#i'm sorry but his canon design is just...... so PLAIN......

[hey-hey-j]

canon!Clay vs. the chad fanon!Clay

(★ my Kofi)

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Hi! I saw that you had open applications and I wanted to ask for some general headcanons (sorry if I bother ToT) ticci toby x reader (NSFW or sfw) also sorry for my bad English

Ticci Toby headcanons (sfw & nsfw)

Author notes ; IVE BEEN DYING TO DO TOBY HEADCANONS!!! I never got to it, so this was a good reminder. I'm probably gonna make kink headcanons soon..

Contains; the obvious, gn!reader, oral for both reader and Toby, talking about first time, slight degradation

General headcanons

Chronic nail biter. I know it's canon, but it's true. His hands are so fucked up—picking at scabs, torn off hangnails, red and irritated skin around the nails, etc. It doesn't help that he can't feel pain, so during missions he'll randomly look down at his bleeding hand and say in his head, "When did this happen?"

Scars, moles, freckles, and imperfections on his body. Deep skin torn on his back with beauty marks scattered across his arms and neck. He might be unevenly tanned across his body, such as his feet being white as hell while the rest of his body is his normal pale color. Or when his skin finally gets sun, he'll tan just a bit, but his upper arms and feet would be whiter than a ghost.

Crooked teeth! Canonically, he does have bunny teeth, but I'd like to add that one or two of his back teeth are slightly cracked, one of them knocked out, and a yellow tint. Definitely has a snaggletooth.

Toby has eyebags no matter how much sleep he tries to get, but it's hard whenever he has constant stress and nightmares of his dead sister. He has to take at least 3 sleeping pills just to sleep for 10 hours or smoke a shit ton of weed. (Or jerk off..)

He used to have dark brown hair until he became a proxy for slenderman, so constantly being outside for days made his hair become a medium brown color from being sun-bleached. His hair gets frizzy easily due to the hotness of the sun, and because of the natural thickness of his hair, he has to try to remind himself to put heat protection spray all over.

A sarcastic asshole but is actually a sweetheart when you get to know him better. He says dark jokes just to seem "more friendly" but comes off as awkward. Homeschooling made him have little to no social interaction outside of his family, so it stuck with him even after he lost his memories of what happened before he became a proxy. So most days he stays in his room until he feels himself become depressed from being deprived of human interaction or until he has to go on a mission.

Sleeper build 100%. He looks scrawny and lean until he flexes his biceps, light abs being semi visible from all the running he does. Toby definitely has a happy trail with a v-line MEOOWWW 😻

Piercing scars on his left eyebrow and cheeks when he tried to give himself a dermal piercing with no knowledge on what to do, and he thought it looked stupid since he has that exposed gash on his right cheek. But he does have a tongue piercing, septum, and industrial piercings with slightly stretched ears.

Speaking of the gash on his cheek, he has to keep it covered with a wrap since either a) it smells bad, b) he cannot eat or drink without it covered. Also the sweat will go into his mouth, and it's unpleasant for him.

Toby's into the midwest screamo type music—February, death_on_impact, Merchant Ships, and more. He'll also listen to Sum 41, Circa Survive, The Jins, things like that. He may or may not sometimes listen to Britney Spears on the radio whenever he drives his old Chevy truck.

He doesn't really care what he wears, along as it's clothes to last him for a while. But he does have a consistent theme with the clothes he wears; oversized graphic tees, jeans, flannels or zip-up jackets, and long sleeve plain t-shirts. He has some jewelry that he stole while being in a mission, or he'll make it himself. A cat skull tied on a leather string around his neck, sturdy rings that have vintage designs carved into them, etc.

Always eats like it's his last meal. It doesn't matter if he's already had 3 plates of food, he's gobbling it down and taking 2 more plates. Toby's got a big appetite, so he's always trying to eat as much as he can or the complete opposite—not eating for days until he looks at himself in the mirror one day or if someone else reminds him.

He gets defensive whenever someone tells him he's in the wrong, even if he knows he's wrong. He keeps trying to remind himself that it's not a personal attack, but he either bottles it up until he lashes out or he's got an attitude for the rest of the day.

He's definitely got puppy eyes, aswell as a stubble on his chin that he shaves off once every few weeks since that's probably the only facial hair he can grow.

Romantic headcanons (sfw)

It takes him so long to trust someone, especially when it comes to having a partner. You'd have to know him for a good 2 years before he even begins thinking of what it would be like to be yours. But when he finally realized that he likes you more than a friend? He's blushing, hard. Just imagine him staring up at the ceiling in the middle of the night, hands behind his head while he begins thinking, then his thoughts turn to you. He's confused with himself, wondering why he's now just suddenly thinking about what it would be like to be your boyfriend, then his thoughts start turning to the times when you're with him. Tobys cheeks heat up when he realizes it's a crush, burying his face into his pillow and curls up.

He's more nervous around you, like an awkward teenage boy who doesn't know how to show how he cares. But he'll try to show it by doing chores for you, looking at you a second too long whenever you turn your head away from him, or even just following you around like a puppy. Or he's trying to show off to you if you two are paired up on a mission, showing how efficiently he can kill and dispose of the body.

He'll try to find ways to touch you whenever he can, brushing his knuckles against yours while walking next to you and labeling it as an accident or putting his arm around your shoulders while trying to say something amusing to make you like him more. Toby's completely clueless when it comes to trying to coax you into liking him back (assuming that you don't like him back because he's too scared to ask you himself), so he gets his advice from either Eyeless Jack or the internet. LMAO just imagine him watching those psychology videos on YouTube that say what to do to make someone like you back, or signs that someone likes you.

Once he gathers this information, he'll try to work it on you. Eye contact? He's staring at you whenever you speak that it's a little concerning that he hasn't blinked in a minute. Casual touching/compliments? It comes off as either too much or too shy, his head in your lap while he touches your hair or subtly putting his hand next to yours in hopes that you'll take his hand. But the compliments either consist of "Wow, you did really g-good on that mission!" Or, "Uh.. that food you ma-made tastes better than bugs..?" He's trying.

But one day, when you finally realized what he's doing, you ask him straight up. "Toby, do you like me?" His brain short circuits for a moment, his body trembling slightly while looking away. "Uh-uhm, what ma-makes you say t-that?" It's definitely not subtle by the way he's stuttering and fidgeting. You have to literally grab his face to make him look at you, looking at you with those big, grey eyes with a copious amount of blush on his freckled cheeks. It's hard not just to kiss him, so you do, his chapped lips against yours. When you pull back, he's trying to follow your lips and leans forward.

After that day, he calls you his partner/girlfriend/boyfriend. He's less nervous than he was when he had no idea if you liked him back, but there's still that hint of hesitation whenever he's with you. Yes, he'll be more touchy, but not for long until he pulls away in fear of being "too much." It's gonna take a lot of patience, reassurance, and time until he becomes fully relaxed around you.

OKAY OKAY now that you guys are fully stable in the relationship, he's possessive in a way—not overbearingly so but at the same time it is. Like he'll always be touching you in some way, like an arm around your shoulders or kissing your neck infront of over proxies to show that you're his. Or he's the type to leave visible and invisible hickeys on your body, such as your upper neck or your stomach/thighs/etc. If you can handle that, congratulations, you're just hitting the tip of the iceberg.

Always joking around you, making jokes in serious situations (if he's not in it) to make you feel better. If you try to do the same to him if he's having a breakdown of some kind, he's gonna chuckle just a little bit at your attempt but will ultimately just need comfort instead.

Toby's very good at reading your expressions even if you aren't saying how you feel. He's immediately picking up on if you're uncomfortable or overthinking, almost being a 6th sense for him at this point. "Y-you good? I can't tell what yuh-you're thinking, yknow."

He's gonna stare at you a lot more. It looks creepy to anyone else, but you know it's just him admiring you. Lmao just imagine laying in bed and turning over to see these pair of eyes staring back at you in the dark. It definitely startled you, and he's giggling.

There's no TMI with him. Yes, he'll describe to you in full detail how he handled getting rid of the body, and he won't be fazed if you talk to him about anything "graphic".

Toby's scared of making you afraid of him since you're the only person who doesn't see him as just a loyal murder machine for slenderman, so believe him when he says he's sorry with tears running down his cheeks after lashing out on you after he split on you. He's trying to work on it, so try to be patient with him.

It gives you whiplash whenever Toby says the most poetic, loveydovey words to you, and then hours later he calls you a "poopyhead". He's the most mature-immature person you'll meet. It's actually funny how goofy yet serious he is.

Head kisses and on-the-corner-of-your-mouth kisses are his go-to. He loves kissing you, but he usually gives you these types of kisses.

Physical touch and words of affirmation are his love languages. He's cuddling with you to physically show that he loves you, while words of affirmation to tell you how much he cares.

He used to deal with mental breakdowns or episodes on his own, but now that you're here for him, it makes him realize how much you truly love him. While you're holding him to your chest, sitting on the bedroom floor with his head tucked under your chin, he'll let you a mumbled "I love you" to show he appreciates what you're doing for him.

Despite his lean demeanor, he can lift around 100-130 pounds, so sometimes he'll randomly pick you up just because. Toby will leave you on high shelves and laugh when you tell him to put you back down.

He's busting out in tears if you tell him in full detail how much you care about him. No, he actually will. You're in the middle of saying your appreciation, and then you see him with tears and snot running down his face.

Whenever he's bored, he'll watch reality TV shows for the drama. He hates the obvious scripted ones. Toby will deadass eat popcorn and gasp whenever something happens as if he's actually there.

He'll make playlists for you, on a cd or on Spotify. It doesn't matter. He'll make a playlist for you whenever you're sad, a playlist for songs that reminds him of you, a playlist for making out..

Romantic headcanons (nsfw)

That happy trail leads to my happy meal, iykykyk..

The carpet does match the drapes. He's usually trimmed and tries to keep up, but he'll shave if you ask. 6 and a half inches with some girth. He's a skinny tall boy, ofcourse he's gonna be packing.

His libido is HIGH. I mean he can go at it with you every single day if you asked him to.

He loves making out with you, but he won't go further unless you're literally begging him to. His hands will be under your shirt, tugging the waistband of your bottoms teasingly, etc. Just anything to keep you on the edge until he actually does something.

If you're giving oral to him for the first time, expect him to be whining before you could even take off his belt. He's all talk until you get on your knees in front of him, then he's becoming all shy and flustered. Toby keeps shifting around while you're trying to take off his pants, so you're gonna have to hold him down at the same time. When you actually get them off, he's already on the verge of finishing that it's impressive. But when you finally get him in your mouth? He's whimpering loudly and already bucking his hips. You're gonna have to make sure he's sitting on the edge of a bed or something so his knees don't buckle. He'll beg you to let him finish, his trembling fingers in your hair.

