#but !! i hope this is fine w/ you

[skeptiiciizm]

Hey, how many kids does Aphrollomes have? If there are more is it possible for me to design one? I'm kinda in art block right now and LOVE this ship. (It might be traditional art tho so sorry if you wanted digital :( )

Mpreg Hermes this, mpreg Hermes that, have mpreg Apollo

[zurdurer]

Hades, Hades, to your terms I will agree!!

[ID in Alt]

[isaangie-art]

A birthday present for @heartfulselkie! 🍰 🎊

I'm sorry once again for being late (〒_〒;)

Wanted to make a quick doodle and got delayed a bit xD

Hope you like it! And haappy b-day, Selkie :D

[mintjeru]

companionship and understanding happy pride from my beloveds!!

open for better quality | no reposts

[bookshelfdreams]

gauge swatch this, gauge swatch that

you want so badly for everything to be neat and predictable. who said crafting was an orderly process? that the act of creation was anything but chaotic? how little do you trust in yourself, your skills, your ability to improvise? if you would not gleefully destroy the work of your hands, for any reason at all, do you even understand what it means to be a maker? if the idea of something turning out imperfect scares you so much, and you are unable to turn back mid-journey and start over, yes, do a gauge swatch. do 10. do 20. do as many as you need to calm your terror at the thought that life is inherently unpredictable.

if you understand why the god of creation must be one of death and destruction also, you will be able to free yourself.

embrace the chaos.

frog that sweater.

[wackywatchdotcom]

on the subject of pomni and zooble im deeply invested in seeing how their dynamic plays out. theyve had like.... two proper interactions. one of which is barely even both people like zooble delivers Bad News to pomni and pomni doesnt really seem like shes noting whos saying it so much as the fact that shes being told things by a bunch of strangers and is panicking about it and then zooble scowls in the bg for the next five minutes before jax drags ragatha and pomni off. the most theyve actually interacted is in ep 4 when zooble asks pomni abt ep 3, pomni tells them and then they get deeply upset for a reason that revolves around 'why did caine think i would enjoy possession'

we generally dont really know what their dynamic even is they just kinda exist around each other. that said zooble tends to sound harsh like half the time but like... theyre not mean theyrw just blunt. i think above all else zooble is actually more concerned w the safety of the other cast members than one would assume. we see it best in eps 2 and 4 i think. in ep 2 theyre patient w ragatha, smth theyre not in the pilot. but the circumstances are different. in the pilot this is just another shitty day, that keeps getting worse. they dont even get to sit out the adventure despite being told they can. but ep 2 they get time to themself, and know ragathas probably not really handling things well

and i think abt it a lot but them being ragathas designated driver is like. really notable imo actually. because ragatha isnt in danger. its unclear where theyre driving or if theyre driving, but zooble goes oh, ragatha cant be trusted to drive. even though ragathas been pissing them off all day. even though if ragatha actually got herself injured it would be fixable and its unclear if ragatha would even notice. if zooble didnt care they couldve just left. if zooble was worried abt gangle theyd have stayed (theyre clearly concerned for her, but i dont think they read it as danger- so making sure ragatha stays physically safe becomes a higher priority. it also says smth abt the amnt of faith they have in gangle, even if it was technically misplaced here. i think they get worried about gangle but to them the highest risk member is kinger, not gangle. on some level i dont know if theyve been in the circus long enough to see any patterns in when people abstract). but they make sure ragatha gets back safe. because she pissed them off that day but could tell something was up, and that even if shed be okay in the end, they wanted to be sure that ragatha wasnt hurt

i think it speaks to the actual level of concern they exhibit for the others. theyre cautious. them and pomni ar ethe most visibly distrusting of caine. and i think it relates to zooble not having been here long. jax and ragatha in particular may ebe able to ignore the slapstick bullshit of the circus, may be able to walk off an injury just fine because its just part of life, but as far as zoobles concerned they want to avoid it if possible. i think they know its not normal for things to be this way and they cant change it but they can stop pointlessly harmful things from happening

i think their spiel abt the others in ep 3 is also very telling in that they actually have a really flattering description for ragatha and gangle. ragathas too nice, and i dont think thats obliviousness. i think zooble is one of the more emotionally intelligent characters, they just have little patience and arent 'sweet' about it. theyre extremely aware of the other characters imo. they just... genuinely think ragathas nice. i dont think ep 4 even changed that. and gangles too ahy to speak up. they say this not in a way thats critical. in fact its one of the calmest things theyve said in the whole show im pretty sure. they care abt her and know how she feels even if shes not confident enough to say it to caine

