#but yeah this is basically a rough draft LMAO

[achillean-knight]

I might have a plot idea for your Mask bot series!

-Mike is in the PizzaPlex trying to correct his father's sins (even if he is still stuck in UCN in your AU or not, many people have still been hurt)

-Jeremy manages to make Mike recognize him

-They try to find Jeremy's daughter Cassie cuz Jeremy knows that with the V.A.N.N.I. mask, his daughter's life is in danger

-Find Roxy torn apart (due to the Mimic battle but the may not know that yet)

-Fix Roxy (not really they probably just manage to power her on or something)

-Discover the Tangle

-Discover the Mimic

- Find Cassie (in critical condition mind you)

Aaand that's all I could come up with for now. Of course these are just ideas so you can have your own plot.

Yoyoyo Anon! GODS THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTIONS! Especially since it helps me tie together a story I had in mind that was rather loose and just floating ideas in my brain... Also it kinda fits in weirdly well with another Anon ask/request that I'll for SURE get around to doing... eventually HKJH\SGDJ

With these in mind, here's a little story idea with bits from your suggestions with mine that I might eventually get around to making into a comic 👀👀 (Under the cut bc it is LONGGGG like REALLY long lmao)

Mike returns back to the Pizzaplex during the events of Ruin. He worked at the Pizzaplex while it was still running, for what reason? There's not a clue in the world, but he went undercover as a security guard. They say that his mother owns the place, evident by his rank high up, but nobody at all knows who runs the place and how Michael even got a job. But there he was.

He's back again to uncover the reason for it's destruction- to hopefully find answers to unsolved mysteries left by this company and to rewrite the sins of William. He's arrived maybe an hour or so after Cassie entered, so there's no sign of life in the main entrance besides a certain mask bot without the key item in its possession. The events of this comic take place during this time.

Afterward, the mask bot can't seem to let go after finding Mike again- Jeremy couldn't let go- so he tags along as Mike scours the pizzaplex. Jeremy's following along as he knows the programming of the bot he inhabits, gave his daughter a very dangerous item- the V.A.N.N.I mask- So he wants to try and get it off her hands as soon as he can with the help of Mike. How he'll convey his wants on the matter? He can't, but he'll try.

They're quick through the place- Cassie cleared the way, so all enemies are pretty much nonexistent to them, so they catch up quick to where she was recently. They find the MXES system offline and Mike panics, as he knows what's beyond it. (Playing off the theory that it was Henry's creation, Mike would know what it is.)

They find Roxy destroyed, Mike motioned to Jeremy to keep looking and he agrees. Making his way quietly, Jeremy peeks around the corner to see the Mimic's hand grabbing the power supply to the elevator. He hears Cassies voice faintly, possibly in the elevator and freezes in horror as the Mimic rips the wires and the Elevator fails (playing on the theory that the Mimic caused the elevator to fail.), all he can hear is Cassies screaming and he rushes back to Mike.

As he returns back, Mike somehow got Roxy online, but she's still in a completely wrecked state. They take her to the nearest safe zone- one they could think of on the spot to avoid the Mimic and try and fix her up a little more. Awake again, Roxy remembers her duty of protecting Cassie and tasks herself with finding Cassie- Jeremy is pleased with this as he can't convey his own panic- Once she somehow picks up her location, she guides them through twisting turns and flights of staircases until they find a bunker- Mike knows this bunker

They're back at the SL building : > (IDK, where else would the elevator lead lmao, I don't think there's anything lower than the SL bunker 😭)

Mike is familiar with this place but struggles to come to terms with this fact that this was where he was supposed to die- and who does he find than a giant mess of wires and destroyed bodies of past animatronics. He remembers Ennard He remembers Molten Freddy- This was horrifying, huge, and there was a mess of screams and crying inaudible, but he knew the thing was upset. Jeremy recognises the mask the thing it's wearing- it was Lefty, the thing in the VR world that tried to kill him while he was mending Helpy (this AU has Lefty as the head of the Blob/Tangle)

Mike has a feeling he knows what this is. He wasn't the person who attended the burning of the Pizzaria Sim Location, but rather, he helped guide the animatronics with Henry there for whomever was working there at the time, but he was indulged in Henry's plans- And he was mortified to know it only made everything worse- This was an amalgamation of all the children's animatronic bodies- remnant- souls- they were upset, scared, just wanting to move on, and Mike wanted to help so badly.

The thing was kind to them, even Mike for some reason. Roxy begged the thing to guide them to Cassie and it Obliged- the soul that was in the lead wasn't malicious, it was kind, especially to children so it wanted to help. It was kind to Mike- why Mike? He didn't know that the thing guiding them to Cassie was Charlie, she knew Mike- She wanted to help mike and with Cassidy in the amalgamation helping Charlie, she knew Mike was safe after letting his little brothers soul free from Golden Freddy while she inhabited it, so she deemed him good.

They find Cassie, incredibly injured and Jeremy panicked, rushing over and holding her close. Something was wrong though, she wore the mask- they didn't know her mind isn't in control anymore- she has succumbed to a similar fate as Jeremy but he is determined to save her from it.

She will be the next Vanny.

[mossangelll]

is that hyperpigmentation?

arcane characters x reader

basically what the title says, you draw the arcane characters à la hyperpigmentation 😍 i needed smth silly to work on to get me out of my writing rut, hope you enjoy :p

content: gn!reader, reader is their partner (could be seen as platonic/child reader but i think most of, if not all, the hcs allude or explicitly call reader their partner - sorry!)

Jinx

she LOVES it

as an artist, engineer, overall creator she can really appreciate the more wacky expressions of art

she does a whole art critique (barely a critique tbh) and pretends to be some stuffy piltie talking about the genius and emotion behind the artwork

“ya know, toots, i’m reaaallyyyy enjoying what ya did with that…um, splodge? on my face there. yeah!”

she draws her own version but this time it’s a portrait of you

you swap them and have a cute little date where you colour the pictures in together and add details in the background

by the end, jinx’s workshop is covered in glue and glitter and paint and powder and also for some reason silly string

jinx even makes frames from scratch so they can be hung up - they’re probably the most nicely presentee decoration she has in her place

Ekko

you slide the portrait of him over to his side of the table in silence

he looks down absently and has to do a double take

“this is…me?” he asks hesitantly with his eyes widened like a deer in headlights; a look you rarely ever see from him - you nod and confirm his fears

“we have one tree down here. paper’s expensive. remember that.”

walks away and goes about his duties helping the firelights and though you suspect he might be upset, he did take the picture with him

feels so guilty about his reaction he almost sacks himself into a wall as he rides his hover board

later that night he apologises and makes a show of sticking the picture on his bedroom wall (in the corner he can barely see of course)

Vi

she’s been in prison and seen some interesting tattoos but this takes the cake

spends a good ten minutes staring at it whilst rubbing her chin as if that’s gonna make it look better

asks you if this was the rough draft

she’s smooth though so she basically tells you she hates it but in a way that you don’t even realise - you’re too busy being seduced to notice

“i love how wild your imagination is babe 😍”

vi keeps the picture and shows jinx; needless to say, this portrait becomes famous

kids all through the lanes have a challenge where they find all the weird faces jinx spray painted everywhere

vi pretends to act dumb as if she doesn’t know how jinx got ahold of them but you both know what happened LMAO

