#misc: original character questions

[fmab]

Hi everyone! I've revised my commissions! I have recently quit my full time job in order to accept an internship in my field of study, but I still have to worry about bills, groceries, and more! If you're interested in one of these, would like to check out more examples, or have questions, don't hesitate to reach out by messaging me here on tumblr!

More information under the cut

IN GENERAL

I reserve the right to refuse any prompt that makes me uncomfortable

I can draw furries, mechs, robots, humanoids, animals, and more!

Turnaround time can be between 2-8 weeks depending on the complexity of the piece! I try to work on things in a timely manner and send regular progress updates. Things like a Character Sheet or Full Illustration will naturally take a longer time to complete than a sketch page or custom emojis.

I typically give updates throughout the commission process at each of the major progress steps.

Payment is done through paypal invoice.

PRICES

Colored Illustration - $60 - Fullbody artwork of a character. Minimal shading. ( +$40 per additional character. Additional cost for full detailed shading)

Character Sheet - $120 - Includes option for informational text, close-up portait of character, alternate outfit, and/or prop.

Sketch Page - $40 - Four to six sketches on a page in the style rendered above.

Custom Emoji - $15 (or 3 for $35) - Can be a character drawn based on a pre-existing emote or something original.

Icon - $30 - Fully shaded head/bust of a character.

Full Illustration - $150-200+ - Priced depending on complexity. A very fun and versatile option for a scene with a character. Loose and artistic style of lines, coloring and shading.

MISC

Props and Backgrounds - I will accept and price these on a case to case basis after discussion about the prop/background. Simple props may be no charge, but depending on the complexity it may cost.

Designing from scratch - Depending on how detailed or difficult the design is, I may charge extra if I am not being provided any reference images for a character. Regardless of extra charge or not, a detailed written description of the character's appearance is needed if there are no references. Pinterest boards or image scrapbooks for fashion/style inspiration are immensely useful but not required!

[conclavesummerfest]

Welcome to the Conclave Summer Fest!

Want to enjoy your Vatican summer? Want to see that Conclave beach episode you've always dreamed about? Want to send Pope Innocent XIV and his employees to the Philippines for a vacation? 

This is your chance! Join the 2025 Conclave Summer Fest! Here, we we celebrate our favourite Catholics by putting them in summer settings!

🍹Sign up form: OPEN!!!

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Our official tag is #conclavesummerfest2025 ! Do tag our official blog @conclavesummerfest when posting your works here!

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🐳 Key Dates:

Sign-Ups open: 22 June 2025

1st Check-in: 6 July 2025

1st Round Submission Deadline: 17 July 2025

1st Round Reveal : 19 July 2025

2nd Check-in: 3 August 2025

2nd Round Submission Deadline & Sign-Ups close: 14 August 2025

2nd Round Reveal : 16 August 2025

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🌊 RULES:

Works should focus on Conclave (2024 / 2016) characters in a summer setting. 

No AI-generated works are allowed. If you tag your work as AI-generated, we will not repost it on our social media.

There is no minimum or maximum requirement. 

By signing up, you agree to:

1. Submit a prompt 2. Claim a prompt 3. Create a work based off the prompt

Self-prompts are allowed (Submitting a prompt and claiming the one you submitted)!

Need a tutorial in prompting? Refer to this link https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/147 !

You must have signed up for AO3 prior to this fest, so that you can claim a prompt. If not, you can register for an account now. The usual waiting time is about 2 weeks. The sign-up will be open until the 2nd round of submissions in August so don't worry :)

Most importantly: Have fun! 🦀🦀

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🐟 FAQ:

Is NSFW allowed?

Yes! Just properly tag it and you're good to go.

Is fanart / other non-written mediums allowed?

Yes! 

Where is the link to the collection?

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/conclavesummerfest2025

Are original characters (OC) allowed?

Yes, but we encourage people to include in Conclave (2024 / 2016) background characters.

How can we contact you?

We are @/conclavesummer on Twitter and @conclavesummerfest on Tumblr (you are here now)! You can also send us an email at conclavesummerfest@gmail.com !

More questions? Check out our faq tag !