If he's giving, oh boy. He only gets his knowledge of eating out/sucking off from sketchy adult websites, so you'll have to teach him. You'll have to hold his hair tightly while moving him against you, telling him what to do with his tongue and mouth. He's gonna go faster if you praise him in any way, i.e. telling him how good he's doing and calling him a good boy. He's gripping your thighs and making the most obscene wet sounds with his tongue while looking up at you with those puppy eyes.

Once he's got the hang of it after a while, expect him to give you head whenever he gets off of a long, rough mission. He won't even take time to get out of the bloody clothes he's in, just barging into your room and kneeling by the bed while asking you if he can PLEASE taste you. He'll pull the puppy dog eyes trick. Toby's talking too much? Face ride him. He's upset? Take off your pants infront of his face. He's pent up? Hell, get on your knees and tug his belt close to your face.

The first time you guys ever have sex it's messy. He's trying to hold himself up on your body, trying to seduce you but makes himself look somewhat stupid, etc. Toby's trying his best, trying to be "perfect" for you, and so he doesn't make a fool out of himself when in reality, he's coming off as nervous or awkward, but it's genuine. He's slowly going in, and he's already whimpering and hiding his face against your neck. After a few minutes when the both of you get adjusted, he begins going faster. Being subtle and quiet? All out the window. He's moaning so loud that the rest of the mansion could hear what's going on in the room, the bed creaking as if its on the verge of breaking, and the frame of the bed banging against the wall.

Aftercare consists of laying in bed for the rest of the day with his head on your chest. He won't let you get up unless you have to use the bathroom, but other than that, he's not letting you get up for at least 2 hours. But over time he'll make sure that you eat and drink after sex, but it's mostly like the first time that he's ever done it with you—making you cuddle with him for hours.

When Toby's overstimulated, he cries the most beautiful tears with knotted eyebrows while he keeps begging you to keep going. If he edges himself or you edge him, he's looking at you with glassy eyes as he's begging. He's a beggar. It doesn't matter if he's dominant or submissive, he'll be begging you as if his life depends on it.

.. might or might not jerk off to the thought of you. You told him how well he did on a mission? He's biting his shirt while moving his hand against himself at a fast pace. You gave him a kiss on his neck? He's putting a hand over his mouth while pleasuring himself in the bathroom.

Toby will be rough with you if you ask him to or he's too pent up after a mission. He's grabbing your hair and burying it against the mattress while he hastily takes off both your clothes and his. He's gonna make you beg and get off the high as being in control. He's telling you stuff like "B-bet you like this, huh?" And, "That's it.. just take it all. So d-disgusting, letting me treat you like this." with a smirk. He'll also won't mind if you're rough with him since he can't feel pain, so feel free to grab his hair, push him around, break him, etc. He's getting off on it if it's coming from you.

As much as he loves listening to you making noises for him, he also loves having music on in the background sometimes. He has a whole playlist for when he has sex with you. He'll fuck you to Toxic by Britney Spears or She's My Collar by Gorillaz and so on and so forth. He'll even have some of his favorite songs added on the playlist just to listen to you moan with it. I mean, who wouldn't want to listen to their partner's sweet noises with their favorite song? It's a win-win.

You will be coming out of the room with hickeys and love bites all over your body, as well as a slight limp. If someone notices how weird you're walking, he's smirking smugly but then acting innocent as if he didn't make you practically see stars earlier.

Toby legitimately makes the most pornographic moans and whines when he's about to cum/already finishing. He's grabbing onto you while his body shakes, letting out the sweet sounds into your neck. It doesn't matter if you're top or bottom, he's moaning against your neck or his head is tilted back with his back arched... 👅

[absolutelynotsanebaby]

Hey in you villian au I had a few questions about Kai if you don't mind.

First you talked about kai and him being a cult leader, whats the gist of that, something similar to chen? A death cult, a fire worshiping soceity, a volcano conclave?

And secondly, whats his relationship with his sister, ambivilance, getting along in the 'Oh lets go on a pilaging and raid together thats sounds like top tier sibling fun' sort of way or a bipolar could be fun or could be fatal depending on the way the wind blows kinda way?

Finaly (and sorry for being long winded) you talked about his main thread / power came from societal manipulations, is this more cloak and dagers or populism / manipulation, the steel in the dark vs the gilded spider web so to speak?

PS fun au, realy cool designs my favourts are probaly kai pixal and jay, all just fab :)

Disclaimer: long ass ramble about my Villain AU.

so many questions today, not that I'm complaining! I love to talk about my aus. Kai's an interesting one too.

Kai's cult doesn't actually have a big base or anything, at least not in it's fully developed form. It's not ironed out but, I have the thought that the basis is that by joining the cult, you protect yourself from the end of the world snake of fire (definitely not it's actual name lol). By joining, you get into it's good graces, it won't eat you when it returns to Ninjago. By worshiping Kai, who presents himself kind of like a human-form of the snake, you fully ensure your safety. It's a complete lie of course but by the time the AU officially starts, it been over 200 years since canon, so it's had a long time to marinate. That's another thing, because of that time span the cult is huge. Functions more like a society than a small-time cult. Whole generations of families have been born into the cult, it's really soaked into the population. One thing I like to think about how you could walk into a random, harmless looking town and be completely unaware it's cult territory. That everyone in it is a member. I like to call them snake-dens (also what they're called in story).

(also note: since you mentioned Chen, Kai's cult does actually have similar snake imagery if that isn't clear lol.)

As for Nya, well, that's kind of complicated. See, Nya isn't a villain in the same way Kai is. Most of the art I've posted about her have been of her post-reformation design. Essentially within the two centuries since sea-bound, she'd developed into a sea monster. More akin to a destructive force of nature than a traditional villain like Kai. A lot of her destructive stemmed from anger, people abusing and polluting the ocean. Namely, Zane's kingdom would throw a lot of oil, trash, and broken/old tech into the ocean before an event where Sea-Nya had thrown it all back over the walls of the kingdom down onto it through a huge wave (hugely destructive, had a death count, just plain disgusting). Sorry for the ramble about her but I thought some context would be important lol.

So, Kai and Nya didn't actually talk like at all during those two centuries. Pre-seabound but post ToE their relationship was -- very bad. Nya was very, very angry at Kai for leaving them behind and becoming so awful. They never resolved that before Seabound. Kai felt guilt about that, what happened to her and that he never went to fight for hr or save her. But he never changed, so how bad he really felt is -- up to interpretation. it's a big part of why he and Jay fight/fought so much. After Nya had returned to (mostly) human, their relationship is interesting. Nya kind of hates him but it's -- muted. She can't stand the person he's become, how he threw everything away and never changed. That he had a real choice when she didn't and he used it to be -- a violent, cruel cult leader. When he comes around, she doesn't tell him to go away. She thinks he's pathetic. Kai wants his sister back, but he's not willing to change. They're complicated.

I'm going to say it's a 'gilded web' type thing but it also is very shady. He has a lot of connections and is just a plain focal point within the underground crime scene (or overground because this ninjago is really fucked up and dangerous lol, the entire land. ninjago city itself is completely gone). For instance, in Zane's kingdom, up in the ranks an advisors runs a smuggling operation for citizens to 'escape' (before Zane was de-overlorded anyways, after that he opens up the borders). Only about 50% of the time would those citizens actually get out of the city, the other 50% of the time they'd be sold to someone/somewhere or killed. Kai's allies with them (I haven't figured out exactly who that is yet lol). Another ally is Wen Xia (oc talk sorry) who's just a general power. Usually runs a fighting ring(s) but does a bunch of other stuff. Very dangerous and very rich. Kai just has a lot of connections and a strangle-hold on a lot of ninjago. MAN this got LONG. thank you for the questions I love the chance to info dump, haha!

(and TY!! Jay's one of my favorite designs too)

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banshee's lament - chapter 6.

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Instead of sleeping that night, Shera read over Aemond’s notes, unable to start once she started. She lit a few candles, shoving Moongeist over in bed. “Taking up too much room, bubby,” she huffed, sitting cross legged and stacking some blankets and pillows into a makeshift book stand. Finally, after adjusting the candles position a few times, she could finally see. She began to read.

‘Ser Symeon was known to wield a long staff with blades at both ends and would spin it in his hands to chop down two men at once.’ the text said. Aemond had written, very crudely and sloppily; ‘Ask Criston about double ended staves. What about double ended morningstars? Is there such a thing?’

Between notes and annotations, he would have pieces of plain parchment shoved between the pages. Upon it were no words, but drawings. They started simply, a shaky depiction of a box, an etching of a vase in charcoal. As the years progressed through the book, his drawings improved. He never strayed from the medium of simple charcoal on parchment, but they were still very good. 

Shera tilted her head, inspecting the folded papers. She wouldn’t have expected Aemond to be the artistic one, she always thought Helaena to take up that mantle with her intricate embroidery of various insects and beyond. But these were on par with etchings pressed into a maester’s journal, or something displayed in a posh palace in Essos. She realized that besides a creative outlet, these served another purpose— it hit her quickly, he used drawing as a way to train his lone eye back into a sense of depth perception and attention to detail. Those two things were what Shera suffered with immensely, still. As adept as she’d become with sewing, she still pricked her finger or accidentally sewed into her skin because she couldn’t see the correct position of the needle. Her designs for her clothes were intricate but hardly ever symmetrical and never able to be duplicated. 

It was so… smart. It was so smart of Aemond to pick up the skill of drawing, something so inherently reliant on sight, to train himself back to some sense of regularity. It was so… Aemond. 

Shera clenched her hand, her nails sinking into her palm. Why didn’t she think of that? Why didn’t she do anything— her sewing was hobbyistic at best and not nearly enough to train her eyesight. She’d spent all that time wallowing in self-pity instead of doing something. 

She felt an acute feeling of despair, then. I should have written to him more. I should’ve bombarded him with letters and given him no choice but to reply. I should’ve pried to Helaena to see what he was doing beyond niceties. 

Letting out a sigh, she pushed those thoughts away. 

Out of curiosity, she flipped to the end of the tome and looked for the latest drawing. Three pieces of paper fell from the back, onto her lap. 

Opening the first one, it was a depiction of Helaena holding Maelor near the window. There were streams of light coming through the window and the sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky. Maelor was smiling, his chubby fist held out to the curtain, the small indent of his dimpled cheeks even visible. The detail was… exquisite, it was like looking at a mirror of such a situation.