Caitlyn

she laughs in your face

she probably just had an argument with her mum over being an enforcer so she really needed this to lighten her spirits

teases you over it but accepts it gracefully because she’s a kiramman and those manners have been engrained into her

keeps it in her room as a joke and everything’s seemingly ok

except she can’t stop looking at it

and then looking at her reflection in the mirror

starts to question reality because she knows there’s no way she looks like that but if so, why would you draw it in the first place 😭

then she enters the mad stage and she confronts you about this thing called negging she discovered

it’s a loooooong night but don’t worry it ends in lots of laughter and giggles

she understands it wasn’t serious and was just projecting her stress onto the picture

but then this starts a new tradition where you two draw daily doodles of each other; sometimes with stupid faces, other times as animals, whatever you two are feeling really

Mel

the woman was too stunned to speak

no, she’s literally speechless for a good minute or two as you hold it out for her

she eventually takes the portrait from your hands but does it in a way where you’d think it was going to explode the second she touches it

she tries her best to smile and be graceful about it, years of etiquette training being tested but even this is a bit excessive

she finds a way to dodge actually having to tell you it looks bad but also dodges telling you that it looks good too - she’s a lot of things but she’s not a liar 😭

she’s incredibly diplomatic

the very next day she’s introducing you to an absolutely fabulous painter who just happened to make an impromptu visit but has just enough time to run a session (or multiple) with you!

how serendipitous is this!

never again will she receive a portrait from you like hyperpigmentation

Jayce

“oh wow this is for me?”

you handed this to him in the busy academy building in front of SOOO many people and now his face is red

his teeth are gritted, hand rubbing the back of his neck and if you look closely there’s even beads of sweat dripping down his forehead

you’ve got this man stressed out

takes like 20 minutes trying to tell you that he’s not too sure if this is exactly his style

internally he’s crying for help because he just wants to get out of this situation

he loves you don’t get it wrong but this has never happened to him before and it’s not like they’ve got a guidebook on this stuff

eventually admits defeat and accepts the portrait

it’s probably in the break room and although he isn’t particularly fond of it, he won’t stand for anyone saying mean things about what you made

that is until you tell him it was all a joke in the first place and you never thought he would actually accept it considering how shitty it was

yeah, he allowed everyone a ten minute free for all where they could slander the picture after that

he is gonna give you silent treatment for all of an hour before he can’t stand it anymore and he asks you not to pull pranks like that on him again with tears in his eyes 😭

Viktor

viktor is chronically ill AND chronically overworked

gonna be real, he sees the portrait and doesn’t even think anything of it

like, he’s so sleep deprived that he’s constantly squinting and so to him, it low-key looks like him

you even got his beauty mark right too! most people forget that detail!

it’s only after a good few weeks of having the picture on his bedside table and actually, finally, getting eight hours of sleep that he properly looks at the picture and

who the fuck is that

but at this point it’s too late, it’s already in a frame next to the bed you two share and there’s no way he can discretely get rid of it without you noticing

stages an accident where his cane “accidentally” happens to slip and somehow punt the picture frame right out the window with surprising accuracy

he gives you those puppy dog eyes and tells you how sad he is but that he’ll survive so don’t worry!

can’t even feel guilty about the situation because the moment the portrait is gone he stops having nightmares

Silco

another one who is speechless

if you were anyone else, he would’ve berated you so badly you would want to quit by the end of it

unfortunately you’re someone he loves so he’s stuck between a rock and a hard place

the thing is, he really does appreciate that you went through the effort of drawing a picture of him since it reminds him that perhaps his love isn’t as one-sided as he fears

so he really does want to have it framed and put up on his desk so he can stare at it whenever he misses you

the problem is that even though one of his eyes is fucked up he can still see how butt ugly the drawing is

plus the fact that if he has meetings his business associates are gonna see it and that’s gonna be a tough one to explain

rather not lose out of business because his partner decided to be picasso for a day

silco ends up compromising by having you draw a teeny tiny version he keeps in his wallet instead :3

the bigger version stays in a locked compartment of his desk drawer, he doesn’t want to risk sevika seeing it

Vander

vander does NOT care what it looks like, he loves it

you could literally scribble on a page, say “that’s you” and he’s tearing up at your thoughtfulness

it’s going on the fridge asap and it’s staying there too

he’s gonna show it to everyone with such pride in his voice

sure, he doesn’t know exactly what he’s looking at and maybe you drew his body hair a bit liberally but you made it so that’s good enough for him!

when he shows it off, most people say aww what a cute werewolf and ask how old his kid is

the light leaves their eyes when he tells them, chest puffed out, that his fully grown adult partner did it and that it’s actually a portrait of him

whether you made it as a joke or not, expect all of your friends, your friend’s friends, those friend’s friend’s friends…everyone to have seen it

Sevika

sevika tells you it’s ugly straight away <\3

rolls her eyes as she listens to you explain all the reasons why she should like the drawing

she does nawt care

wants to act unbothered but deep down she’s a bit insulted

however she doesn’t like sein you upset so she kisses you to distract you from the fact she hates the drawing

sevika is an incredibly considerate partner so now she knows you like art, she takes it upon herself to buy colouring books and art journals that you two can fill out together

this is how you find out she’s a god at drawing and you find it sweet how she takes you under her wing

if something’s bad she’ll tell you but it will always be constructive criticism and before you know it your portraits actually look decent

she’s smug knowing she helped you get to that point

little do you know she kept your abhorrent portrait of her and she looks at it every so often to see how far you’ve come

she’s a softie deep down

AU!mylo

he says he likes it but that’s just because he wants to hit

also is a bit pretentious so you could hand him a really bad painting and he’ll try and act like he “gets it” even if there’s nothing to get 😭

this WILL make him doubt his looks constantly

he’s confident for sure, more than he should be at times, but now he’s got that image in the back of his head

aura down and now he’s even WORSE at flirting god save this man

will go around asking random people if he looks like the guy in the portrait because he’s not going down without a fight

he needs to beat the allegations one way or another‼️

AU!claggor

genuinely too nice to decline it or say it looks bad

doesn’t know what exactly it’s meant to be even though you already said it’s a portrait of him

too focused on his plants to worry about it too much, it’s just something that makes him chuckle every now and then

he will conduct a mini interview on why you made it look the way it did

he looks all serious as he nods at your answers

deep down he just wants to understand how your brain works

masterlist

[wrxangel]

Tanjiro Kamado with Reader who's basically Jotaro Kujo

fem reader

a/n: im just like throwing out everything in my drafts today lmao.

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You leaned against a tree, eyes narrowed at the field in front of you, tapping your fingers against your arm in a slow rhythm. The air was thick with the scent of the forest, a little damp but still crisp. Tanjiro was a few paces away, his hands clasped in front of him as he watched you with that patient, kind expression of his. You could practically hear the thoughts behind those eyes of his.

"Hey, Kamado," you called out, your voice low but carrying in the quiet woods. He straightened up, his eyes flicking to you. You’d been traveling together for a while now, and while you never really talked about your past or what you did—hell, you barely talked about anything, to be honest—you both worked well together. Too well, in fact.

"Yeah?" Tanjiro's voice was warm, full of that trademark kindness he wore like a shield. It was strange, sometimes. Like he could see right through people. It made you uncomfortable and a little annoyed sometimes, but it was also... well, sweet. You didn’t have to think much around him, because he made everything feel like it was okay, even though you weren’t sure how or why.

"Stop staring at me, it's creeping me the fuck out," you muttered, pulling yourself upright. Your voice wasn’t harsh, not really, but it held that sharpness you always carried with you. That toughness you used to guard yourself. Tanjiro’s face shifted, like he was caught off guard, then looked down at his feet sheepishly.