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🏄 Our team consists of @lawrellinitez (Mod Del), @mindwarning (Mod Laine), @mille-preakers (Mod Kama), @spottedsplat (Mod Spotted) and @emptiiwatertank (Mod Denn). We are excited to launch this fest and see what you guys can create with the prompts!!! Don't be afraid to reach out to any of us and enjoy your Pope summer! 🐋❤️

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Official Discord Server: Still a WIP, will be launched once it is ready!

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TAG DIRECTORY:

#faq: We answer your queries! Check through this tag to see if the question you want to ask has been answered.

#fanfic: Fanfic tag for the fest.

#fanart: Fanart tag for the fest.

#misc fanworks: Fanworks that aren't fic or art tag for the fest.

#author reveal: Tag for the author reveals.

[strawbfieldz]

welcome home update (4/12/25) observations

(warning: obvious spoilers)

all the new secret links:

Wally's phone call: https://www.welcomehomerestorationproject.net/ringring

Julie's videos:

https://www.welcomehomerestorationproject.net/revengemessagebeware

https://www.welcomehomerestorationproject.net/innocenceconstancyaspell

https://www.welcomehomerestorationproject.net/regardforgetfulnesssilence

https://www.welcomehomerestorationproject.net/temptationdreamshope

https://www.welcomehomerestorationproject.net/tearsremembranceinstability

3. Frank art: https://www.welcomehomerestorationproject.net/revengeinnocenceregardtemptationtears

4. AwayFromPryingEyes (obviously): https://www.awayfrompryingeyes.net

a few observations/ramblings I had, may add more later:

JULIE AND HER SIBLINGS

-> Julie's insecurities are really brought to light with this update. She talks about being made fun of by Howdy/Barnaby, she worries her siblings might not have enjoyed the play she starred in, and she doesn't want Frank to find out about the flower that didn't bloom. She seems to take her role for Springtime very seriously and "breaks character" when she doesn't do it perfectly. She likely feels less-than compared to her siblings.

-> Related, Franny mentions in the broadcast that rainbow monsters have horns and "the bigger the better." Notably, Julie has the smallest horns of all her siblings.

-> Julie also avoids talk of joining her sibling's band. It's implied that it's some rite of passage for rainbow monsters, but Julie doesn't seem ready or simply doesn't want to. But if she's insecure when comparing herself to her brother and sisters, she probably doesn't think she's good enough.

-> Or... Julie doesn't want to leave Home. She mentions "having to leave/go back" if she can't bring Springtime around. I can only think this means "leave/go back" to her original home, in the cave with her siblings.

WORLDBUILDING

-> Obviously, Wally's presence on the website has been cut and the author from AwayFromPryingEyes (W) is ecstatic about this. Wally's phone call raises a lot of questions but I mostly wonder why he wants us to see Julie's videos so badly. That's where the clues he laid out lead us and he talked about wanting to talk to us. But through his game of Gather, we only see Julie's spiral into an existential crisis. Perhaps Wally wants us to see this side of Home, even though I previously thought the opposite. Something to think about...

-> Speaking of W, I don't think they are well. Not to say they ever seemed mentally stable, but talking about never going outside and pursuing their work all the time is disturbing. (Also them drinking the bottle of Joy is crazy ngl.)

-> Both Julie and Wally mention "trouble" which makes me wonder if they're talking about the same kind of trouble, and what that is. If Wally is currently in that kind of trouble, perhaps it's isolation and abandonment. Whether or not they are all aware they are in a TV show, there is something pushing them to stive for this image of perfection with the threat of "trouble" if they don't...

-> More is revealed that contradicts popular theories like the neighbors aren't allowed to leave Home. Julie and Frank journey to her siblings' cave. Again, there might be external force tying them to Home since Julie doesn't want to leave so badly. Julie does bring up again (when talking to the flower) that they aren't "allowed" outside at night, which is nice confirmation that's being kept in the lore.

MISC

-> Clown mentioned once before in an ask that the whole cast of Welcome Home knew swear words, so it's funny to hear one of them cuss, in this case Julie.

-> Julie and Frank once again play love interests in another one of Sally's plays (like Cinderella). Again, there is probably something forcing them to act a certain way, in this case trying to pair them up romantically when they are more comfortable with their friendship (as shown by Frank's bad acting).