and getting back to pomni is that their assessment of pomni is that 'she looks traumatized everytime she comes back for one' (iirc some other translations are even more explicit in this description of pomni as being impacted by the adventures). implying theyve not only been very much paying attention, but q the way they say it they seem Genuinely Concerned. i think on some level theyre irritated by pomni, not on a personal level but bc pomni is The New One. she hasnt settled in, and i think zooble gets irritated by the song and dance of a person finding out that what they already have to cope with as being Their Life Forever, Now is also theirs. but its not personal, and i dont think its smth zooble holds against her. but i think zooble has definitely picked up on the fact that pomni is having a very rough go at it for her first days- esp since the harshest they get is before caine gives his spiel abt the fake exit door or before its clear that pomni saw kaufmo, too. and from the start of ep 4 its clear that they heavily dislike the measures caine is taking to appeal to them (and id argue that part of their response to caine is in part frustration at him putting the others at risk, but thats getting more into my personal speculation without a huge basis)

i think zooble is a person who largely expresses care for others through concern and, honestly to some degree, helping people. which now that i say it is fascinating considering ragathas whole deal. and the trajectory pomnis going in. or the fact that im not sure they know kinger all that well yet (they know a bit abt him but i think without talking to him in the dark a person would miss a large amount of context). or their deeply interesting dynamic with caine, a person who prides himself on his role as an entertainer for others and has no other goals at all. it creates an interesting contrast when i think theyre one of the few characters who even helps others successfully at all

anyway, this all got off track and wasnt what i actually even made this post to talk about. my intent was to mention that i dont think zooble has actually seen pomni when shes more stressed. i mean theyve seen her post ep 2, which is notable, and theyve seen her get panicked in the pilot and probably saw her Not Looking Well at the feast. but ehile the audience has seen pomni Freak Out and be jumpscared or launch herself at a gate (plus select members of the cast), zooble has certainly not. we also have that advert where ahe attacks jax that is noncanon but depicts a aide of pomni not seen super clearly in the eps yet, that of which being violence. all of this is to say im not sure zooble actually knows about pomnis capacity to attack things and i find it funny to imagine zooble finding out and getting startled because they knew pomni was nervous but they havent seen that side of it yet

(and to a lesser extent, i think gangle- and ragatha sort of- are the only characters whove actually seen pomnis capacity to be patient with people. gummigoo doesnt remember. its implied kinger forgot- even if its vague how much he forgot pomni was scared thru most of that and the brief moment of patience she had was VERY short-lived. ragatha got pomnis little apology type thing in ep 3 but thats it. i think gangle is the one whos actually seen the most of this from pomni. so i imagine gangle probably has one of if not the most flattering image of her of the entire main cast, despite the fact that pomni does actually say smth that upsets gangle too earlier- which ive been meaning to make a post abt how each of the cast members upset gangle in a way unique to that persons own issues but thats smth ill talk abt later- and i think gangle wouldnt blatantly state this in detail to zooble, maybe say that pomni helped her out, but i think if gangle told zooble abt this at all itd make zoobles image of pomni even more skewed. and way more likely that seeing pomni attack someone would startle them)

[skitskatdacat63]

FINALLY I HAVE PORTRAITS OF ALL THREE OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME

First of all, please imagine their dynamic as: weird sex thing(Rüß/Noir) and their third(Seren.) More complicated than that obviously but, I think that's the funniest way to describe it. Though there's some basic info here if you're curious. Eclipse is here in spirit(I like the last portrait I drew of her too much to attempt another for now.)

Note about their characters that I thought was too long for the tags. Seeing them together reminds me of how pleased I am about how organically they formed as a group. I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but I feel like when you want to give your OCs relationships(friends, family, enemies, lovers, etc), the characters formed from that desire have a hard time evolving out of that role. For a while, or unfortunately forever, they're just: [character's] friend, [character's] brother, etc, rather than their own "person."

However, these guys, their dynamic formed almost completely naturally. Seren is a really old character, she's from before I even started building the foundation of my OC AU; she was actually from my first attempt to create some sort of world(which has been changed a lot to integrate into my main AU now.) Noir was created after the period where I made a lot of my foundational OCs, but she was basically created just to fill the "big bad wolf" role to compliment a red riding hood type character. Rüß was created after the AU had been officially established, and I thought, hey wouldn't it be kinda cool if she was friends with these other two random OCs? And then they became really important characters with lore which soooooo many things hinge upon LOL

But yeah, to have all these established characters, already with personalities, histories and preexisting connections of their own to come together so naturally?? It's just really neat to me still how it all worked out. Funny though how I spent so many years trying to create all these characters, to fill these relationship spaces, only for my most important characters to come together as a unit randomly, and to add to that, my most important ship to swoop in and form completely on a whim (<- the way Eclipoir formed is equally as organic, and almost more impressive to me.)(I don't want this to come off as "Oh look how smart I am," more that it baffles even me the creator how randomly these characters came together after, like I said, so much time spent trying to manually build up relationships.)