"Sorry," he mumbled.

You raised an eyebrow at his response, eyes rolling. "No need to apologize for looking at me, dumbass. I just—shit," you cursed under your breath, shoving a hand through your hair. "Forget it, I’m just in a bad mood today."

Tanjiro didn’t answer right away. He shifted his weight, looking conflicted, like he wanted to say something but wasn’t sure what. You weren’t exactly one for small talk, and he could probably smell that you didn’t really want to talk anyway, so he just stayed quiet, as usual.

"God, are you really just gonna keep being so... goddamn nice all the time?" you spat out, trying to break the tension. "Do you even know how to stop being so fucking pure?"

You could feel his eyes on you again, but this time there was something more to it, something softer. You weren't sure if you liked it, but you didn't acknowledge it. It wasn’t like you had the emotional bandwidth for this kind of shit anyway. You had a wall for a reason.

"I- uh-"

"You don’t need to explain anything to me, Kamado," you cut him off, throwing your hands up in exasperation. "You’re not my therapist. Stop looking at me like you’re trying to fix me, I’m fine." Your voice was steady, but the underlying irritation was obvious. Tanjiro, however, didn’t seem deterred. Instead, he just nodded slightly.

It pissed you off. It was as if he could see through all your layers of bullshit and bullshit excuses, but you couldn’t get a word in edgewise to make him stop looking at you with that look of... what? Compassion? Respect? You didn’t fucking know, but it bugged the hell out of you.

But something else bugged you, too.

It bugged you that the more you spent time with him, the less you felt like you needed to pretend to be the person you put out there for everyone. The asshole, the rough girl who didn’t give a damn. He made you feel weirdly vulnerable, and the last thing you needed was to start caring about someone. Because, like it or not, that’s what you were doing. And it pissed you off.

"You know, you're really starting to piss me off," you muttered under your breath, turning your back to him as if the simple act of facing away could stop whatever weirdness had been building up between you two.

But Tanjiro didn’t stop. He never did.

"Why?"

You blinked, confused by the question. He was standing there, head tilted with that same innocent smile on his face, as if he couldn’t understand why you were so irritated. "Why the hell are you looking at me like that?" you asked, voice laced with frustration.

"Because you’re important," he said simply, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "And because I know you’re going through something, but you’re not alone, okay? I’ll stick by you, no matter how hard you push me away."

You froze for a moment, your mind shutting down as you tried to figure out how to process those words. It wasn’t like you’d never been told something like that before, but hearing it from Tanjiro felt different. It felt... real. Something about the way he said it, so fucking genuine, like he wasn’t even trying to make you feel better, just... telling you. It hit you in a place that you didn’t know was even there.

"Whatever," you said quickly, turning away from him again. "You don’t know me, Kamado. Don’t try to act like you do."

Tanjiro didn’t press you, but you felt him step closer, and then you heard his voice again, quiet but steady.

"I don’t have to know you to know that you're a good person," he said, and when you glanced back at him, his eyes were sincere. "I just... want you to know that."

You were speechless for a second. This stupid kid, with his stupid smile, and his stupid, unwavering belief in the good in people—especially you—was really starting to mess with your head.

"Fuck off," you muttered, but there was no venom in it this time. You turned away again, leaning your back against a tree and crossing your arms.

Tanjiro didn’t move. You could feel him still standing there, his presence a quiet comfort you’d never admit you needed. You cursed under your breath, because, shit, maybe you did need him. You just weren’t ready to let anyone close enough to get under your skin.

"Whatever, Kamado," you said, your voice quieter now. "You’re really starting to annoy me, you know that?"

But when you heard his soft chuckle, you couldn’t help but feel something flicker in your chest.

"I’ll take that as a compliment," he said, and you could hear the smile in his voice.

"Dumbass." You grunted, reaching up to pull your cap over your blushing face.

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[baekhyoris]

☔️

☔Is there a fic concept you have that you'd like to just explain and share because you're not sure you'll ever write it? If so, what is it?

i got way too many lmao (both x reader and chara/chara because i can't for the life of me commit to one thing.), but i'll narrow it down to this one.

it's a childhood friends to lovers (long ass) oneshot which also doubles as neji discovering his demisexuality (very prominent hc of mine lol).

basically, neji and mc meet as children (pre-canon) and they become really close friends. but before neji enters the academy, mc has to move back to their home village. they send letters back and forth for sometime, but neji stops responding to them. and by the time he graduates, mc stops sending them.

eventually during the gap between vote 1 and vote 2, team gai gets a mission in another village and mc is their assigned guide. during the first night, neji and mc are on watch and they end up catching up. by the end of the mission, mc moves back to konoha and it keeps going from there. i won't spoil the rest, but here's some ao3 tags to sum it up.

Childhood friends to lovers, Slow burn, Porn with (some) plot, Exploration of sexuality, Hyuuga Neji lives.

i'm in the process of outlining this cause it's gonna be long lol. but the biggest issue is that i feel like everything i'm writing is just pure ass even though it's the rough draft. plus i'm the type who can either lock in and write 3k-4k words easily or can only write a short paragraph and delete it cause it's shit and then i close the document. absolutely no in between.

i hate having adhd so fucking much please give me meds-

but yeah this idea has me in a chokehold and i hope to get it done before pride month is over (wish me luck, i'll need it.)

send me an ask!

[tricogarfield]

Zelda OC Trio

I've had them living in my mind for like,,,prolly somewhere between half a year to a year and I'm really hoping nothing too similiar has been done before lmfao SO. My silly little OC Trio is basically a bit of a switcheroo regarding their ages (Keep in mind everything said here is still just a rough draft and will,,,eventually, be worked on) Link would be somewhere in his late 20s and Zelda would be in mid- to late 30s. While Ganondorf would be somewhere between 10-16 years old. If I ever were to start working more on this trio, it would focus on Link and Zelda awaiting the appearance of Ganondorf and growing more and more anxious, since not only has Zelda woken her powers long ago but the wielder of the Triforce of courage has also been found over a decade ago. Until eventually, a knight informs them of a few Gerudo having seen someone with the triforce of power on the back of their hand. Naturally, they go to investigate after a couple of days and traverse the desert in search of the person. They expected an old man, someone who has been hiding and letting his power go stronger and stronger. They were fully ready to battle Ganondorf right there in the desert. What they did not expect was to meet a feral Gerudo boy, cruising around the sand with his sand seal and who also has the Triforce of Power right there on the back of his hand. So yeah, they're not about fighting Ganondorf and letting the cycle continue on afterwards, they're about needing to make a decision of letting the boy live (which he will, for now, because they can't just kill a child???) or killing him while Demise's hatred hasn't taken too much control of him. They're pretty self-indulgent and kind of an excuse to let Link take up the dad position for Ganondorf BWHAHAHA A bit of side-facts that are interesting to know, Zelda is actually part-sheikah and has the white hair to prove it AND she also has a daughter already. It's why she's pretty eager at first to find Ganondorf as fast as possible, so that her daughter won't need to fight in her place. There's some more side-facts and tiny secrets, especially concerning Link and Zelda's Daughter, but I think I will save them for later once I get motivation to start working on reference sheets :D If this all sounds very confusing, then it's due to the fact that my brain is dead and that I didn't have as much time and motivation as I would have liked lmao xD Would love to know what peeps think about this!:D

