rome btw

[@stojanovik69]

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[@dallasdelay3468]

I am afraid of Commies🌞😂 But since i am a Norwegian/native American sonGod.... I digress , he was born the same way food was Pooped out like a turd.

[@semiautothanoscar9612]

I'm the 4th Horseman of the apocalypse.

[@woodykusaki9970]

I know I called you a feminist / simp before but I want to be your friend now. You won me over. Please be my friend Linfamy.

[@Jumpoable]

Thank you for clarifying that. I've always found the myths in the Nihonshoki & the Kojiki to be lacking, & the belief in Amaterasu lackluster (pun intended). I'd like to know where you got all this information from. Are your sources Japanese or from other scholars/ folklorists? Thank you for these videos & keep up the good work. They really are the BEST resource for early Japanese history online, & now you're diving into national myths (MYTHS being the operative word) which is sure to ruffle the feathers of a few nationalist trolls. LOL

[@Linfamy]

Thanks for the kind words! I got the info in this video from Cambridge History of Japan and 2 academic papers. They're in English, though one of the papers was written by a Japanese professor.

[@CosmicValkyrie]

Obviously Tyler>Jesus.

[@hektor6766]

Tyler lives. He really does, I saw him last week.

[@vesteel]

goddamn quantum fluctuations destroying important documents!!!!

[@Linfamy]

Might've been Trevor

[@Linfamy]

Dr. ROFLCOPTER! Do you mean string theory is a hypothesis? Quantum physics has verified predictions and practical applications

[@sougoiokita8347]

Tsk !tsk! black zetsu ..

[@Linfamy]

🤣

[@christophertadeo6120]

Amaterasu is the Japanese God emperor... 😳🏯... So the real God dropped a bomb in Nagasaki... 😀

[@thierryvannuffelen1274]

I also love to be like the dragon next door ;-)

[@Linfamy]

This seems to be a euphemism, but for what, I'm not sure..

[@jsphfalcon]

This is why blockchaining was invented.

[@animalia5554]

If your History Of Japan ever catches up to the Modern Day and you decide to do a different country one of my first choices would be the Philippines.

[@Linfamy]

Duly noted :)

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

Then Wales, please!

[@nonanimeprofilepic]

this is more believable than christianity

[@TalkingRabbit00]

根拠無くまた微妙に朝鮮半島起源説ぶっ込んで来てる（笑）

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[@user-rh2pv2kc5g]

高天原 就是 中國大陆

[@Crosshill]

日本の文化が朝鮮半島や中国の影響で作られたけど。この世界の皆が、ひとりぼっちで何も作ることができない。原作ではない。もちろｎ、理論だけ。君の意見も同じだね。全く

[@ceciliaflores8993]

4:50 Actually something like that happen I mean Precolonial cultures believed in their gods and when christianism arrived to America it had to made people believe so what they did was that the gods of the precolinial cultures were the same as the christian gods like inti(the gos of the sun) was God

[@Linfamy]

Yeah that was a smart way to convert people

[@nipsinezako]

日本語ができないのに日本語の資料読めるの？ 学術的な内容の資料なんて日本人でも読み解くのは難しい。

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[@anteikucafe3626]

I really like like 99% of your videos, so I don't want to criticise you. But i think that talking about one's country foundation myth or religion or whatever and firmly deny them is kinda rude, like I am very sure you know there are people who still believe the emperor is divine and still believe that all and every emperor descended from Emperor Jimmu. That case can be applied to a lot of nations, not just Japan. So i think this myths should remain how they are, and I think a lot of people especially officials believe same as me, because they don't allow excavations on Imperial Tombs, a process that probably would tell when the Yamato Dinasty Starts. Thanks for reading and for posting this videos, i really enjoy them , but I hope you understand my point of view

[@Linfamy]

Thanks for your comment, I'm glad you like the videos =). I hear you, it is not my intention to be rude, and of course I think the myths should remain. I don't want to ban them, not even sure how you would do that =P. At the same time, the divine descent story is a myth, it involves a supernatural kami. I know I'll get some hate, but I can't honestly say that divine descent is literally true, and neither do the scholars who write about the myth and how it evolved. I think shielding the myth from criticism and analysis does a disservice to the truth. Your mention of the prohibition on imperial tomb excavation is an example. I'm saddened that the knowledge in those tombs has been kept from the world for so long, even knowledge unrelated to Imperial descent. That said, the purpose of the video is NOT to point out that the myth is wrong, that's only a small part of it. The primary reason is to talk about the fascinating analyses on how the myth came about and what political/religious forces shaped it into its current form. I think we can appreciate the myths and their impact, regardless of whether or not they are true. I hope you can see where I am coming from too. This post turned out longer than expected. Cheers!

[@bagasprasetyo5167]

The 43th commenter

[@Linfamy]

[@alLEDP]

There is kind of a parallel between east and west isnt there? First there was a polythestic religion where the tribes/clans claim to descended fom and then a major monothestic religion come in and get the glory. Still I think the main difference is that japan and by extension the whole far east is more stubborn, conservative and not so fond of change than the west.

[@youtubede963]

毎度のことだが異説をばらまくのやめてくんねぇかな 知識のない外国人は信じちゃうだろ せめて出典を記載してほしいよ 溝口睦子とか神野志隆光とかか？

[@osumanjin8706]

Aitsu no shutten ga arimasu !

[@IQstrategy]

Nihon imperial house is from Baekjae of Korean Penninsula.

[@harryroger1739]

No it's not. Korean BS propaganda.

[@Mikeztarp]

So the Korean founders were the children of the gods... or in the language of the gods, "goa'uld." And "Korea" over time became "Kree" (as in "Jaffa! Kree!"). Ancient aliens confirmed.

[@Linfamy]

Bit of a stretch, not gonna lie :-)

[@samuelschonenberger]

Pretty sure that Trevor was Jesus not Jesus or Tyler

[@samuelschonenberger]

Btw I really like the artwork you made for the Kami

[@Linfamy]

Ooh thanks, always appreciate compliments on the art :)

[@stefanatliorvaldsson3563]

gott myndband

[@Linfamy]

Takk!

[@cooldude-vp4lf]

No no, everybody always overreact to make their art top of the top, sometimes it’s nice to just lay back and in joy something simple jet great. Ps your funnier than them to. ;p