[strugglingbutstillfighting]

I'm going to choose 💞 with Sonic and Tails. I'm not sure who else to choose other than that, but I like too much to pick anything else

warning: character death in nightmare ig? don't think it's gory or anything but literally as a veterinayr nurse i cannot know what the non medical person finds 'too much' ppffftttt

Prompts Open btw !

Post-nightmare cuddles

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Tails continued creeping forward towards the sounds, wincing at each thump that almost made the ground vibrate, assumingly from something somewhat heavy smacking into it.

He hoped Sonic had done his part in the mission already - it would be much more difficult to detach the central control panel from the contained chaos emerald without the control room's security doors being unelectrified.

Carefully approaching the last corner, Tails crouched on his side of it, taking a deep breath before peeking around the wall.

Sure enough, the door was unlocked and frozen halfway up, the power having cut out before it could close and create an impenetrable metal barrier that would have them needing to retreat and perhaps come up with another plan.

Relieved that his research hadn't been for nothing, Tails straightened up a little to stealthily walk towards the control room, ducking unnecessarily under the door. Inside, a block of counter with various buttons took up an entire wall, but there was no sign of any container that could house the emerald.

Tails frowned. He scanned the area again, beginning to feel uneasy. It was silent and aside from a few flashing lights on some panels, nothing caught his eye.

There was a bang from behind him and Tails flinched, slapping a paw over his mouth to suppress a yelp as he half-spun around, twisting his body in a bid to check if something was approaching without moving from his position.

After a moment, there was nothing, and Tails exhaled slowly, lowering his arm and willing himself to calm down. He took a deep breath to clarify his thoughts and stepped further into the room.

But this time, there was something present: near the opposite corner, a mixture of red and blue stood out from the grey floor and Tails squinted, wondering how he could have missed the clear difference on his first look.

Slowly, he made his way towards the colours, his mind seeming to recognise something but refusing to allow him to realise it as he got closer.

It wasn't until he was standing over the scene when it clicked in a single second.

Tails gasped, a name in his mouth but it didn't come out despite feeling like he screamed it. He fell to his knees, the stench of something awfully strong filling his sensitive nostrils, the sensation of wet seeping into his fur from the ground. Reaching out one trembling hand, he watched it shake in front of his eyes, for some reason unable to make physical contact with the...

A rattling sound reached his ears, making them twitch, and with wide eyes he listened, frozen, to the weak wheezing of breath that sounded barely able to support life for long. With a gasping sob of his own, Tails suddenly found himself throwing his body forward and desperately crawling to drop the side of his head to short light fur, listening for the sound of a reassuring beat, the assurance that it wasn't too late, that things would be okay.

There was nothing echoing even as he pushed his muzzle into the surface, a wild sense of desperation telling him to be closer, to hold on, to wait for a sign of anything--

Crackling and rasping that sounded more like machine than a living thing had Tails quickly tilting his face to look, unable or unwanting to pull away from his position in fear of missing what he was waiting for. He lowered his gaze from dull green eyes that nonetheless seemed to pierce his soul and saw a mouth moving, even as a trickle of red matted with fur around it and another bang echoed above them, making it difficult to make out anything from his ears and even sight as he fancied he heard the whisper of something under the skin he half rested on and the mouth formed something that made his hope dive even as it fell, knowing they needed to get out but there were no plans, no blueprints, no help. And even as a blue head started to rise, there was a click from behind and only one word distinguishable from rushing in his ears and blackness and what felt like screaming without any noise...

"-Tails!"

Bolting upright, or at least trying to as the cushioned surface beneath him made it a much slower movement than intended, Tails found himself looking straight into bright green eyes that were shaded with concern and curiosity. They quickly backed up, gloved hands coming up in a soothing gesture.

"Hey, hey, it's okay. You just seemed a little out of it and didn't wake up when I called you the first couple times." The voice was pitched in a similar soothing way that radiated calm. "I was hoping that movie stuff last night wasn't playing on your mind."

Tails blinked and everything made sense again.

The comfortable sofa beneath him easily accommodated his stature into a corner. In front of it, Sonic stood just slightly crouched, hands up in the universal gesture of meaning no harm. From another room, the sound of boiling water occupied the background. Something tasty smelling offered its familiar scent.

Sonic frowned. "You're not thinking about it, right?" He rubbed the back of his head with one hand hesitantly. "I know I'm not the best guardian but if you think it's okay, and Chaos knows we've done enough to know what's actually real and whatnot, and you're a smart kid, you know the difference between movie things and real life, but I still want you to be--"

He got cut off as yellow fluff practically lunged forward to hug around his chest, blinking in surprise as Tails nestled his face into short peach fur. After a second, Sonic lowered his hands to hold the fox back, patting a couple of times.