[yoshizora]

i recently discovered one of the libraries in my area has video games so for the past couple months i played Metroid Dread, Pikmin 3 Deluxe, and Astral Chain. heres some random thoughts bc i wanna talk about them @ a wall (also i just wanna complain about Astral Chain specifically)

Metroid Dread: 9/10

really tight controls, the parry felt seamless in combat, and the navigation/puzzles felt challenging without wanting to smash my head against a wall. the EMMI have excellent atmospheric tension but after a couple of them they feel... scripted and predictable. i do wonder if they would've been better off being random encounters throughout the whole area maps, but passages would have to be specifically designed around their movements so maybe not.

final boss was a banger; one of the most fun boss fights in any game i've played in years.

also samus hot

Pikmin 3: pikmin/10

i've never played a pikmin game before because for some reason i just never thought i would get into it but IT'S GOOD!!!!!!!!

i could not decide if this was relaxing or stressful. maybe both at the same time. yeah. rock pikmin are my faves. no but it's such a unique rts system that i can't really compare to anything else i've played, i'm kicking myself for not playing any pikmin games earlier.

i'm gonna go buy pikmin 4 when i'm able to. this game slaps. i'm gonna go eat some fruit.

Astral Chain: 6/10

i'll start this off by saying i really like the combat; it's stylish, fast, fun, AND not just a rapid button masher (like bayonetta, which hurt my hands to play). the lock-on system is kinda janky and so is the camera, but the important thing is that fighting is FUN.

buuuuuut, uhh, the story? the characters? huh??? did someone just, forget to polish this rough draft?? this was the epitome of all flash with no substance; the protagonist player being silent is REALLY detrimental when the sibling plays such a large role in the story in tandem with the player. there is no real emotional bond nor depth to their relationship, because the entire dynamic is just Akira yelling about whatever and the player staring blankly at them. it was basically the Byleth issue all over again and i hated it. Akira barely had much of a personality anyway.

i'm not sure what to say about the story because there was barely a story? look, it's fine if the mysterious otherworldly phenomenon has no explanation because that keeps the intrigue and alien-ness about it, but you can't have the story constantly questioning WHAT the chimeras are and WHERE all this came from then answer nothing. maybe there are proper answers in the data files/reports...? but imo, a player shouldn't have to scour the optional side content in a game in order to get the most crucial answers for the MAIN STORY.

i do see why people who don't care much about story/characters would praise this game so much, because the combat IS fun and the visuals/music are great, but the platforming segments were NOT fun and i was wholly sick of the astral plane parts by the end.

also, jena was one of the most disappointing wastes of an antagonist i've ever seen in any game. lmao.

[1ns3ct3y3]

What is the story about? And The role of the characters?

I’m putting a cut here because i yapped a LOT and I’m too AAAAA to look at it again because I’m self conscious about it lmao (you can tell i don’t write much)

(This is very much a rough draft of it) but basically it’s about how one of the main characters, Sebastian, is trying to distance himself from the organization he works for because he’s trying to get away from it/ tear it down in a way. But because the organization has files on every person they’ve interviewed, had an employee of, or just person in the general area - they kinda of have an idea of what Sebastian is doing, therefore making them attempt to track him down and either kill him or just . Something?? I’m not entirely sure yet

But since the organization is kind of unknown to most of the area their in (not that the city they’re in is secluded, but more so the organization itself is pretty much hidden in plain sight if you aren’t looking for it), its one of Sebastian’s roles/ jobs to make sure that his full identity/ occupation is unknown, in case he comes across someone who works there aswell

So, while he is out he meets Micah, who’s pretty much just an ordinary guy at the start, going to his small apartment downtown from the main parts of the city/town after picking up his medication. The bus is empty except for him and Sebastian - Micah’s very cautious at first, kind of finding Seb weird for sitting next to him even though they were the only two there.

Sebastian only explains what he’s doing almost a week after they started talking to one another and Micah hesitantly agrees to help him (which makes their relationship kind of a slow burn almost romance? Kind of??)

They then stumble upon Sebastian’s former coworker, Jonah, who was visiting the town/ city since he doesn’t live anywhere near there anymore after quitting his position at the organization (he was the one who went through files and kept them in order, which is what piqued his interest for having his own library in a different town in a different country (the library is also his home so his whole occupation currently is a librarian))

The two speak to Jonah, who says he will attempt to help them. So he goes to the organization, and the people there talk to him, however they do not record the conversation/ interview due to Jonah’s request.

And he comes back a while later with information and then that’s the spot I’ve ended at because that’s as far as I’ve gotten :D but i wanna add some horror/ freaky elements to it yknow bc i know it’s not the best but i don’t write / make fully fleshed out stories often ;>;

So yeah, that basically explains the storyline in a way, and there’s going to be many other characters that make their way into the story !!:>

And fun fact the place Jonah currently lives in is connected to a different story with other characters in a world i made with one of my friends

I plan to do voice claims for the three characters sometime too!!! But that’s a small project for later shgdjshs

I apologize for yapping so much i know it’s probably a bit scattered 🥲

But if you have any more questions I’ll be happy to answer to the best of my ability!!!

[a-hazbin-reader]

Hi okay here. So this is sort of an au?? Where Mimzy is in love with Alastor like how they were originally written but Alastor doesn't reciprocate. This also may not be entirely historically accurate as this is basically a rough draft and I have yet to do all of the research I think is required.

Tw// Mimzy being homophobic. </3 Ik my girl would never actually but it's for the sake of the story.

So his name is Severin De la Court, he's a French dude who moved to Louisiana to escape some shit in his life that was happening back home. He met Alastor and Mimzy at the club Mimzy worked at and Alastor frequented, and became friends with them pretty quickly. He's demiromantic and asexual like I personally hc Alastor to be, and as time passed they started pining for each other and all that jazz. It's canonical that Alastor speaks some French but isn't fluent, so in this the reason he knows what he does is because he was trying to learn it for Severin to make him feel a little more at home. Eventually Mimzy found out about the little thing they had for each other and, the 1930s being the 1930s, she was like "ew gay people" and leaked the information about Severin being gay to the press so he was imprisoned, where he was killed after a few days for being a homo by the other inmates. </3 Alastor was heartbroken but Mimzy was over the moon. A couple of years later is when Mimzy spilled the beans to Alastor about it being her to rat out Severin after Alastor continuously rejected her advances, "I got rid of that queer and you still won't let me have you" type shit. Alastor, who had already killed several people, had no qualms killing Mimzy after learning this information! And that bit in his lore about him dying because a hunter shot him while he was hiding a body? Was Mimzy's body in this story. Alastor rose to power in hell yadda yadda and in episode three at the beginning of the Overlord meeting Carmilla is like "okay first off we've got a newcomer" and lookie here it's Severin! Alastor is baffled and afterwards they catch up and shit before Alastor goes "wait why are you in hell" and Severin just goes "oh yeah I ran away from France because I killed like a lot of people and they were starting to catch on to me lmao" and then they just went on like normal yk as they would. Queue more pining between the two when Severin decides to help Alastor and Charlie with the hotel.

I'll reveal myself in rbs to answer any questions you have or anything but for now I'm doing this on anon because I'm embarrassed to talk about my ocs publicly lmao. I also have little tidbits about their relationship I'd be more than happy to share if you'd like me to. :3

This one was so intense! I felt so bad for him until he was like "oh I'm a killer lol"

He got us with that plot twist

[idolapollo]

Dedicated DEV LOG #1

hey!! it's apollo/nyarl!! this'll be a first in a series of posts that are basically indie game development logs filled with a shit ton of rambling

i'll maybe try and post these monthly or bi-monthly, but it's mostly for me to motivate myself to make progress to have something to show off and to archive the process of making a game!

this month's dev log is dedicated to—well—"Dedicated To..."