Opening the second one, it was smeared with charcoal dust. Unlike the first drawing, this one took up the entirety of the page. It was hard to discern for Shera what she was looking at, at first. Leaning more to the light, it became clear. It was a portrait of Vhagar, evident in the pallor of her scales and lack of horns. Each scale was detailed impeccably, some wrought with scars and marks from her old age. The sag of her throat was held up in regard, her teeth jagged and crooked, opening in a sneer or even a laugh. 

Shera imagined what Vhagar’s laugh would sound like— something out of children’s stories, like a cackling witch, smoke billowing from her nostrils as she swirled a cauldron of bubbling green ichor. It made her giggle, the thought of Vhagar hobbling from a hut in the woods with a cane made of gnarled oak, waving away the children who dared to set foot on her property. She would need to tell Aem— someone about her depiction some day. 

She never did have the chance to see Vhagar up close, as much as she had wanted to. Aemond had promised to take her for a ride when it was daytime, so she could see the expanse of the ocean from the sky. But he never did. He wasn’t able to. Something in her heart clenched as she thought of the fact that Aemond only got one ride upon Vhagar with his full sight, one ride upon his destiny while he was still whole. Before it was taken from him— from… both of them. 

She unfolded the third paper. It was a drawing of a woman, someone Shera didn’t recognize. But they… felt familiar. The woman had billowing curls and a snarky smile on her face, eyes lit up with fire and fervor. The positioning of the piece made it feel like she was looking back to someone— her arm outstretched in an offering, as if to beckon the person looking towards them. 

Shera wasn’t sure what to make of it— the other two drawings had been something she knew and could understand. But she didn’t understand this one. She wondered who the woman was, even after she’d drifted to sleep.

—

“Shera, are you warm?” Helaena asked softly as she observed Shera fanning herself with her hand, while Moongeist was panting furiously. 

“She ‘ought to be,” Aegon grumbled, arms folded over his chest as he looked out the slats of the wheelhouse window. “She’s still dressed like she’s in the North. Winter isn’t coming down here, Shera. You can take off the fur.” 

“… a bit warm, yes,” Shera muttered, narrowing her gaze at Aegon. It wasn’t simply just the climate temperature, but the fact that there were so many people in this wheelhouse at present, all warm bodies exuding heat.

Helaena had Maelor on her lap with Aegon to her right, and the twins to her left, who were constantly swapping seats. Aemond was sitting across from Helaena and next to Shera. He tried to give her as much room as possible, but their thighs were still touching. Moongeist was sitting on the floor, riding out the bumps. 

“Who’s bloody idea was it to stuff all of us into one wheelhouse?” Aegon continued, a bit crabby due to his lack of wine. 

“We’re almost there, Aegon. You can stop your whining at any time.” Aemond finally uttered. He had been quiet the whole ride up to the Kingswood, focusing solely on looking out the window. 

“I will stop whining when there is a breeze, a bottle in my hand and that dog is about ten feet away from me,” the oldest prince huffed. “He smells.” 

“Aegon, you smell bad on the best of days. Moongeist just needs a bath— do you even know what those are?” Shera interjected, coming to her wolf’s defense in a heartbeat. 

Helaena, Maelor and the twins giggled heartily. Aemond cracked a grin at the joke. 

“Uncle Aemond should dunk you in the river again, kepa,” Jaehaerys tittered, still laughing away. “You might catch a fish in your mouth again!” 

Aegon rolled his eyes and sighed— his lips perking up into a soft smile. “Maybe Uncle Aemond and the dog can fish in the river instead. Isn’t that what wolves do? Catch fish?” 

“… that’s bears,” Shera said with an unamused tone. 

The wheelhouse came to a creaking stop and Aegon was the first outside. Moongeist was next, followed by Maelor, then the twins. 

Helaena helped Shera down the steps, Aemond behind her. 

In a turn of events, Shera unclasped the fur stole from her shoulders, as well as the outer layer of her dress, tossing it back into the wheelhouse. She instantly felt lighter, the breeze cooling her shoulders. She had on a gray silk dress with cutout shoulders and a high throat clasp. It was flowy, almost weightless material. She adjusted her hat, which was a gift from Helaena. It was a sun hat with a veil sewed around it, coming down just below Shera’s jawline. 

“Ah, finally, you look somewhat like Shera and not a furred beast,” Aegon whistled, walking backwards towards the clearing. 

“I don’t wish to be encumbered any more than I already am in the wilderness. If I am chased by a boar, I don’t need ten pounds of fabric weighing me down.” 

“If you’re chased by a boar, then we will be eating roasted boar that very night, won’t we, Moongeist?” Hela cooed to the wolf, who was letting Maelor climb on his back.

“It feels strange,” Aemond murmured behind Shera, his hand ghosting over the small of her back to help guide her, as Moongeist was playing nanny to Maelor– which she didn’t entirely mind. “To be back here after all of this time– all of us.”

“Except Daeron,” Shera reminded him gently, her hand going down to pat Moongeist on pure instinct, but upon realizing he wasn’t there, she let out a noise of discontentment, her hand going to her chest to rest upon her furs, which weren’t there either. “Ugh, I don’t know what to do with my hands when I’m walking alone.”

“Moongeist is the new Daeron,” Aegon called back, now having Jaehaera upon his shoulders, while Jaehaerys was on Helaena’s shoulders. “I’m sure your dog can squire just as good as Daeron, anyhow.”

“You could always hold Aemond’s hand, Shera, like you used to,” Hela giggled, Aegon howling in turn.

“Oh, please, you didn’t get me anything for my nameday, brother– count this as my gift if you and Shera skip through the flowers hand in hand!” 

Aemond scowled. “If my niece weren’t upon your shoulders, brother, you’d be on the ground, preferably with a black eye.” 

Aegon stuck his tongue out mockingly and Jaehaera imitated him.

Soon enough, the troupe was sitting down in a grassy clearing, blanket over the dirt. The twins were stained blue already from the amount of blueberries they consumed, laying on their backs in the sun like two turtles. 

Aegon had managed to open a bottle of wine, sipping on it frequently while snacking on cheese and crackers.

 Helaena had a leaf insect crawling on her fingers, murmuring to herself as she observed it carefully. “They do not bleed… the mulberry leaves, they walk, animated upon mine hand… when crushed, they do not bleed, no blood… the leaves have no blood,” she hummed, the foliage-like creature.

“Do they change color with the seasons, Hela?” Shera asked as she, too, watched the bug. 

“Yes, they do,” the princess replied, violet eyes not moved from the insect. “In Winter, they die and crumble like the leaves, becoming gray and desiccated under the earth… but they’re just sleeping.”

“Mumma, mumma, tadboles,” Maelor squealed as Moongeist padded into the clearing with the toddler upon his back. “There’s… tadboles!”

Helaena was snapped from her reverie by his squeak. She extended her hand to offer the bug to Shera for a moment before an expression akin to recognition came over her face. “I’ll… put him back on the plant.” she murmured low.

Shera thought about her… disassociation spell from the previous day while staring up at the sky. They were in an enclosed clearing with tall trees all around them, the scent of pine sap wafting through the air. She watched birds pass overhead in the sky— they looked like robins, always in a flock. 

There was a large, dead tree near the edge of the forest. Its bark was stripped from its trunk, laden with woodpecker holes, cracked and splintered. It had a larger opening in it, showing that it was hollow inside. She wondered if a family of raccoons lived there. 

Turning her head to another part of the Kingswood, she felt that waft of breeze over her face again, just like yesterday. The same cream colored blur whizzed past her without any noise, merely the sensation of movement. She tried to follow its path, jolting up suddenly with alarming speed. 

She lost track of it. 

Putting a hand to her head, she groaned. She sat up way too fast, sending her brain into a tizzy. Glancing around, everyone else was gone— save for Aemond, who was staring at Shera. 

“Where did they go?” she asked, her mind suddenly off of the creature evading her vision and moreso focused on the fact that everyone was gone. 

“They left half an hour ago, Shera,” Aemond said, a brow raised. “They went to the creek.” 

“Oh.” Half an hour ago? 

“Helaena said you do this,” he continued. “Disassociating?” 

“It’s… new. I think.” she muttered, pulling her legs up to her chest. 

“You should go to a maester about that.” 

“Mm. And why are you still here?” she tried to ask politely, but it ended up coming out a bit harshly. 

“Well, I couldn’t very well leave you alone here while you were… occupied. That’d be depraved indifference.” he huffed.

“Depraved indifference? Like leaving a dog tied up outside in a storm?” she grumbled, digging a finger into the dirt. “Is it so hard for you to say you care about me?” she uttered suddenly, slightly mortified that it came out of her mouth without thinking. Well, I suppose the cat is out of the bag now. 

Aemond stared at her, the pupil of his eye waned to a slit. His jaw clenched and the corner of his mouth twitched. “I don’t need to say it for it to be true,” he said. “Words mean nothing, they’re empty and meaningless. Actions are everything— keep that in mind.” 

“You write a lot for someone who says words are empty and meaningless,” she pressed, the flare of indignation broiling in her— something that only surfaced when talking to Aemond. 

“You misunderstand me, Shera,” he said her name like a blessing and a curse, his lip twitching again. “Someone can say all they like. That they care, that they will do something, that they will fix something— but their words are empty unless they actually do it.” 

Her eye drifted once more, seeing the cream blur dive into the forest. She didn’t know what came over her, her limbs spurring into action as she got up with a start, bolting after it. She heard Aemond’s garbled voice behind her as she ran through the forest, eye unable to focus on it, but she could see it. Glimpses of it, calling to her as it bobbed and weaved through the branches.

Shera, Shera. She heard the whispers of some unfamiliar being in the back of her mind like an itch, a buzz at the base of her skull. It was calling to her, pulling her to it. She lost her shoes somewhere along the way, bare feet traipsing on the ground, cutting into jagged rock and sharp branches.

Aemond’s voice was more urgent now, but she still couldn’t understand what he was saying. And she… she was outrunning him. She felt like a doe, agile and free and the pain of her feet, bleeding and punctured, didn’t even bother her. 

Come, come, little wolf! Come.

The dark of the forest let up into a wide expanse of blue sky, blue sky and the scent of the ocean… the blur was gone and all she felt was open air as she skidded off of the cliff. It was freeing, those splinters of wings bursting through her elytra, cracking and flitting. She treaded nothingness…

Then her wrist snapped, pulled right out of its socket as she was yanked back, her ears ringing as the adrenaline died down. The breeze of the sea stopped as she was enveloped in warmth, in fire. She glanced up– Aemond was staring down at her with a wide eye, hair sticking to his forehead with the sheen of sweat.

“What the… fuck, Shera?” he breathed, his chest heaving. “Are you trying to kill yourself?” 