"Buddy? I thought a nap would help, not make you... well, whatever this is."

Sensing his brother's unease and mounting concern, Tails quickly sniffed, letting the warm familiar scent and steady thumping under one ear fill his post-dream reality. He pulled back, swiping an arm under his nose with another sniff, and tried a quick grin at the confused expression staring at him.

"S-sorry. Uh, I know you like to be told first." He guiltily fiddled with his gloves, eyes downcast as he scolded himself internally for losing it and making his touch-averse brother uncomfortable. "There was... It just, uh, wasn't a great nap. Kind of a nightmare. I just wanted to... you know."

For both better and worse, Sonic did know. There were plenty of nights when his own hands shook and breath was short after waking, and Tails was either somehow already beside him or soon inviting him into distraction and comfort. His expression softened and he nudged a fluffy leg with a knee.

"Budge up." When Tails obediently shuffled a little to allow Sonic to sit beside him, the hedgehog didn't wait until there was adequate space to both use the sofa; instead squishing himself into the immediate space between fluff and sofa arm, simultaneously encompassing the kit in his hold, loose enough for easy escape if it wasn't wanted.

While touch wasn't his favourite, there was a reason why touch-selective described him very well. In being able to select who he hugged, it was okay. And there was one person that was always on the list.

"Hey, don't stress, bud. Take as long as ya need, okay?"

Tails sniffed once more before giving in and gripping back, once again burrowing his face into his brother's front and allowing the physical reassurance chase away the last of an unreal nightmare.

Despite the clear offer, Tails shuffled out of the hold after a minute or so, rubbing an arm over his face to refresh and mentally shake himself off. He gave a much more genuine smile as the two sat opposite each other on the sofa, Sonic patiently waiting with a soft expression never leaving his brother's form.

"I'm okay now," Tails reassured, stretching a little as he made to stand up.

Sonic cocked his head as he watched Tails straighten up, yawning away the remnants of a not so great nap. He stayed unusually still as Tails rubbed his nose and then raised an eyebrow back in an unspoken well?

The boiling water reached a crescendo of noise, and Sonic's ear twitched in response, glancing towards the source of the sound before returning his focus to his brother. He practically jumped up from the sofa, electing a faux exasperated sigh from Tails, and gave a wink in return.

"Well, if you're sure, kid, I started dinner while you were out. Fancy lending a hand? It's your house, after all."

Tails huffed and rolled his eyes in fondness, making a waving gesture with his paws to shove his chuckling brother towards the kitchen with the occasion physical push as he followed. The welcoming scent of their usual meal enticed both to pause the banter in favour of cooking up the dish, eventually settling together on the sofa to enjoy it.

And if Sonic noticed that Tails lent a little more against him into the evening, he didn't acknowledge anything more than winding an arm around fluffy shoulders in return.

[bucket-puns]

Ishmael death stranding au stuff I was cooking. Also a faust kromer and Before team Ishmael doodle.

[baekuras]

know what

with the absolute state of the fandom right now it feels kinda relaxing to check in w/ the other Asmodean fans post the absolute WHIPLASH throughout theorizing this season and take a breather and only more softly guess at a far away future

we may not have won but we sure as hell haven't lost either i for one am staying positive

[darcyolsson]

life update ive actually been feeling a lot better lately <3 will be heading back to my parents' place again tomorrow but i've been at my own place since friday which is the longest i've managed that since the summer :) still not back to normal but slowly getting there it seems thank gawd

[charlataninred]

Guess who’s almost completed a group assignment for 3-4 people by themself 💪💪💪

[sinnettini]

okay like... maybe i should've said so earlier but i'd rather people don't repost my photos without asking me first 😭 you can use them as lockscreen or wallpaper or anything like that if you want and show them to people and save them that's all fine. but if you're making a whole new post with a photo i took without asking me i feel a little iffy about it tbh

[wackywatchdotcom]

realizing just how LONG its been since ive posted a ragatha comic. i need to do that again its been too long despite the fact that i think most of my best work wrt tadc has been my ragatha stuff...

hey wait wtf i posted this and tumblr deleted like the last 12 tags. what the hell . that sucks. maybe i hit tag limit and it just didnt tell me or stop me from adding more tags...

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

blaming @arthur-lesters-gray-hairs's "friend" compilation for reminding me of this line from part 37 but. god. it hits SO fucking different hearing it again. bc arthur's trying to reassure john, but now knowing the context of what was going on in john's head at the same time, both broadly with the kayne deal and actively at that moment with oscar, it just feels like rubbing it in his face how much he's fucking up. we have this because you're my friend and i trust you (i have no idea you're lying to me and am NOT going to take the revelation well.) GOD.

[let-me-be-an-egg-toast]

ngl poppy is so fucking incompetent