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(i may keep saying this for future projects and games so bear with me) "Dedicated To..." (abbreviated as DT from now on) originally was an idea i had in middle school!

it was really edgy tho and i'd honestly kms if it ever got leaked to the public but it was essentially an angst piece for when i was discovering my own sexuality as a gay cis man

staying somewhat true to its gay angst origins, this game is a story based psychological horror rpg maker game! maybe you can add it's a story based gay psychological horror rpg maker game lmao

it won't be a long game, and it'll have 4 routes determined by one early game choice and 5 endings!! the 5th one is considered a secret dont tell anyone

i did change the protagonist's name and design bc it was literally just a self insert for me lmao even had clothes i often wore fucking lame

BUT ANYWAYS!!!!! you'll play as tybalt, a college student majoring in english literature or something as he struggles to create a fairy tale as his capstone (don't think about it too much)

here's a preview of his full art and draft of his portrait as thanks for listening to me ramble so far i will continue to ramble!! (i have yet to turn it into pixel art and plan different expressions)

i really wanted to make a gay character with these kinda cat eyes whatever you call em lol

and the man he'll be pinning for is reyn!! i didnt give him a major bc it doesnt matter in the grand scheme of things!!! he's probably a finance major!!!!

also idk why i named him reyn, it was something i kept from the original middle school stories

ig it was because i was watching chugga's lets play of xenoblade lmao

i've taken some time with working with rpg maker mz before since i had the chance to use it in a game dev class (after splurging most of my financial aid on plugins lmao), but unless i can figure out javascript on my own and break the engine, i'll be focusing on using rpg maker vx ace since it has more plugins!

for now, i'm still focusing on the story and full body character art before diving into programming and learning how to make pixel art _(:3」∠)_

btw i forgot to mention that part. yeah i'm an absolute newbie when it comes to pixel art so i have to learn that too cries

even though i'm making it in rpg maker vx ace, i'm aiming to recreate the feel of rpg maker 2000/2003 because i was SUUUUUUPER inspired by end roll, okegom's games, and specifically for this game charon's works!! so now i gotta bust out the pixels

there will be 4 routes with 5 endings! there was another route + ending but i scrapped it because i only had an idea of the ending (more on that in the future) and nothing else lol

so far i've drafted 3 of the 4 routes! even though there is no canon ending, the 4th one is the one that has the 5th ending and can branch off into other works (once again more on that in the future lmao)

i'm starting to write the dialogue for the 1st route and it's going okay!! tbh i wish i worked on it more over summer break while my college classes aren't gonna kill my ass and classes start next week (´；ω；`)

but i spent a majority of summer break testing out medication for my adhd, and i still am!! it was a really rough process and i'm glad i didn't go through mania-like symptoms while classes were going on _(´ཀ`」 ∠)_

i'm better now tho and i say i'm at a semi good spot!! now time to treat my horrid anxiety lol

i'll end it here for now before it gets too long!! sorry and thanks to listening to me ramble! i'll leave you with a snippet of the intro!

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[oceansssblue]

Not a request or anything! I’m just big on the Mermay stuff. I was wondering if there are anymore fics containing merfolk coming up?

Hi! Np np :)

Well, it can't def be for Mermay, as there's only a pair of weeks left and I'm in my final exams currently, but I'm 100% sure that I will write more mermay! fics after that.

I've already got one small draft on a human Tech x mer female on hiatus, and I've got some other few ideas roaming around in my head.

To sate your curiosity, I am planning on:

A) female mermaid X orca!mer tbb > basically she's a female mermaid as in the pretty hypnotizing ones of fairy tales, shy but curious // and then the batcher (haven't decided who it will be yet) is an orca mer, so you know, they're seen as dangerous predators by other sea creatures and so she has grown up hearing stories and learning to keep distance with them. A chance encounter happens between this two and she curiously observes him and so they temptatively both start to interact together and fluff ensues.

B) Continuing with the Orca Mer, this time it would be a female orca mer who remains captured and forced to perform shows in the Aquarium with her pods of real animal orcas (she has a bond with them like a proper family) // enter human tbb! Idk if it'll be a tbb reporter or working for a newspaper or something, or maybe just a human with a love for sea creatures that as a hobby personally starts investigating, or perhaps an investigator itself by some legal acussations against the Aquarium or wtv. Or maybe a worker of the Aquarium. But yeah, he's basically there frequently so fluff slowly ensues. // I might do the same idea with the roles reversed, as in a Orca mer batcher and a female human, haven't decided yet either.

C) A variation of this last two ideas is mixing them up together, and in the setting of an Aquarium, having two different enclosures of captured sea creatures; in one mermaid! female in another one batcher orca/siren mer // and then they are both switched to a bigger enclosure where they're both placed together in (perhaps humans wants to study how both of their species react to each other, perhaps they plan to see if they can work together for future human show, perhaps they want them to breed to have a new crossed species, who knows!) // it being a wary strangers to lovers kind of thing.

I'm sure if I keep thinking I will get more mer ideas lmao, I just love them. Also, actually writing this ideas down in a rough shape like this brought excitement to properly write them already, so I might jump into this sooner than expected lol. I will def write all of this stories at some point. Def not for May though!

Stay tunned dear anon friend, and don't hesitate to text me with ideas or mer personal details, character preferences or requests you'd like to see. (It would be simpler if you'd dm me so I don't have to realease this mess of thoughts publicly to everyone, but if u wanna stay with the anon np. Im pretty chill and friendly though;)

Xx,

Sky.

(Needless to say this are my ideas please don't use them xx)

[mercuryytheraven]

YIPPEEEE!!!

You totally should!! I would love to hear it, I really love that song (and frankly a lot of the score from Sherlock PFFT I should listen to my favorite ones again) but yeah go for it!! What else have you played on the violin?

I watched my friend play it! Over a couple of months when I was over at her house we would watch an episode of Sherlock and play a few sections of DBH. She’d already played through it so she knew what the right options were for the good ending and I didn’t want to mess it up haha!

YAAAA SO BASICALLY I’ve had animatic ideas for ages and this was a spur of the moment decision when the song we’re doing it to (Underground by Cody Fry) came up randomly in my playlist. Flashback to the idea I had for it over a year ago, I text my friend, and suddenly we’re planning this whole thing out. We did a rough draft version of all of the frames first, and she edited that together in CapCut (she’s done a couple of other animatics in the past!) so as we finish frames we’re just importing them into the spots that are already set, so we don’t have to worry about the timing there! She’s drawing on her iPad (I’m not sure what program) and I do it on Clip Studio Paint on my laptop! I also have never actually successfully finished a drawing of Sherlock or John Ever somehow which is crazy, so now I’m getting to do that LMAO

YOU SHOULD it’s so much fun. Since most of my art is digital I wanted to make something physical really badly and it’s super accessible and easy??? I’m not sure what else I want to make but I’ve been saving up a bunch of cardboard so I’m ready for whatever I think of.