“No– n… no,” she croaked in turn, her uninjured hand grasping into the leather of his doublet with such force that her knuckles were white, veins bulging against her skin. “The… it…” her tongue felt tied, throat dry as the pain of everything caught up to her at once. Her bleeding feet, her ballooning lungs that couldn’t catch enough oxygen, her dislocated wrist, hand aloft at an odd angle. 

Moongeist barked somewhere in the distance, howl echoing through the forest.

She did not remember much after that.

—

The next moon was quiet for Shera as she recovered from her outing. The maesters set her wrist back into place and set it taut with a sling. Her feet were bandaged and she was prescribed bed rest for at least a week. They tried to give her milk of the poppy, but she refused– she couldn’t stand how it made her head swim, swim more than it already did.

Cregan blamed Aemond, threatening to take Shera back to Winterfell until the wedding. Rhaenyra calmed him, citing that Shera wouldn’t go out of the keep without a more attentive chaperone.

Once she was mostly recovered, lunched with Helaena every day and watched Aemond spar with Criston every other morning– but she usually hid behind the ramparts to where he wouldn’t see her– she felt oddly shy about watching him. She hadn’t had any disassociation spells, nor saw anything of the mystery blur. However, she did have Ser Erryk Cargyll as her sworn sword, issued by Rhaenyra herself. 

She hated being followed, being observed under a lens like she was a child. Indignation broiled in her chest– but one eve, while passing Aemond in the hall, he didn’t say anything to her. They hadn’t spoken since the incident, where Shera was fairly sure that Aemond was convinced she tried to kill herself by jumping off the cliff– she wanted to explain that wasn’t the case, to explain everything she’d been experiencing. But he would think her mad. Surely.

She pulled herself out of the corset after, slipping into a more comfortable, loose fitting garment. Shera had sent away her maids and told them not to return until the morn. She didn’t wish to be fretted and pulled at like a sickly hen, feathers plucked before the slaughter.

Slowly, she untangled the veil from her hair and set it aside. Fingers gliding through her braids, she let her hair fall in curled tresses down her back, resting well past her bottom once it was all out. 

The last thing to come off was her leather choker— she placed it on her boudoir, the tips of her nails ghosting over the still prominent scar there. She abhorred looking in the mirror, seeing nothing but a banshee looking back. 

Even though she had retired to her chambers, she didn’t sleep. She found it hard to sleep most nights and ended up pacing. It was late in the night and most of the Keep were asleep, save for the occasional guard. She found it the perfect time to sneak out to the tunnels that crisscrossed throughout Maegor’s Holdfast. 

She wished to test and see if she truly remembered the path that led to the water gardens— which she hoped still sparkled just as wondrously under moonlight as they did before. 

Moongeist was curled up atop her bed, snoozing away. He worked so hard to guide Shera that she loathed to wake him, so she didn’t. She wasn’t completely hopeless without her wolf guide, but it could be teetering on the edge of stupidity, to wander the dimly lit secret corridors without her safety net. Stupidity that masked itself in bravery in her mind. 

Glancing back at her veil and choker, she left them behind as she descended into the tunnel— she would be out of sight, and wished to let herself breathe for once, uninhibited and unveiled. She pressed to the wall for balance, her nightgown fisted in one hand, the other committing the curve of the stone to her mind, for later. If her memory served her correctly, she should be passing the royal apartments and the other guest rooms.

The sound of hushed voices caught Shera’s attention. In hindsight, it is rude to eavesdrop upon conversations– but she couldn’t help herself. 

The somewhat familiar gruff sound of Daemon’s voice met her ears as they perked up, pressed against the wooden backing of a bookshelf that led to the tunnel from, what she could assume, was Rhaenyra and Daemon’s chamber.

“She won’t be beholden to us, Nyra,” Daemon’s voice whispered in an urgent, hushed tone. “She was raised under them, she has no reason to like us.”

“The North is a powerful ally we need on our side once the time comes, Daemon. Cregan is already beholden to us by the oath of his father,” she breathed, “This is merely another way to bring the Starks into the fold. I’d rather them be ready to defend us, Shera, at a moment’s notice.” 

“Beyond the allegiances, the betrothals, the treaties; she is hardly a worthy vessel of Valyrian seed. A baby with dragon’s blood would tear that soft bellied wolf apart. Even then, are we so sure she isn’t still… in favor of Alicent’s brood? You saw her with the two at the dinner.”

“You’re thinking too far ahead, Daemon. I suppose I do love your… farsightedness, but we must focus on nearsightedness. We will deal with the issues of the girl’s mettle after I’m on my throne,” Rhaenyra turned, a finger pressed to Daemon’s jaw, which was clenched in agitation. “You needn’t worry. If her constitution proves weak, she shan’t survive the court— and any trace of allegiance she might have to my half siblings shall be snuffed out swiftly when the time comes.”

Shera felt her sudden burst of confidence fester into bile rising from the back of her throat. Once the time comes? Her stomach churned– she knew that there had been tension between the two sides of the King’s family but she hadn’t expected such planning and cunning already, before the gauntlet had even been thrown down, before the King had even passed– 

And she was a part of that plan, apparently. Moreso a link to her brother’s allegiances and by extension, the North. 

The tunnel she was in suddenly felt very small, like the walls were closing in on her. Panic bubbled in her chest like frothing sea water, the undercurrent threatening to drag her out to the endless expanse, water filling her lungs until they burst.

Her bare feet stumbled as she continued forward, trying to recognize any of the exits from the labyrinth, but it seemed fruitless. Tears welled, stinging and blinding her even further. She wasn’t quite sure how long she had been lost for– but it felt like the better part of an hour before she finally pushed one opening forward, falling out onto the stone ground of another room in the holdfast.

Shera sniffed, her hair falling in front of her face like inky tendrils, clinging to her tear streaked face. Her knee was skinned from how hard she’d fallen, blood trickling down her skin and staining her nightgown. Glancing around, her vision was beyond fuzzy, her head spinning. 

Idiot, idiot. She chastised herself further, fists supplanted into the ground, her nail beds scraping against the unforgiving stone as she attempted to pull herself up. 

She hoped to every God, the old and the new, that the room wasn’t occupied.

“Alicent? Alicent… is that you?” 

Fuck.

Shera froze, the croaking voice directed at… her? It was like hearing the Stranger speak, whispering in her ear. Surely it was a figment of her imagination. 

“Ali-cent,” it spoke again, followed by a hacking cough and a drawn out moan. “My… my medicine— have… you brought it?”

Shaking her head, she ventured closer to the bed where the voice was coming from, a lone beeswax candle lit on the bedside. Some incense was also burning, an intense smell of concentrated herbs that was almost too much for even Shera— what was this? Finally reaching the bedside, she was in horror at what she saw. 

Was this… the King? 

He looked more corpse than human, cheeks sunken and teeth missing and blackened. His body mass was half of what it used to be— he… he was so small now, his labored breathing, moreso wheezing, wracking his body. His eye was missing. 

She held back the urge to vomit as she got closer, now knowing what the incense mask was for. He smelled terrible— complete of death and rot, as if his body was already withering and decaying. It was on par with the scent of a dead elk she and Moongeist had found a few years before while exploring just outside of Winterfell. Its body was bloated and stinking, maggots writhing from the orifices of its body. It was one of the most disgusting sights she’d ever seen— ‘twas tainted meat, as the ravens and foxes wouldn’t even touch it. 

The King— Viserys the Peaceful. He was no more a king presently, akin more to fodder for vultures. No, she didn’t think that vultures would taint themselves with his rotten flesh. 

She peered on. Viserys wasn’t much older than Daemon, was he? And… as much as she hated to admit it, Daemon was only just past his prime, mayhaps still even in it. But Viserys… looked aged to about eighty or ninety, his skin liver spotted and plagued with… some disease she couldn’t identify. His hair was all but gone, sticking to the skin of his skull in small patches, like a child’s doll that’d been mutilated.

“… y-your grace?” Shera whispered, unsure of what to do.

“A-ah, forgive… me… dearest, there is a glint upon… your eye.”

Yes, and you lack one, decrepit corpse. Shera resisted the urge to huff. 

“The… the vial—,”

“This one, your grace?” she murmured, seeing a small phial of liquid. She sniffed it, the overwhelming scent of milk of the poppy hitting her nostrils.

“Mm.”

She handed the medicine to him, watching him struggle to even lift his bony, gaunt hand. She brought the lip of it to his mouth, listening to him greedily drink it as if it were the most delicious of wines.

“Much… better, thank you,” he breathed, putting his hand back over his forehead. “Have… you thought much more upon… Rhaenyra’s proposal?”

“Her proposal, your grace?” Shera responded meekly. She still wasn’t sure what to do in this situation, where the king thought she was Queen Alicent. Her hands shook as she put the empty vial back on the nightstand.

“Helaena… and Jacaerys… ‘tis a fine match… it would… reunite our… the… the house of the dragon.” 

Gods, what year did he think it was?

“... I am still mulling it over, my king,” she responded, glancing around the room for any way out.

“And… have Otto… send a raven to Lord Stark…” he wheezed. “Propose a union… between your ward… and Aemond. The North… has stayed out of the… realm for far too long…”

Aemond? There were talks of a betrothal to Aemond? Her heart began to race, even though she knew that the king’s mind was at least twelve years in the past or more– the mere thought of… it could’ve been true, it could’ve happened– 

She bit her lip until blood welled to the surface. Everything could have been different.

Did Alicent refuse? Was there… even a raven sent? 

“Yes, your grace,” she sniffed, holding back tears. “Goodnight.”

“Goodnight, Alicent.” 

[ghostfish-cookie]

Welp guess who's back again. Simultaneously took longer, and shorter than intended, but I've got something in the works, but have something to show for it now at least!

It's an AU that is.. yet to have a name, but the basis is that all cookies have animal features! :]

With that in mind, here's the two designs I've got so far!

(Putting them under a cut so the post isn't too long, lol)

Pure Vanilla, a sheep with warm wool, and an equally warm smile. The king of the Vanilla kingdom, he's a gentle and calm healer, and though he has incredible expertise in magic of all kinds, retains healing and protection as his specialties. He really likes his space and his privacy, despite how friendly he is.

I'm not sure about the staff I gave him, but we'll see... It still has the same functionality as his usual orchid staff, just.. a couple more flowers that are much, much smaller. His usual outfit is the one on the right, which is basically his canon outfit, but with the addition of lotsa fluff, hehe! The left is an alternative outfit inspired somewhat by the Pastel Blue costume, because I love it a lot hehehe!