-> Eddie and Poppy don't seem to have much of a presence in this update. Unsure if this is just by happenstance or because of the prior updates. (Also a stark lack of Home, the character.)

[ecoterrorist-katara]

meta list + blog nav

turns out most of my metas are just me being salty about the way Bryan and Mike wrote Katara...more news at 11...

Katara’s parentification

the tragedy of Katara’s parentification & (context: parentified children as maladjusted children)

Katara’s crush on Jet

Toph brings out Katara’s inner child & Toph and Suki as people Katara didn't have to take care of

Katara’s post-ATLA arc

Katara didn’t want a quiet life after the war

Katara was a role model and her post-ATLA arc is a failure in representation

Katara being the Chief of the SWT wouldn't conflict with LOK's plot or her relationship

Katara would’ve been an amazing diplomat

Why Katara’s specific healer career didn’t fit her character

bloodbending & why Katara banning it could be in character in a sad way

Zutara & Zutara discourse

Zutara, romance novels, & the female gaze

“Zutara is a self-insert ship” is not a burn, it’s just misogyny

Is Zutara colonizer x colonized: my serious take, my less serious take

the crystal catacombs & how Katara sees Zuko’s pain

Zutara's two distinct ship dynamics

Why I think the way Ka/taang is written is male gaze-y

(KA is just one of those "bitch eating crackers" ships for me...block the #anti kataang tag if you don't want to see it)

Ka/taang: friends-to-lovers or the friend zone?

How Ka/taang is written to be one-sided

Aang’s not a “feminist icon” because the only stereotypically masculine part of his arc is his romance

Misc. character stuff (not just ATLA)

Aang's nuances beyond "sunshine boy"

Rethinking Hama's storyline + some thoughts on the symbolism of bloodbending

Some thoughts on Hermione being autistic coded & her flaws

Blog housekeeping/tags navigation under the cut

Tag Navigation

asks are tagged #can i ask you a question (yeah that's a TSwift ref even though there's minimal Tayposting on this blog); all my metas are tagged #my meta; Zutara fic recs are tagged #zutara fic recs. #zutara and other ship tags (e.g. #azutara) usually contain art, misc ship things, and metas

frequently used salty tags include #anti kataang, #anti bryke, and #katara deserved better

Original posts that involve analysis of Harry Potter are tagged #ref: hp for blocking purposes. I don’t financially support JKR or her harmful rhetoric & actions against trans people, but I choose to engage with parts of the HP fandom that reject her views. In the HP context, I am most likely to talk about #hermione granger. I like Dramione, but I also like Ron quite a lot. I'm very into Wolfstar.

Fundraisers

I post fundraisers that have been verified by third parties. Unfortunately I don't have the bandwidth to verify fundraisers myself.

Fandom Housekeeping

I don't make callout posts of specific users, even if I decide to block them myself, so please don’t use my ask box for that purpose!

[ophanim-vesper]

FINALLY I'm posting my totk oc! (probably long overdue lmao)

Meet Sere!

An oc that's been a long time in the making. He's a member of an 'original race' I came up for in TOTK, called the 'Forest Dwellers'. They're similar to the Sheikah, in that they're a tribe of Hylians, and are built off the idea of the Forest Dweller gear. I kinda wanted to answer 'who' those weapons would've been made for. The Forest Dwellers are currently extinct in present Hyrule, but were very prevalent during the Imprisoning War era. I can't explain it all here, but feel free to ask questions about them! I might make a post in the future. Okay, to make things clear, I 100% made Sere to ship him with Link. He's very much an oc x canon character. However, he does have a lot of his own lore and backstory. In the canon timeline of TOTK, Sere does not meet Link until the events of the Upheaval. Before that, he's been hiding in the forests of Hyrule. After helping Link to defeat Ganondorf, he agrees to let Link reside in his home for now (let's say that he doesn't co-live with Zelda and never buys the house from Hudson Construction). Overtime, their relationship blossoms.