I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT WARRIORS ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY. I stopped reading after DotC because I never really connected to the AvoS cast and was struggling to get the books from the library quickly enough that I wouldn’t forget everything I’d read up until that point and then eventually I just gave up which was a good idea because apparently there’s ghosts now and in a book series where cats use a rock in a mountain to talk to dead people that was the thing that killed the realism FHFJSJ. But I do have the first four series completely, a couple of super editions, and the original Guide, which is rlly cool!! I do want to know where you got to so my ranting will not sound completely insane so um yes! First series was Cheeto Cat My Beloved, second was Oh Look We’re Gonna Go Live Somewhere Else, third was Prophecies and Scandal, and fourth basically was Prophecies and Scandal Part 2: Electric Boogaloo if you wanted a refresher (I do not know the extent of your brainrot as compared to mine so I hope this comes across as helpful and not demeaning ;; )

BITE. HELLO

What kind of things do you like/are you in any fandoms/you seem cool and I want to talk nto you but I don’t know about what!!! Hello!!!!!

BITE YOU BACK

HELLO!!

You also seem cool!! I noticed your banner (I think that's what its called lmao) and I love Falsettos, that seems like a good starting point!!

Peeking at your posts I also notice you have posts about Sherlock, and I'm fascinated by that paper mache shark, and your thoughts about Artemis Fowl?

[lemonisntreal]

IT'S THE BOYYYY, MY [deceased ;-;] BOY-

My heart hurts whenever I write about him I'm gonna cry but he's so perfect to me you have no idea

Ok, so, I have written so much on this man because of how overly complicated I made Buster's entire family situation. But I can't. Share. A single. Crumb. Of. It. And it's killing me. Guys, I'm dying. I'm simply gonna perish if I don't write about him. So. I'm gonna headcanon dump, heehee :> [gonna do this with a bunch of other characters once I get art for them going ~_~] [I look at my drafts and weep-]

TD!Charley:

Age: 47 [deceased] Height: 3' 02" [96cm] Male - He/Him Sexuality: Aroace Build: H A T

The name is a headcanon in itself. Charley. He was never given a real canon name for whatever reason.

It just felt like it fit

Oh boy,

Ok, heavy lore time-

TW: Mentions of religious trauma and [briefly] kidnapping

[there's a fluff tab if you're wanting to skip all that]

So for a quick lore-dump, there was a HUGE war between the different animals [mammals, reptiles, and birds being the most prominent groups] that lasted from 1903-1955, before finally cutting off because a bunch of animals had practically gone extinct

Koalas being one of them

And Charley was born in late 1956, right after the war had ended, so yeah. Generational trauma's real rough-

Plus his hometown [all Koalas btw] was extremely religious and controlling over him, and he wasn't even allowed to buy his own clothes until he started to carve out his own life in Calatonia

The only thing they let him do was play music, usually with the idea that he'd be playing for the church band

[which he never did]

He was set up on arranged dates, made to feel like he was wrong for not wanting a relationship, and ridiculed for his desire to have a different life in the city- along with a lot of other things I probably couldn't fit into this post

He has a sister, Holly Moon, who is 4 years younger than him, who was seen as a golden child because she always listened and did everything their parents asked

[Parents being Darrick and Kara, for more TD lore]

He had a horrible family life before sprinting away at age 18 to Calatonia to hopefully make it big

This is where he met animals who weren't Koalas for the first time

Let me reiterate that- first time

[he'd read about other animals and seen what a few of them looked like in pictures, but never the real thing]

He learned the true meaning behind the words his family always spoke

"Make a family, there aren't many of us left"

Yeah, he was the only Koala in Calatonia for a good minute

Which kinda sent him spiraling-

Imaging you growing up in a small gated community, where you're a human around other humans, and then you leave and find out that there aren't any humans left and the rest of the world has been populated by aliens or something

He was very curious at first, which got him into some trouble

He met Harry after almost getting poached/getting ganged up on and almost kidnapped. Harry saved him, took him to calm down at his restaurant for the night, and the two quickly became friends

Ok, fluff time

Meeting Harry for the first time, the thing he offered Charley was a sandwich, which would start Charley's "give sandwich = I care about you" thing

Like his go-to way of making friends after this encounter would be to meet somewhere for sandwiches

It became a comfort food, and an introduction into other flavors besides the basic food groups + eucalyptus

This little quirk got passed down to Buster

Amazing cook

Like, he invented a couple of the recipes on the menu at Harry's Bar [despite having a diet of mostly eucalyptus, which is poisonous]

Even back in his hometown with his limited ingredients, he was fantastic, but after learning that there were other foods, he got a little obsessed

He has a cookbook he put together [which got passed down to Buster, who cannot cook for the life of him lmao]

Harry tried to get him to go to culinary school or something, but Charley always insisted on loving his little bundle of odd jobs in Calatonia [including the carwash, which was his baby]

After coming to Calatonia, making his home in a shady little apartment complex [which he ABSOLUTELY ADORED], getting a job, and finally getting his first-ever paycheck, he immediately went thrifting

Which is where he got his raggedy hat and patchy coat

And learned what a turtleneck was

He taught Buster the art of thrifting too :D

He dresses like he's homeless by choice [mostly]

[money's always tight]

Back to the odd jobs that he got instead of getting a real job- Charley always hated "luxurious" things if that makes sense. Not only did it remind him of home, but he's just a minimalist in general

If he doesn't need it, he won't take it

Modest guy [opposite to his entire family ~_~]

The hat is kinda a symbol of his independence and freedom in a way, so that's a little sweet

He never takes his hat or coat off really, even in the hot summer days in Calatonia

Harry always has to remind him to drink water [woah, Koala moment]

Oh yeah, Koala stuff-

Harry ends up helping out Charley with the complete lack of Eucalyptus products in Calatonia by ordering it in with his usual imported restaurant food, and then just giving it to him

Harry insists on paying for it all, despite Charley's objections

Charley always gives monstrous tips when eating at Harry's to balance things out

He's actually pretty tall for a Koala

He made good friends with all of the waiters and staff and musicians at Harry's, and was always there for the music nights where Harry'd get someone to play atmospheric stuff on stage

You see this in the first movie

Charley's actually really great on the guitar, and has a very nice voice [I don't have a voice claim yet ;-;;;;;] so he was eventually given the offer to try playing in front of a crowd at Harry's. Which he took

[And Harry made him take money for it, of course]

Had no intention to have kids, but ended up taking in Buster due to family drama and strange circumstances [later explained in Tone Deaf] [also why they have different funky patterns btw! :DDD]

Please, it's so complicated-

He quickly fell in love with the idea of show business after seeing some street performers, and eventually got over his discomfort with doing illegal things [the idea of it being a sin really had him in a chokehold for a while-] and grew into his true personality of "very chill and very shady charlatan" after a few years away from his hometown

Actually, it was his urge to steal a ticket to see a show at the theater that drove him to get over it all

Learned how to pick locks and pockets to scrounge around enough money to get by

Charley and Harry were best friends. Practically brothers

To the point of Harry being called "uncle Harry" by young Buster

Charley was the best man at Harry's wedding to his Panda wife, Claire. Buster was given the honor of being both the flower boy and ring bearer lmao [he pulled it off]

Claire definitely mothered both Charley and Buster quite a bit

Back to Charley living in the apartment complex, he made good friends with an old Lizard who lived next door-

Yeah, Miss Crawley [Irene Crawley]

After Harry realized that Buster was an absolute demon child, Charley tried asking her to babysit instead

She must've had the magic touch or something, because he was perfectly behaved with her

Harry was speechless

Buster was absolutely a problem child, and Charley would frequently get calls from school about him [especially in elementary]