Shadow Milk Blueberry Milk, an eccentric and theatrical rabbit who lives in Pure Vanilla's dreams, quite literally. His situation is somewhat of a mystery to Pure Vanilla, but he knows the rabbit is rather lonely without him. Blueberry Milk is full of jokes, excitement and energy, making every night entertaining through a handmade stageplay, or an intriguing conversation. He's incredibly intelligent despite his chipper and lax attitude, which shows clearest in deeper conversations.

His design is very inspired by the statue seen in Episode 7, though also with definite use of Shadow Milk's current design, and referencing his sprites a little, especially for colors. He might get some design changes over time, mostly adding some details perhaps? His outfit feels a little too plain for him methinks... haveta think about it I suppose :3

In Pure Vanilla's dreams, he'd made a friend unlike any other, and they ended up becoming closer and closer to each other after years and years of talking each and every night. After all, Blueberry already knew Vanilla's deepest secret, so for once, there was nothing for him to hide... which I'll get into later. ;]

I will note, some other characters and their animals have been figured out but not too many. I have most of the other ancients, and some of the other beasts though!

(EDIT: SOME DETAILS LISTED BELOW HAVE BEEN RETCONNED ALREADY... SORRY ABOUT THAT.(When I have a masterpost, I'll be so powerful...))

Dark Cacao: Moose Golden Cheese: Bird(Wow, shocker.. still haven't figured out what kind yet though, because it will be more specific than 'bird') White Lily: Mantis(Possibly Orchid Mantis) Hollyberry: I'm trying to decide between Draconic or a Bear.. hmm...

Mystic Flour: Spider Burning Spice: Lion Honestly don't know enough about the other two beasts to decide for them quite yet methinks..

Here's some more loose ideas I have for other characters:

Werewolf is going to be a wolf, obviously. Cream Ferret, Fig, Kumiho and Cream Unicorn are along the same lines for obvious reasons. Crunchy Chip will also be a wolf most likely(unless I get a better idea(unlikely)) I think Rye should be either a cow or horse I would like the faeries to be bugs, specifically along the lines of butterflies and moths The mer cookies like Crimson Coral, Sorbet Shark, Frilled Jellyfish, Squid Ink, etc. probably will mostly remain how they are, and same with the dragons. Chili Pepper might be a raccoon, or a weasel because I think it'd be funny Strawberry I think is gonna be some kind of cat. Not sure about Wizard and Gingerbrave right now though

Anyway, I'll be back later, Fish out ✌️

[yarpharp]

Dragon Age Veilguard ramble (with some spoilers about the ending of the whole thing)

I... I know there are plenty of people defending this game. But on a story level, I am kinda confused. And frustrated. So The Veil is powered by the Evanuris who are immortal and trapped in a special alternate space veil prison thing where they serve as batteries until somebody cracks open the Veil.

So First Question: how the fuck didn't they (the Evanuris) escape from their prisons during Inquisition? I'm... I'm really confused how that didn't happen. I mean, Solas/Corypheus bungled it so bad it cracked a huge hole in the sky! TWICE! Once in the beginning of the game and then again at the climax! And what about the small rifts? I mean, Solas' knife ritual cracked open a hole in the Veil that WASNT MUCH BIGGER THAN A RIFT. Why didn't one of the Gods escape then? And you can't tell me those dumb little devices we helped hunt down for Solas were somehow keeping the Gods back. Most players didn't even find them all!

Second Question: did they seriously retcon Morrigan and her fucking son? And what is the deal with the Mythal lore? I mean, I ain't SHOCKED Solas probably once fucked Mythal or had feelings for her. That seemed obvious to me. But what the fuck about Mythal/Flemeth's scary warnings in Inquisition and DA2 about "reckonings" and "finally getting her vengeance"? ONE OF THE DA4 ENDINGS IS MYTHAL SOMEHOW REACHING OUT FROM MORRIGAN (oh and apparently Morrigan, she who feared her mom and feared becoming her mom's new meat suit for extending her life, decided to become Mythal's next host I guess???? Seriously???) TO TELL SOLAS TO LET GO OF HIS MISSION AND GRIEF? Are... Are you serious? What happened to all that fucking anger and plotting? Was that the ultimate plot of hers? Make Solas become a battery with the remainder of her killers? I... What. And what happened with the Old God Soul? Seriously, what about that? Is that supposed to be how Solas transforms into a fucked up hyena dog? (Sorry the design for the dread wolf is kinda disappointing to me.)

Third Question: Why is there a path option where somehow the Inquisitor Lover actually finally manages to persuade him to do the right thing? BRO, WHAT WAS TRESPASSER FOR THEN??? IF SOLAS IS WILLING TO DOUBLE-CROSS HIS LOVER AND ROOK TO GET HIS WAY, WHY WRITE THAT ENDING SCENARIO?

Fourth Question: Did the developers forget that Solas is actually pretty neutral about Blood Magic? Because there was a whole scene in the game where he claimed he abhorred blood magic and then proceeds to reveal the Veil is definitely partially a blood magic ritual. Or was it supposed to be a really lame "oh look he lies!" moment?

Fifth Question: Does this mean we retconned all those codex entries and Cole ramblings about how Solas was a spirit of Wisdom once and he LITERALLY HAS THAT SCAR ON HIS FACE BECAUSE HE BURNED MYTHAL'S VALLASLIN OFF WITH MAGIC? Because this makes the whole "Mythal and Solas are lovers and Solas did this all for her, blah blah" feel far more fucking malicious if that's still canon. I mean... Isn't it a bit weird to have at one point opposed the woman/god who quite literally owned you as an advisor/agent of her will, and then you burn her slave markings off your face, and somehow you became lovers somewhere in all of that? What kinda toxic bullshit is that? WHY TRY TO DESTROY THE WORLD FOR A TOXIC EX? Wanting to kill the Evanuris? Valid. Wanting to tear down the Veil to restore the elven people after seeing what happened to them? Fucked up but strangely valid. But arguing that he went through all that bullshit for his ex-lover because he "wanted to honor their promise and memory" feels really fucking janky and sloppy as a plot point.

And Sixth Final Question: Did bioware really not give me the ultimate bad ending of "Tear Down the Veil"? Because that's just plain disappointing.

[here-i-am-again-god]

the favorites

It's probably already obvious from the focus of my textposts, but here we are. My favorite characters from 1 to some other number.

Mal

Guys, I just love her and her fuckin problems. I project onto her. I miss her with my whole heart on the rare occasion I'm not thinking of her. I know that's an odd take for the fandom, but I think she's fascinating to me *because* she's such a trainwreck. I haven't seen a DCOM main character be such a mess since HSM 2.

2. Ben

Plain and simple. He's a Disney prince and I'm exactly like other girls. The picture on the right doesn't hurt either.

3. Jay

He's so full of badassery and loyalty. Also I like how the costume designers were like 'eh, his hair is cool enough already' because they were right.

4. Uma

She's so tangled. She's so fucked up. Such a different can of worms than Mal, and for the life of me, I can't get the top open. But the label is enticing enough for me. Also China is my favorite actress in the trilogy since I grew up on Ant Farm and Wizards, so seeing her on screen just brings me joy.

5. Jane

Too pure for this world. To me, she's the golden retriever fandom thinks Ben is. Smart, capable sunshine. Get it girl. Also she's RIDICULOUSLY beautiful, which doesn't hurt.

6. Gil

ALSO too pure. In many ways the Isle version of Jane, but also a hilariously defanged "foil" for Ben compared to the raging inferno that is Mal and Audrey.

7. Maleficent

Kristen Chenoweth. Honestly, she should be higher.

8. Carlos

Impossible to do anything but love him, but underdeveloped tbh. I wish there was more to love. Also, everything to do with Dude came off oddly juvenile to me, so that's another reason his storylines didn't really work for me.

9. Hades

Hilarious. Should be lower but what can I say, I have father issues just like Mal and I'm ready to forgive him his serious transgressions because he was helpful and funny once after years of not giving a shit.

10. Evie

Fandom favorite, ikik, but nothing about her speaks to me personally. I found Jane's arc with beauty standards more relatable, especially since I felt Evie lost her "Isle-ness" after the first movie and became pure sunshine. Not that I don't love pure sunshine, but c'mon, the Isle is covered in rain clouds for a reason.

11. Lani

They girl-bossed her almost as hard as they white-washed her.

*yeah I know canon spells her name Lonnie but Xuelan/Lani from the only hoax I believe in makes more sense to me so that's what we're going with.

12. Doug

Adorable but underdeveloped. I would LOVE to have seen more of him though. Highlight was yelling "uno, dos, tres, cuatro!" before "Did I Mention?" Like why did he do that? lmao

13. Harry

Sorry sorry sorry folks, another fandom fav low on my list. He's an (at-times) uncomfortably flirty and unstable guy, and I know plenty of those already.

14. Audrey

Yeah it would take too long to explain but she will always be bottom of my list. So much about her hits me at my sore spots. But hating is boring and I'd much rather talk about the things I love so scroll up :D

If I didn't list a character, it's bc I rarely think of them oop. I know this list is far from exhaustive or objective. By all means disagree but be fun about it.

[badtasteaquarium]

what?? actual humans?! i know i didn't have to redraw or redesign them but Whatever This Means They're Real Now. elise and chris!

i like elise's canon outfit tbh. it's pretty. people bitch about the orange legs but they're PANTYHOSE and it's APPROPRIATE. girl i'm so sorry you got put as a final fantasy character. you should have been a puyo puyo girl instead. anyway. elise largely fills the same role: she's still princess of soleanna but her curse is a little different. i still haven't figured out how to do the 06 plot. but she exists so i can sonelise it up all over the place whenever i want to. i think she's cute! her and sonic initially meet when she's "disguised" or just in plain clothes around the city. i'd like to think she'd charm silver too.

as for chris: i modeled him more on his timeskip appearance that i think you only see for like 2 seconds, and combined elements from that and his kid design. which gives him a wicked jacket. maybe him and sonic met at chao world and chris is there all the time because his parents were never around. sort of creating a universe around this "chao world" that i keep mentioning. chris is a nerd and him and tails likely get along really well. maybe chris had a crush on sonic when they were kids but sonic is pretty dense so she would have no idea. do NOT ask me how her and knuckles got together since they are both jocks who have a tenuous grasp on their emotions. (chris laments to tails who has her head in her hands, because she's 95% sure that she's gay and has no way to tell chris this)

[jessequinnfirstofhername]

Same anon that dislikes Angel Dust and likes Valentino

To be brief on why since you're curious: His design and backstory are great, but his personality is... Annoying. There's just something entertaining to watch Valentino be a pissbaby (Yes, I will cry if he dies). I just think Hazbin Hotel mistakes making him cute and "funny" (even though he's not funny to me) as giving him a likeable personality. I just wish we got to see more of his sweet side so I would have something to like about him :( But I do want to admit that I hate how many people misunderstand his character. I will argue against the "glorifying sa" allegations til I die. He is not! (Also it just plain disgusts me that people act like if the roles were reversed that would be better. I once saw this pic on Pinterest showing an obvious swap au where Angel Dust abuses Valentino and the captions was like: "This makes me so happy" I'm very uncomfortable with people drawing Valentino get brutally beaten to death and celebrate)

(Also, sorry if I talked too much)

That's an interesting perspective. Admittedly, while I like Angel Dust, that does shed more light onto why others don't.