I won't explain everything here. If you have any questions about him, fire away! For now, lemme drop my concept art and some SerLink art. Thanks for reading :3 Concept art

misc/memes

art by friends/commissioned art :3

in order: commissioned (forgot artist :[), a friend idk their tumblr, @luneiiz

[honeydippedfiction]

🍯 Honeydippedfiction’s 1K Follower + Birthday Month Bash! 🎉

"Serving you soft, sultry, and sweet fiction — honey-dipped, just how you like it."

💌 A Message From Me:

I cannot believe this little blog has hit 1,000 followers!! Thank you for loving my chaotic brain, my Black!Reader fics, and the way I romanticize athletes like they’re in a Netflix original. May is my birthday month (ayyy Taurus), so we’re doing it BIG. Let’s celebrate with a full-out fic fest, interactive goodies, and a whole lotta love. 💋

welcome to the table of contents for my 1k followers and birthday month celebration !!! This celebration has now ended, time for some clean up and some much needed spa time💋

🎉 What’s Happening:

To celebrate 1,000 followers and my birthday month, I’m hosting a multi-day content drop!!

🌟 What to Expect:

New fics dropped throughout the month for NHL, F1, and NFL favs

Limited-time requests (because I love hearing your ideas too)

Soft & Smutty days (yes, both ends of the honey jar)

���🏁🏈 Who’s Getting the Honey Treatment:

NHL Boys: The Hughes Bros | Trevor Zegras | Jamie Drysdale | Tyler Seguin | Jamie Benn | Jake Ottinger | Jason Robertson | Mason Marchment | Miro Heiskanen | Roope Hintz | Thomas Harley | Wyatt Johnston | Nico Hischier | Mat Barzal

F1 Grid + Legends: Carlos Sainz | Charles Leclerc | Daniel Ricciardo | Fernando Alonso | Jenson Button | Lando Norris | Lewis Hamilton | Mark Webber | Max Verstappen | Oscar Piastri | Sebastian Vettel | George Russell | Toto Wolff

NFL Kings: Joe Burrow | Tee Higgins | Ja'Marr Chase | Justin Herbert | Andrei Iosivas |

✍🏽 Reader Note:

All works on Honeydippedfiction are written for a Black!femReader by default. That said, if you’d like a version or request for male reader, trans reader, nonbinary reader, etc.—please just note it when you submit! I want everyone to feel loved in these stories. 🖤

📝Prompts (credit to all owners of the lists for these ideas)

Pre-Established Relationship Prompts: Here

Established Relationship Prompts: Here

Hurt/Comfort Prompts: Here

Smut Prompts: Here, Here, Here, Here, & Here

Shy Affection Prompts: Here

Best Friends to Lovers Prompts: Here

Misc Prompts: Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, & Here

✨ Participate!

Use the tag: #honeydipped1k

Send in your fic ideas, birthday wishes, or favorite characters, questions, & any games!

Drop confessions or fic concepts in the inbox!

Stick your hand in the honey jar

[cyten0]

A Symphony of Crimson Masterpost

Figured this is gonna have quite a few chapters, so time to make it sort-able! Will update it as time goes on.

A combination of the carrion!sif au originally by @traumaboyexo, and an Au I was working on before, to add elements of AdventureQuest World's Astravia. Only needed reading is ISAT itself!

Siffrin is dead. And has been for a long time. But Something wants to live as them. Something that hungers. Something unnatural. But they want to stay with these people. And hope that they don't hurt them...

But Monsters rarely get what they want.

[Dialogue Symbol Key]

Asks are recommended! Feel free to ask away! Change and Equinox will happily deliver said asks to the party. You can also ask the Scale questions, as they have tech to talk to Change!

#Symphony!Asks is the tag I use for ask questions.

Character Ref and art: [Siffrin? and Loop] [The Scale] [A fallen star]

[Scale voice ref]

The following are links to the chapters released on tumblr, which are outdated or innacurate somewhat. The accurate version is on AO3, but these are kept as an archive of old writing choices!

[Prelude]

Act 1: Movement in Black

Ch: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18][19] [20] [21] [22] [?]

Act 2: Movement in White (Optimally read A-B, A-B)

A Side: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [8]

B Side: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Interludes and Misc moments

[End of a World]

[miss-ali-lawliet]

Meet my mouthwashing oc, Margot! Down below I will put down her info for you to get the gist of her character! She's my main oc in the fandom, and I adore her greatly.