[half of the trouble he got into was due to bullies, but this ain't about him 🤭]

Charley taught Buster how to commit crime, and play guitar

And when he got older, the two would duet together at Harry's

[I'm crying it's so sweet]

Crawley would always bring homemade candies around to give to Buster when she came over to visit with Charley, specifically Turkish Delight

She eventually taught him [with lots of hand-holding] how to make the candy himself. If left alone, he'd just set things on fire and eat the chocolate chips plain though :D

She lost her lover in the war, and even before that, struggled with infertility problems [they were different species- working with the idea of a Gila Monster] so she never had any of the children she had wanted before the war basically ruined her life

She adored that child and never accepted pay

[she was paid by the government anyway since she was a war vet]

All of the money that Charley would slip into her pocket, she'd either secretly give right back, or spend it all on Buster

She was like a mother to him

Still is

She offered to help with the theater after Charley realized that the place didn't just come with staff

Charley and Buster's bond was basically unbreakable

Charley would always stand up to the school system whenever they treated Buster unjustly

[Trust me, there was a lot of prejudice against Koalas and other endangered species, no matter how small or harmless they seemed. People fear what they don't know, and to say Koalas are an oddity would be an understatement-]

[Like even irl, they're Marsupials, sure- but they're so different that they've been given a classification all to themselves called Phascolarctidae. They're so alone in the animal kingdom, it's not even funny. Their closest "relative" is the Wombat, and even then barely]

[Give me another animal that's even remotely similar to Koalas appearance-wise. Their facial structure, the double-thumbs, massive ears, the fact that they can only eat one thing, and it's poisonous [catch me writing Buster poisoning someone with eucalyptus >:D]- yeah, they're super interesting to work with. And of course, I give them hardships for it ~_~]

[Everyone that saw Buster and Charley just immediately knew they were endangered just because of how alien they looked]

["freaks"]

[They just rolled with it]

[Well, Buster was always bothered by it, but Charley was always there to tell him that it should be something to be proud of. Didn't always work all the way]

[I'll talk about Buster later, don't you worry]

[Ok enough with the gushing about Koala facts in brackets-]

Buster would also stand up for Charley during family gatherings [which they eventually just stopped going to entirely] because Charley would just freeze up and not say anything whenever people started fighting with him

✨trauma✨

The two protected each other is my point pretty much

Ok, for a rough timeline:

[1903 - 1955] - Great War [1956] - Charley was born [1960] - Holly was born [1974] - Charley ran away to Calatonia [1980] - Buster was born [1988] - Charley took Buster in [1990] - Harry meets Claire [1994] - Harry and Claire get married [1997] - Theater was sold to Charley and quickly opened [2003] - Charley is killed

It's fucking tragic how he dies

Like, him and Buster were literally in the middle of planning the show when Buster got the call

Late too

He couldn't get to the landline at first because he was busy with set design, and actually saw it a LOT later, which- yeah. Cue horrific amounts of stress as he bikes as fast as he can to the ER

"Where's dad!??" he's in the hospital bucko

Why must I kill all the characters I love-

Charley'd just gone out to get some supplies from like, home depot or something, and then yeah. Dead

Buster could never finish the show, so it sits collecting dust in the attic now

Grief made him unable to write much, which is how he eventually went into debt too

The whole thing with them is absolutely tragic, oh boy-

Can't wait to draw the funeral scene

Ok, so I keep forgetting what's been posted and what's still a draft, so sorry if something just- absolutely jumps out of nowhere here. I think I've mentioned the war before? And Poachers- I hope I at least mentioned Poachers-

Well, if you didn't know before, you do now ''':D

Thanks for reading

[comick]

Here are the final results of the fanart challenge :) Had lots of fun drawing them all! And thanks for the ones who participated.  List and reason for picking them: 1. King- Owl House. 3 separate people requested it! I have not actually watched this cartoon, but he was the most requested character haha, I like his skull head design! It was weird that he only had two digits O_o I kept drawing him with a full paw in the rough drafts. 2. Rudy- Killer Clowns from Outer Space. I have watched Killer Klowns and when I got this one I thought oh damn that's a hard one. But I had to try it and see if I could pull it off. Turns out I love drawing droopy eyes and lots of folded skin LMAO I think he took the longest to complete from the rest. 3. Happy Mask Salesman - Legend of Zelda. I have not actually played the game he is from, but based on all the pics online he sure likes to smile! So obviously I had to draw that grin and squint in all his glory. He apparently sells an evil mask that makes the moon go nuts and want to kill the world?! 4. Beetlejuice - from Beetlejuice. I love Beetlejuice the movie and cartoon. I was actually shocked that I have never drawn him though! I think people tend to forget he was the VILLIAN of the movie haha. So I wanted to accentuate that part of his character. An evil ghost pervert with a record in the afterlife as a rogue murderer (bio-exorcist) 5. Bob Velseb - Spooky Month (Sr Pelo) This one was the poll winner for the last slots. He apparently is a human in a devil costume who kills and eats people on Halloween! I tried to show that mania in his expression which was kind of hard since he's a very simple design...basically a red smiley face with a sweater lol. But hopefully it reads well, and I was able to get him into my style well enough! XD 6. Spongebob - from Spongebob. This one was a poll winner for the last slots. Anyone who doesn't know SPONGEBOB is living under a rock. but yeah, that fun and cheerful sponge! I realized that he was kind of the odd man out of the list of killers and creatures haha so I drew him as how we would react being in this crowd of others haha. I have to say that although I have not drawn Spongebob he was VERY easy to get down on the first few rough passes....I think its because he comes from the era of late 90s cartoony goodness...yes he has been around since 1999! I had real fun drawing him!!

[justablah56]

*sighs* tell me about your fursona /lh /pos

ok first off- Vik is that you 👁️👁️ you're the only one who I know has seen my fursona recently sbjsjdjs either that or it's rae who saw it on your blog and didn't interact w it so I wouldn't think it was him if they went on anon lmao- but methinks its vik

okay now I'm gonna actually answer- bUT INSERT THAT ONE ENTRAPTA MEME- THE "IVE WAITED Y E A R S FOR SOMEONE TO ASK ABOUT MY THEORIES" YEAH THATS ME RN- anon I am looking at you with my big ol autistic eyes that are sparkling with this 10 minute unstoppable rant that is about to occur (✧⁠ω⁠✧⁠)

SO ! ampen right ? my little guy ? my baby girl ? my beloved ? I'm gonna talk mostly abt their physical design than their other details bcs I have more notes abt their physical appearance than anything :]

I have no idea what they are, I kinda just started drawing her abhdjsjsj but I think the two most notable animals he could conceivably be are probably a fox and a dragon of some sort (original I know) however I do want to give an honorable mention to my first draft of them, bcs goddamn I changed a lot abt her bsjdhsjjs. at first he was just completely a dog but I decided to give them those 3 fingered claw/hoof things, here's the very sketchy guy herself who inspired Ampen:

yeah snndjsn basically the only thing that stayed the same was the vague color scheme and the "hooves" changed from the hands to the feet. a lot of ampens physical design was just cool things I saw in other fursuits that I thought would be cool, like I just loooove the hoof feet, they look v cool and I just like them a lot, so I included them ! (I didn't in my first real drawing of ampen but then I did on their character sheet) same with the tail, I'm p sure at the time of ampens actual creation I had recently seen a dragon fursuit with that kind of tail and was obsessed with it, I tried so many different tails for him and none of them were looking quite right until I tried their current tail, and I love it . the dragon bit also comes out in her muzzle, it's a bit more pointed and sharp than a canine muzzle would be, again mostly just bcs I think it looks neat :] and I knew I wanted my fursona to have big ol ears from the very beginning, I didn't put them on ampen-rough-draft bcs I didn't start with the intent for him to be my fursona sbjdjdjs but anyways- the fur pattern took me a while to come up with, I started with just vague splotches of color in random spots, messed around with specific colors, I don't think I decided on the pink stitch mark things until like- the very end dnjsjjd I have no idea where I came up with it , I was just trying random things and hoping they looked right lmao-