To be fair to Angel, I think his more bitter/sour personality is very understandable, and he's got a sweet side- it's just not very obvious.

For example, Angel Dust chose to stay and defend his friends against (what seemed like) insurmountable odds during the finale, instead of fleeing. Val definitely would've let him hide out in The V Tower.

(For all that Valentino's dangerous, I'd bet that tower is one of the safest places in Pride to be during an exorcism)

Valentino being a pissbaby will never not be amusing!

There's some very silly Discourse about Angel Dust that I've tried to avoid because I find it tedious, but from what I've seen a lot of it stems from some very bad-faith readings of Hazbin Hotel's canon.

In regards to the glorification of role-reversal ValAngel: Well that's a very interesting perspective, and one that I raise more of a brow at (because I'm guessing it's coming from the same crowd who thinks that shipping conventional ValAngel is a blemish upon your immortal soul)

(Obviously, there's nothing wrong with enjoying this particular role-swap. I think it sounds fascinating. But it's not somehow morally superior to ValAngel's canon relationship just because Angel is now the abuser)

Thanks for coming back, and you haven't talked too much at all!

-Jesse xx

[glitterguts13]

In genshin and hsr who are your favorites? It can be a category or fave from each body type/gender/element whatever and to balance it out, do you have any hsr/genshin characters you don't vibe with doesn't have to be outright hate but just not your fave either be story/design/personality or any reason really

How about I once again ramble on far too long and just rank all the characters from each series? (I love to yap, I'm the worst yapper) Only doing HSR right now but I'll do Genshin another day!

HSR (going by Element)

Fire

Himeko

5/10

I love her dearly, and I think her design is stunning. The only reason I give her such a neutral rating is because the story hasn't really let me connect with her yet. She still feels like a stranger despite being with us the longest, and I really want more content focused on her, her past and other Trailblazers she's known.

Topaz

4/10

Design wise, I love her. I love Numby, and I think she was the perfect way to introduce us to the higher ups of the IPC. I just don't really care much for her character. I don't connect with her, but I don't dislike her either. I want to see her and Aventurine interact more in the future, I need to know if they're friends or they hate each other's guts.

Asta

1/10

I don't like her design and I find her terribly boring. Honestly if she hadn't been the first character I E6'd I'd forget she was even in the game.

Gallagher

8/10

Real talk, I did not and still do not understand WTF this man was doing or what he was talking about. I love him dearly tho because goddamn it Hoyo we need more old men. Design wise, he's a little plain but that just works in his favorite. Also I still crack jokes about the "I'm Thirteen." line.

Guinaifen

5/10

Great design, her ult is one of my favorites. I loved her in the HouHou event and I really want to see more of her in the future. She's cute and charming.

Hook

2/10

I don't like her design and I don't really care about her as a character. Her relationship with her dad is very sweet tho.

Ice

Gepard

7/10

Biased because baby boy carried my ass from the start up until Aventurine knocked him off my main team. E3 with his signature Lightcone, the gatcha gods have pushed us together. Design wise I think he's rather dull, but he's a wonderful brother and I just want to squish his cheeks and tell him he's doing a good job.

Jingliu

4/10

One of the best designs in the game, but I feel like so much of her story was ignored in place of Blade and Dan Heng. I want more of her, I want to see her what she was like before everything went down. Give me more Jingliu lore Hoyo.

Ruan Mei

1/10

Ok, I know this is petty, and I'm sorry. I would have given her a 9/10 before I did the cat cake quest, but after seeing how she treated those precious babies (I am a massive cat person) I was just so upset. I know that's dumb, and I do enjoy that Hoyo gave us a genuinely morally gray character. I just love cats too much-

Yanqing

5/10

I have no feelings either way about him. Design is meh, story was meh. I'm open to changing my opinion in the future if we see more of him.

Herta

5/10

I love that they made her doll body look like a doll (looking at Wanderer Hoyo) but I don't care about her either way. She's middle ground.

March 7th

7/10

Sweet baby girl, I will protect you with my life. A ray of sunshine in this dark world, I'm very excited about her new alt. Side note, do you ever just have a headcanon about a character that's so strong you forget it isn't canon? For me I've been headcanoning March as a trans woman for so long I genuinely forget she's not.

Misha

7/10

Sweet baby boy I am still not over what happened to you. Adorable design, heartbreaking story. You'll never be forgotten.

Pela

8/10

I love her so dearly, I think her design is perfection. Her VA brought me to tears during her story while crying for her mother. Absolutely gut wrenching, I will defend her with my life.

Imaginary

Aventurine

10/10

I cried like a fucking bitch playing his story. I hated his guts when we first meet him at the hotel and the way I turned around was whiplash. He's wonderful and perfect and I hope to God he gets to know some form of genuine freedom one day. However this is Hoyo and I know better.

Dan Heng: Imbibitor Lunae

8/10

Easily one of my favorite designs. Slutty ass little waist I just wanna grab- anyway I think he's neat.

Dr Ratio

7/10

I don't care for his design but goddamnit if he doesn't make me cackle. I know he isn't meant to be funny but his deadpan line delivery kills me, and his interactions with Aventurine were some of the best.

Loucha

??/10

HEY HOYO WHERE DID HE GO?? TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MAN FOR FUCKS SAKE IM SO LOST

Welt

10/10

The love I have for this old man is unhealthy and should be studied. Man made me read Impact Lore I'm down so bad and you know what else HES STILL NOT HOME JUST COME HOME IM TIRED OF LOSING TO GEPARD

Yukong

7/10

Doomed lesbians. Give her her wife back Hoyo, and don't you DARE TOUCH HER DAUGHTER

Lightning

Archeron

5/10

Great design, absolutely peak. I just don't connect with her, nothing to say either way.

Bailu

8/10

My sweet daughter, I will protect her at all costs.

Jing Yuan

9/10

I am not immune to Daddy Jing Yuan. Great design, great character and I want to see him interact with Jingliu more. Give me angst, give me feeling.

Kafka

10/10

I only picked up HSR because of her, and I still don't have her. This feels like a personal attack. Sexy as fuck, step on me, Jesus christ she is everything.

Arlan

1/10

I have no real reason I just do not like him. Design or character wise, I find him boring and uninteresting.

Serval

8/10

Hot big gay sister. She's beautiful, she's talented and she's another one on the list with a dead girlfriend. Would give my kidney just to hold her hand.

Tingyun

6/10

WHY DID THEY DO THAT TO HER????

Physical

Boothill

10/10

I would do disgusting things for this man. Might be the only character story that made me cry while reading and not playing. I'm both thrilled and terrified to see how his interactions with Aventurine go in the future. Give me more slutty, sad cyborg.

Robin

7/10

Beautiful design and she made my heartache. She loved her brother so much, but they'll never be able to recover the bond they used to have...teared up when she caught Sunday while he fell.

Argenti

8/10

I just think he's neat.

Clara

9/10

THATS MY DAUGHTER, THAT IS MY BABY. I WILL COMMIT CRIMES TO SEE HER SAFE AND HAPPY AND ALSO PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR ROBOT FATHERS NUMBER HES REALLY HOT-

Hanya

5/10

Stunning design, but I have nothing else to say about her, good or bad.

Luka

-1/10

He might be the only character I actively hate. I don't like his design and I don't like him. I'm sorry to Luka stans, I do not stand with you.

Natasha

5/10

Again, neutral on all account.

Sushang

2/10

Forgot all about her until just now.

Quantum

I give them all a 5/10

I feel 100% neutral on all of them. Sparkle gets a 2/10 tho because holy shit you didn't have to say *that* to Aventurine.

Black Swan

8/10

Everything about her design is perfection and she was just a delight to follow in game. I love her, I want to see more of her.

Blade

4/10

3 of the 4 points is just because of Dan Hang. I don't like Blade at all, unpopular opinion I know.

Bronya

5/10

Again, totally neutral. Love her earrings tho.

HuoHuo

9/10

Baby, angel, sweetest creature alive. I will do anything to make her feel safe and I will personal pick a fight with Mr. Tail for upsetting her. Also FUCK her parents, how dare they do that to their daughter.

Dan Heng

6/10

Hes neat, but I don't really care either way. Did love him with Boothill tho, that was unnecessarily funny.

Sampo

8/10

STINKY TRASH MAN FUNNY I want to hurt him.

[pandaofsecrets]

General favorite character?

Adrien. Most interesting character in the show, bar none. 11/10.

General least favorite character?

Félix. His writing is inconsistent as all hell, his character is tied up in the worst addition to the lore, and his personality is irritating. -5/10.

Favorite superhero(es)?

Cat Noir, Rena Rouge, Queen Bee, and Viperion.

Least favorite superhero(es)?

Pigella. Her power is so specific as to be completely useless for most things, and does basically nothing Rose couldn't have done without a Miraculous.

Favorite supervillain(s)?

Evillustrator. He has a great design, and I love both his powers and his personality. Lady Wifi also has a great power set.

Least favorite supervillain(s)?

Mr. Pigeon and Gigantitan for their extremely dumb concepts, and Reflekta for how much she fails at being an akuma. Not only are her powers contradictory to her only job, they're also contradictory to Juleka's own desire to stand out, because making everyone look like her just means she fades into the background again.

Favorite civilian(s)?

Sabine. She's just about the only character in this show with any common sense.

Least favorite civilian(s)?

Chris. In addition to being plain irritating, I feel like he shouldn't even exist. Like, sorry, show, but you cannot convince me Nino has younger siblings. Nino can't keep a secret if his life depended on it, and knowing when to keep your mouth shut is a skill you quickly learn when you're around kids Chris' age.

Character design you love?

For the hero designs, Cat Walker, pre-S6 Viperion, and Purple Tigress.

For the civilian designs, Ali, Marc, post-S6 Luka, post-S6 Nino, pre-S6 Nadja, and short-haired Lila.

For the akuma designs, Stormy Weather, Desperada, and Spectral Looter.

Character design you hate?

A lot of them, so I'm just gonna pick some highlights.

For hero designs, Ladybug's base design is probably the worst offender. She's the main character and yet zero thought or effort seems to have been put into her costume.

For the civilian designs, Rose (both pre and post-S6), post-S6 Juleka (talk about the downgrade of the century), and Tomoe Tsurugi.

For the akuma designs, Prime Queen. Nadja had one of the best looking civilian designs pre-S6; putting her in that is a crime.

Favorite Miraculous?

The Cat, tied with the Snake.

Miraculous you would get?

Based on my personality and skills, either the Fox or the Snake.

Headcanon you love?

Of the ones I didn't come up with myself, the headcanon that Émilie was evil, or at the very least morally grey.

Headcanon you hate?

Lesbian Chloé, mostly because people try to give it this aura of canon legitimacy it doesn't really have. All subtext points to Chloé as straight, she has vastly more interesting interactions with male characters, and all three characters she has real chemistry with are male. On the flipside, she has no chemistry with any female character on the show aside from maybe Alya, and even then it's because Alya is the type of character who could have chemistry with a wet sock if she tried.

Favorite episode?

The Dark Owl. It was funny, it had some of my favorite LadyNoir interactions, Alya was great, and the episode ended on a pretty nice moral about how being a hero is about helping others, not about trying to show off. All great stuff.

Least favorite episode?

Stormy Weather 2 for being an absolute nothing burger, Reflekdoll for wasting 22 minutes to go from Point A to Point A, and Derision for being bad from every conceivable angle.

Complicated thing you can explain?

Chloé not changing is 100% the fault of the characters around her. No, really. Every time she needed a push in the right direction, the story validated her beliefs and surrounded her with enablers. Instead of a kwami that has actual expectations of her, she got Pollen, who only knows how to say "Yes, my queen." Instead of being told that her mother is terrible and looking up to her will lead to nothing good, she was told to try harder to impress her. Instead of being told people don't have to be exceptionally anything to have value and she needs to cut that shit out, she was told to take pride in being "exceptionally mean". Instead of not giving her the Bee again, Marinette bent the rules for Chloé's benefit and acted shocked when Chloé continued to expect her to bend the rules for her benefit. You get the idea. Chloé was set up to fail and then blamed for failing, as though any normal human being would just magically change their worldview when it's being reinforced at every turn. And yet, somehow, despite all this, Chloé still showed tentative signs of growth. "She wasn't redeemable", my ass.

Unpopular opinion?

Too many to list, so I'm gonna pick one that relates to the most recent episode: MarcNath somehow manages to be both bland and yikes, and I'd be very happy if I never saw it again.

For one, they don't have a lot going on. The only thing they ever talk about is that comic book, which. If working together on a creative project is all it takes to be gay relationship goals in this show, then I guess Marc could be with Nino and write scripts for his movies and it'd make just as much sense. Penalteam also gave Marc more potential for chemistry with Kim.

For another thing, Marc is timid and Nathanaël is very volatile, so the only way this relationship doesn't become a toxic dumpster fire is if you forget Nathanaël has a personality. And that's what both canon and fanfics do. Marc is usually in character—mostly because he barely has one, sorry Marc fans—but Nathanaël is always this bland uwu softboi and I hate it.

This is to say nothing of the fact that in one fell swoop, Nathanaël went from basically being considered a main character in his own right by most of the fandom to Background Character #20. Nathanaël was being shipped with Marinette, Adrien, and Chloé, so basically every member of the S2 core team that wasn't already in a relationship. People predicted he was going to have the Peacock, one of the main 7 Miraculous. Before The Dark Times, Nathanaël's main queer ship was with Adrien, a main character.

Popular opinion?

Ladrien is deeply unhealthy, and them getting together before the reveal would be a recipe for disaster. Marinette has the tendency to make decisions for other people because she thinks she knows better, and sees Adrien as a fragile damsel in need of her protection. Adrien tends to let other people make the decisions, even when he's right, instead of standing his ground and asserting his will. The power dynamic between them will just super-charge these character flaws.

Casual fan, not a fan, or "this show is my entire personality"?

Casual fan, I guess? I'm looking through the show's pockets for spare writing prompts, mostly.

Favorite season?

S2.

Salt or sugar?

Sugar, for the most part. I try to focus on the things I like about the show over the things I don't, and if I don't like an element of the story I will either find a way to make it work or just delete it entirely.

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[isitoctober212015yet]

MOB PSYCHO 100 WARRIOR CATS AU WHOOOOOO

I've been chugging along at these designs for ages and I am so proud of them and stoked to finally share them AA if you have any questions FEEL FREE to ask me I have been plotting and drawing this au so much (have many things still in the works to post!!)

AU Summary: A Long time ago a strange interloper claiming to be a Starclan warrior took over the clan (Dimple/Mosswish). He gave them a prophecy from the ancient times of a cat that would one day be destined to take his place as the True leader of the clan.

Years later, a stray (Reigen/Weaselflight) found two kittens (Mob & Ritsu/Sproutmask & Thistlestrike) abandoned in the trash and took them in. If anyone asked he would claim it was just so that he wouldn't have anyone's death on his conscience but nobody ever asked. He staked out a human neighborhood and left them on the doorstep and once he saw them get taken in went off on his way.

Almost a year after that Sprout and Thistle have no memories of the cat who saved them and they have both grown. Sprout is constantly wondering what lies beyond his yard.

He befriends a stay who just came back to town named Weasel that seems oddly familiar, who's been mentoring Sprout on the ways of the Clan. He uses Weasel's "true" stories as a springboard for all the things he wants to do someday and tells his brother all about (Thistle hides his concern about that) But there are clan cats who have been watching them convinced Sprout is the one chosen by Starclan to help them.

Eventually they come to him, offering him anything he wants if he will join them, permanently.

I have a lot more I'm keeping secret for now you'll have to find out >:3c

design and name notes under the cut!

First off: I started on these BEFORE the fursona plush actually ever got announced but about mid-way through plotting all this They Happened and I knew I could not use any aspect of them for these designs so if u want to know why they don't look like those. that's why. I ardently refused to use those designs. I love them!!! I have fanart in the works of them, but they're not part of this.

Mob - he was the first character I drew and the base off of which I drew everyone else because he's the default. He's the glass of water, the firestar, the plain chip, the True Neutral of design.

He was also the last one i colored and actually finished a design for LMAO. When it came to his name I knew I wanted -mask as his suffix because of the fact he is the most autistic character I have ever seen in my life (I am a professional autist, I know my own) and he is absolutely masking 95% of the time before the confession arc. I was stuck on what his suffix could be though, but my friend @cellulr suggested broccoli as a name and I remembered that OH YEAH he can make plants grow, which is how I got to Sprout, also it just sounds cute. He's a growing little sprout, it works.

Reigen - My design is very specifically based on the Least Weasel. I do not subscribe to fox headcanons under any circumstances. I don't care what reason people have for them he's not a fox. He's literally the quote "weaseling out of things is important to learn! It's what separates us from the animals...except the weasel." incarnate.

His name was the easiest one for me. He's a weasel, he loves to get out of Situations, Weaselflight. It's a winner.

Serizawa - He's a calico :3c I made him a calico because it matched the color palette of his pajamas and I just love his pajamas look because the blue suit is............kind of boring sorry <3.

I was really stuck on what to name him but i found out on the wiki that the zawa kanji of his name means Marsh and I really fell in love with that. -whisper was based on him being kinda shy when he first joins the clans but just like in actual canon he gets braver but is still a big gentle giant type guy

Dimple - I don't believe in realistic cat genetics for warrior cats content, these are a bunch of strays in the woods who have organized religion and superpowers. The cats can be green if I make them green. So Dimple's design was translated pretty literally but I made him very short and rounder than everyone else. And I gave him the same nicked ear that the claw security guard people draw him with/as all the time has. Also he's short and people keep thinking he's an apprentice I think that was a funny part of Scourge nobody used.

If you want to get realistic or something you could say maybe Dimple being green was proof enough to the clans he's otherworldly and therefore totally a real starclan warrior. His suffix Moss is pretty obvious but -wish has an in and out of universe explanation. In-universe it's about his own wishes of being important (godly perhaps?). Out of universe it's a reference to my favorite old timey warrior cats fansite warriors wish.

Teru - okay I will admit this is the only design that's loosely based on some fursona art. I saw art of him as a Pomeranian with the rest of the gang and I was obsessed I could not let him be a cat. He is a full respected warrior of the clan though do Not make any comments about him being a dog unless you wanna get killed. I love warriors aus or fanclans where non-cats are part of the clan too I think adding other animals adds a lot of fun elements to the world. In another clan of mine there's a pig. Reject canon. Add more animals to the clans.

As for his name I thought about naming giving him the Star prefix just to be annoying but theres certain lines I won't cross and that's one. So he's Suntuft. the -tuft is because he's a big fluffy dog lots of fur.

Toichirou - So like...in terms of structure Claw is basically just Bloodclan and guy who shows up out of nowhere with a huge army at the last second w/ plans to take over the world (forest)? that's so Scourge coded. Why does he have a clan name though? Secret For Later >:3c

In terms of design he's literally just a taller pointier Mob now in Red. Why he has the -claw suffix should be pretty obvious and I know in the anime his hair isnt quite red but i remembered it being pretty red when I was designing and Shou has red hair (im getting to him dw) so...red. I also thought it would be diabolical to give him the same name as the canon hero of the actual warriors books.

[sueske]

This is a shallow complaint but tbh Naruto and Hinata’s features just don’t combine well in a kid. Like Boruto doesn’t really count to me because he looks like a knockoff Naruto design but Himawari’s design….just looks so……bad. Like the combo of Naruto’s sky blue eyes and whiskers (also why the whiskers?? Neither of them have a Kurama??? Continuity where???) with Hinata’s dark ivory hair and Byakugan trait just does not mesh well together plain and simple and the design just…doesn’t look good at all

also the same with Sarada - pro ss fans might want to microanalyze her eyes, chin, hair or whatever to say that it looks like Sakura but i’m sorry on superficial first glance she looks like Karin’s kid. Like I swear kishi does stuff like this on purpose to give a subtle jab at this pairing whenever he can. And to make Sakura and Sasuke’s ONLY kid to……not look like their kid at all character design wise is hilarious. Like all of Gaiden was revolved around this

overall, bad character design is bad character design, which is one of the many reasons why the Boruto is such an eyesore

no I agree, the designs make me feel... stuffy? idk how to describe it. I think Kishimoto got lazy with the designs, or rather he just didn't really care, they're all like mix and match from their parents rather than having individual cohesive designs with callbacks to their parents like the original cast does, but boruto and himawari I have to agree don't look... good (himawari especially). the whiskers are one of naruto's defining features, and he got those because he was exposed to Kurama's chakra while he was in the womb (he had them before he got Kurama sealed inside of him) - so why do boruto and himawari have them? it's like superficially connecting the kids and naruto with the whiskers marks, 'ah yes those are naruto's kids', but canon wise it makes no sense. and sarada? it's as you said. there's smth overall unpleasing about her design too. that's actually how I would describe all of the new gen's designs too, overall unpleasing (with some exceptions like Mitsuki). well ikemoto's art style certainly doesn't help, I'm sorry but I just don't vibe with it. his proportions/angles are not aesthetically pleasing to me.