I gave them glasses bcs . I have glasses . and I think it's cute and there aren't enough furrys with glasses :3 then added the piercings bcs I think they look cool and that's really it bajshjejskwks

anyways , now for the couple things that aren't visible on a drawing, I imagine her being like 5'4 MAX , he's pretty short . mostly bcs I am v short and plan to actually make ampen, and that's a height I could realistically get to accounting for the ears hdjwjdjjejdke anyways, I don't really have many other little facts about them since they're basically just me personality-wise, so make of that what you will ! I will however GLADLY answer more specific questions if you (or anyone else 👀) have them bcs it will give me an excuse to come up with answers abhdjsjdjsjjd

anyways- this is all to say that I'm in love with Ampens design and I really should draw him more often and also probably just develop them more tbh- BUT ! ty v much anon for enabling me to ramble about Ampen, they're my most specialest little guy and I love her <33

[shig-a-shig-ah]

i miss you, Ghuleh! what have you been up to these days? hope you’re doing amazing 💖💖

Aw, hi anon! I know I haven't been around as much; life has been pretty full these days, mostly in a good way! My divorce is close to finalized and I'm doing a lot more socializing now that I'm close to my friends--one of my other friends from my Master's program recently moved back to the PNW too, so basically our whole clique is back together and we've doing a lot of casual hangs and tarot nights and monthly dinner parties and stuff, which has been so fun. And I started casually dating/trying to get into the kink and polyamory scenes a while back, so I've been spending a decent amount of time with this puppy boy I met through that, and I have a fuck buddy I meet up with a few times a month and another long-distance friend/crush/fwb that I hang out with online semi-regularly.

And that's on top of work, which is still time-consuming. I'm trying to get this fucking dissertation finished, and I also got invited to a couple pretty competitive conferences/workshops that I have to prep for now--one's a tiny miniconference next month, and the other's a two-week summer program at Oxford! None of which pays very well, so I've also been bouncing around house/dog sitting a third of the time to hustle up some extra cash.

It all definitely leaves less time to hang on Tumblr indulging in my Shigaraki obsession, but the perpetual brainrot persists and I am still writing, albeit super fucking slowly. I have a rough draft of half the next chapter of Bad Ideas, but I have zero idea when it'll be finished. I'm trying to make it a higher priority than mindless scrolling though lmao.

So, yeah--busy, busy, busy but life is treating me pretty well :D

[ghirahimbo]

A (for Blind, But Now), Q and U! + some figurative 🍵 for the plague

Thank you for the figurative tea! Hoping to curl up with some literal tea soon 💖

A: How did you come up with the title to Blind, But Now?

I once was lost, but now am found / was [blind, but now] I see :D

But yeah, basically I had that song stuck in my head, liked the theme of redemption, and ran with it.

U: A pairing you might like to write for, but haven’t tried yet.

Ohhh, I've had an angsty sidlink idea kicking around for ages that might be interesting to try to write someday? Urbosa/Zelda’s mom could be fun, too! I do generally write what interests me, though, and I guess I have relatively narrow interests T–T

Q: Do you have any discarded scenes/storylines/projects?

Do I...

lmao actually though, do you want a deleted scene from Crystalline? I started scrolling through my old documents trying to remember just how many unused projects I actually have, and I realized that I'd completely forgotten about the version of Crystalline featuring the Thunder Dragon. I'm pretty sure I abandoned the idea when the pacing wasn't working out right and I couldn't get the scene to resolve the way I needed it to, but I still might reuse the idea for something else someday ;)

((obligatory disclaimer that this never made it out of rough draft stage))

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On "good" days, Ghirahim managed to track down a Wolfos den or Molderach nest for Link to clean out—but when all else failed, the Thunder Dragon at Lanayru Gorge was still happy to let Link throw himself against the simulated enemies of his past. More and more often, Ghirahim's thirst for a challenge led them to Lanayru eventually.

Today, Ghirahim took them straight to the gorge without bothering to look elsewhere first.

"Good to see you back here, Link!" Lanayru boomed from his usual place as they approached, sitting back on his tail. Even when Ghirahim led them, he always addressed Link. "It's been a few weeks, hasn't it? You up for another trip down memory lane?"

Link nodded, considering his options. The battle with Tentalus was difficult, but he thought Ghirahim resented how much he relied on his bow and arrows. Scaldera had lost most of its challenge now that he had the hang of it, and they'd fought plenty of Molderachs already, so…

Link opened his mouth to say Koloktos.

"He is here to fight Ghirahim," Ghirahim announced before he could get the name out, and Link whipped his head to stare. "The first battle, if you please."

"Ghirahim," Lanayru repeated, deep voice inscrutable. His cloudy beard let off barely a wisp as he stroked it, strips of lightning rippling up his stomach. "The first battle." Turning to Link, he asked, "Is that really your choice?"

Biting his lip, Link nodded. They had never faced any of his remembered battles with Ghirahim before, any more than they’d faced Demise… by unspoken agreement, he'd thought. It occurred to him that Ghirahim's spur of the moment desire for bloodshed was perhaps not as unplanned as it seemed.

“Ghirahim it is, then!” Lanayru clapped his hands together—a thunderclap. “Look to the past to understand the future, as I always say. I assume you both remember the rules, so… are you ready?”

Link nodded. Ghirahim said nothing, but his dark eyes spoke volumes as a dark mist rose from out of nowhere in Link's mind, swallowing up first the looming desert cliffs, then the grassy oasis they stood on, and finally Link himself.

The world brightened again as the simulation took hold, but not by much. The deepest chamber of Skyview Temple was dim, with only hints of sunlight shining through hidden cracks in the ceiling above, though his pale opponent seemed to gather what little light filtered through as he approached. Walking slowly, arm outstretched, Link remembered his taunting smirk all too well. That confident, unarmed approach had frightened him once.

“He’s toying with you, of course,” Ghirahim murmured from beside him, and Link spared him a glance. Gaze focused on his double, the true Ghirahim’s red cloak peeled away in diamond wisps until the two were mirrored. “Not that he would hesitate to kill you should even his pared back strength prove overwhelming. The weak must learn to survive on their own merits.”

Like the Kikwi? Link thought but didn’t say, raising the tip of his black sword experimentally. The false Ghirahim’s eyes followed it, his hand drifting sideways.

As always, the Thunder Dragon had let him bring the sword he carried with him—Ghirahim's sword now, instead of the Goddess Sword. Could this simulated Ghirahim still steal it away?

For the moment, he needn't find out. He had sparred often enough with Ghirahim since this battle to make his "training" style of battle all too familiar. Switching his sword's direction quickly, Link scored a line of diamonds down his side.

"You've grown quite comfortable with me, haven't you, Link?" the Ghirahim beside him mused. The Ghirahim he had struck approached again, silent. "No wonder you have come to harbor such affection."