[alexas-fandom-and-random-blog]

Give me 10 reasons you ship Strixxie

Ohohohooo! You don't come to my askbox drop this and expect me not to go ballistic I hope!

You asked for it so you shall receive!

1) Aesthetic!

Yeah really. They look so good together. Striker is hot, Moxxie is a cutie. The height difference. Their whole similar but also very different design.

It's just pleasing to the eye 🤩 Plus I got a thing for demons and tails and there are so many ways that's been showcased in fanart I'm quite the happy shipper here 😊

2) Protagonist/Antagonist.

Almost all of my obsessive ships have had this dynamic. I don't know why I'm so drawn to it but I am. Crazy potential for witty dialogue and forbidden sexual tension in that category too. I thrive in this problematic shit!

3) I’m onto you.

The ship ticks this one more special box for me of a charismatic villain playing the entire cast even for a little while but there's that one smart person from the group that sees through their act and antagonizes them from the very beginning. Moxxie was onto Striker's bullshit from the moment he started talking to him.

Like look at him giving funny looks here

“Wtf? No touchie. Who gave you permission?”

“Is something off with this guy? I can’t put my finger on it..”

Acting stubborn right after and wanting to prove himself might have been for petty reasons, insecurity and everyone giving him shit but his “instant dislike” (to quote Moxxie himself) for Striker didn’t openly start before this point. Which brings me to:

4) Mutual antagonism.

 Again right after this we get this sequence (sorry for bad quality)

Striker hasn’t truly provoked anyone up until this point. He’s been passive aggressive towards Millie and playing dumb on not knowing what freelance is(yeah right). He’s been very respectful to Blitzo and I believe these are some genuine emotions as he recognizes him like someone similar to him and then there’s this.

Moxxie starts challenging him. He processes it in for a moment and then we get the first nasty quick smile from him and a glimpse of his true colors as he becomes openly antagonistic. Now it’s a game, and not only does he want to play and win, he revels in the challenge. He knowingly pushes for it further afterwards.

“Don’t worry little one. You never stood a chance.”

Still playing his act, showing off and provoking all at once, with double meanings in his words attached. Nasty ass fucker I love him!

And of course Moxxie isn’t one to back down easily. I love the fact that Striker is the one who brings this quality of his out so prominently.

Like look at my sassy boy (old edit of mine)

And also love the crazy smile Striker gives as a response to this. And proceeds to provoke him even further without caring much about the gun or that he’s at a disadvantage and cornered by him and Blitzo at the moment.

It’s not plain anger. There is glee in it too.

Like he wants this challenge to go on even if it gets dangerous for him. Winning the game is more important than safety at the moment.

5) Nemesis stuff going on, recognized by canon.

This one kinda ties with the previous ones but its also something that gives me content and it’s awesome! Like this

and also the freaking title card of the episode itself. To quote some things I’ve said about it before:

Millie is looking at Moxxie concerned and a bit confused.

Blitzo is smiling obliviously at Striker.

Moxxie and Striker are the only ones openly antagonizing each other here!

Striker's hand goes above Blitzo's head and reaches for Moxxie.

It's not subtle.

And honestly Blitzo has enough nemesis already. Moxxie deserves one of his own!

6) Things in common.

Other than pleasing aesthetic both are smart, capable on their profession and as mentioned before antagonistic. It’s one of the reason Moxxie doesn’t buy his bullshit. Also they have common knowledge, gun expertise and being in the same wavelength in their thoughts.

 It’s ominous when Striker cuts off Moxxie when he’s accusing him of the real reason of having the gun but it’s also fascinating how they basically complete the thought process of each other. Moxxie stutters but keeps up with it and Striker doesn’t correct anything. If anything he looks pleased that his plan is being recognized for what it is before going for the throat.

7) “Complementing” opposites.

Sooo many!

Good Guy/Villain

City boy/Cowboy

Refined/Crude

Honest/Liar

Sentimental/Cold bloodied and Calculating

Moral Code/Very much lacking

Physical Strength/ Lack of

Confident/ Insecure

Close range combat/ Fighting mostly from a distance

Robust/Agile

Playboy/Faithful and simping for his girl only

Smooth talker/Awkward

The list goes oooon.

8) Fluff potential.

The whole I can fix him angle. Or reluctant gravitation towards a certain quality of the other since they are opposites in so many ways. Teaching the beast to love, supporting the unrecognized badass assassin Hell seems to constantly belittle. Go batshit crazy or reel it back and be happy. There are many possible scenarios.

9) Dark potential.

I’m a fan of both so this ship really speaks to me. I don’t think I need to say much here. Their whole entire one on one battle is deliciously just that. Anxiously problematic and heart-stopping. From Striker’s sadism and obvious hard on he gets from preying on Mox to how physical and dangerous it got, the first real oppressive scary thing to happen on the series.

It was a threat for Moxxie but still a game for Striker and a way to prove his dominance. Lots can be done with that.

10) Oh damn ten already? I could go on but lets wrap it up.

Striker’s essentially villain, vain, pay-attention-to-me, song specifically dissing and having Moxxie’s name in it. I love shit like that!

Freaking yikes!

😂😂😂

[fma03envy]

Bored so I'm stating my thoughts on every DRS swimsuit sprite

(Part 1: THH)

Makoto: it's like. Fine lol. Kind of generic but totally fits with his "totally average high school student" thing

Taka: Accurate. Next.

Byakuya: Torn between "this looks stupid" and "it's Byakuya we're talking about here, of course he'd wear something stupid and think it would make him look more refined ". Like this looks bad but it's absolutely in character

Mondo: Eh. Feels almost kinda young for him but I don't really have any better ideas and it does fit his color scheme well

Leon: Flaming hot cheetos vibes but I'll take it

Hifumi: Fitting but makes me even more mad that he's stylized Like That. All the other characters had plausible proportions I'm SURE you can do that for a fat character too. Either they all should be cartoony or none of em should be

Hiro: I guess I get what they were going for but this is too patterned and also not his color scheme at all. Maybe I'm just saying this bc I think orange and green basically never match but yeah

Chihiro: BEAUTIFUL AMAZING SHOWSTOPPING PERFECT. My favorite outfit so far. Dr may have utterly failed in basically every aspect of Chihiro's writing but they did not fail with this outfit she looks amazing

Sayaka: This looks dumb sorry. Idk what they were going for but like. Why. The top and bottom of her suit don't even match? (Admittedly her hair being draped over her shoulders weirdly like that is just for this sprite not all of them but still)

Kyoko. Like. Technically it's better than Sayaka's aesthetically in that at least it matches with itself and her hair ties (in most of the sprites at least. For some reason they're discolored in this only fullbody one.). Still. The thing about me is that I have trouble imagining Kyoko wearing literally any feminine clothing ever so I see this and my mind just goes "OOC" even though she literally also dresses fem in canon

Hina: Worst one yet. She's literally ultimate swimmer why would she wear this it's impractical and dumb. Also the color scheme is soo different from the normal desaturated red+white+blue she normally wears. The bandaid is an ok touch but that's the only good thing about this design

(I'm sorry Toko's expression is like that; this is the only close-to-fullbody DRS sprite on the wiki)

Toko and Syo (kind of the same outfit so I'll judge it together): I really like this one! Toko having a skirt thing so no one can see her tallymarks but Syo taking it off is a good touch. I wouldn't have thought of blue as her color but it actually really works (and reminds me of Komaru's uniform...)

Sakura: Cute! Tbh a bit more frilly/cutesy than I would have expected but she looks nice :)

Celeste: SECOND FAVE AFTER CHIHIRO I <3 IT. Generally Celeste's aesthetic fucks so hard (only tiiiiny criticism I have is that the lace on her suit would look nicer if it was matching in size with that on her headdress)

Junko: Why so plain??? Like it really doesn't seem to fit with the gyaru aesthetic at all (admittedly I don't know much about said fashion subculture though so I def could be wrong it just looks very different to my eye). Like I feel like this is what Hina should have worn it looks like smth actual swimmers would wear in a race

Mukuro: REAL LIXED FEELINGS HERE. On the one hand, this is very fitting for someone pretending to be the ultimate fashionista; you've perfectly captured that vibe. On the other hand, why should she have to pretend to be Junko in this context whyyy. (So like generally this aesthetic is good she's getting a good grade in Junko mimicry but the "Mukuro is butch" part of my brain is NOT a fan she shouldn't HAVE to wear that)

Monokuma: Sure lol. this is fine. Why do you need a swimsuit when you're normally naked

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Inner Shadow References Part 2

Remember Deokind? I do! I miss Firrrrr he was a cutie.

Wren looks like a little green bean 🫛

Couldn't resist making Delta hot, with her shirt slightly unbuttoned just how Jade likes it and a loose tie. I noticed that I forgot her gloves which actually pretty important but uhhhhh sorry 🙈

My girl tile..... 💛💛💛 Honestly I should've put a bit more effort into her dagger but I'm not super good with inanimate objects yet sorry 💔 I know the canon names her in a plain jeans and a black T-shirt for the quest but I couldn't resist the iconic bungaree dress.

Mittelgroßer Elvin looks so weird but I had to do it. There's truly nothing between those ears, either.

I don't know what it is about this uniform but it makes Kyra, specifically, look like a chef. It was even worse before I colored her in.

What can I say about Laure? I started drawing her in a ponytail before I remembered that these are for Inner Shadow specifically. I'm very happy that (in my opinion) I conveyed her goth vibes even while she's wearing this preppy ass outfit.

Anyone remember the era where Agnes walking around in her fancy Queen dress and her little crown? Honestly it's so adorable, and I remember when I used to always draw her with it. This dagger is a bit more intricate than Tillys because I already designed it before for the Agnes sketches for Wills birthday^^

Turis' outfit was also free real estate - and Fir's dad is also more laid back which does fit him as well. I knew for sure that I wanted to give him some sort of floral pattern, and I just love this pink on him. I think it really fits him!

The track suit colors weren't all stated, so I gave Acorn blue because he's calm and intelligent. You know, color theory^^

The fucking burglar outfit looks so silly on Blake and I don't know why, because it looks completely fine on Soleya. Sad life, I guess.

Mikesh is so small... honestly I'm still debating making his hair a little darker? Thoughts?