She is endgame is Curly/Anya but pre-during game she finds herself stuck in a toxic relationship with Jimmy unfortunately, but depending on the verse she's in, she's able to break free and to pave a better future for herself (and a possible child she may have)

General info

Name: Margot

Nicknames: Maggie, Mags, May, Mar, etc.

Age: Early-mid thirties.

Gender: Female

Pronouns She/Her

Sexuality: Bisexual / Poly

Height: 5'3

Extra: American

Looks

Hair:. She originally has brunette hair with a slight wave, but she dyed her hair to be a much lighter brown/almost blonde. Her darker roots show though. She also tends to style it via tying it in a low ponytail.

Skin: Margot has fair skin with freckles dotting her face and body.

Eyes: Her eyes are a pretty blue, looks gray in some lighting

Body type: She has a feminine body, her stomach isn't the flattest as it's a bit soft. But her time on the Pony Express has her losing weight over time.

Style: She wears the standard uniform like the others, but she likes to wear silly earrings and chokers to add more of a flair of her personality. Her favorite earrings are her strawberry ones.

Extra: Has a nose and ear piercings.

Background

The gist of Margot's backstory is that she grew up relatively well. She had a good upbringing with her family for the most part, and once she was old enough she would go to schooling for psychology and teaching. Initially going to be a therapist/counselor, she would get her main job as an elementary art teacher and a counselor that was willing to help her students. 

She LOVED her job and students very much, she even had a great reputation in the school and despite being the art teacher, a lot of students would end up going to her for support, to the point she was offered to be a secondary school counselor of sorts. Unfortunately, after years of her dedication to the school, things wouldn't last. Some issues occured to the point that she was let go from her job, likely issues with some parents or the school-board and district itself, or even worse it seemed to come out of no where. 

It absolutely devastated her, losing her job. It led to some rather poor coping skills afterwards as she tried to find work, but thankfully she would find herself in luck as her father knew someone who worked for the Pony Express company, getting her a recommendation and suggesting to her that this was a good break she needed to figure herself. It gave her a good payment at the end hopefully, and some time away from home to try to get herself back in order mentally so that when she came back, she could get back into the groove of things.

How could she say no to that? 

 Misc things

Likes: Food, she loves having sweets and healthy food like fruits and veggies or something with meat, she tries to eat healthy at least but she has her weaknesses. She likes funky jewelry and accessories and appearing nice/presentable, animals, having a connection with someone in some way (as friends or more), giving a voice to the voiceless. Sometimes questionable taste in people. 

Dislikes: Being alone for long periods of time, bitter tasting food, the taste of alcohol even if she drinks it sometimes, not being understood, making others feel negatively, feeling way too much or nothing at all. 

Bad habits/coping skills: Smoking, sleeping with others to try to feel something, drinking at times. Margot even tries to make herself look better than she actually is feeling for the sake of not causing issues/concerns for herself.

Fears: On top of the basic fear of death, she fears failure/being stuck somewhere she hates. She also fears not being there to help/do something when she can. She also has a fear of fire. She even has a fear of losing control over herself and situations.

Mental illness: Depression and anxiety are the main ones she's suffered all her life, it's only worsened after losing her dream job. Also has BPD (undiagnosed). 

[bardic-tales]

Character Arc Continuity in a Multiverse Narrative, a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Fantasy Worlds Collide, an original-fandom hybrid

To keep my OCs' arc consistent across canon and original storylines, I rely on detailed organization through Scrivener. Each character gets a comprehensive folder that includes motivation, power sets, personal history, and over a dozen questionnaires to deepen internal logic. I use a master timeline divided into Celestial, Infernal, and Mortal eras to align original events with FFVII canon. This system helps prevent continuity errors and ensures character growth tracks logically across arcs. I also evaluate every scene against the OC’s knowledge, trauma, and development stage at that point in time. My method blends creative freedom with technical structure to protect narrative cohesion across a complex, layered universe.

For Trivia Tuesday, let's dive into how I keep track of everything.

When I’m ensuring consistency in my OC’s arc as it travels through both original storylines and canon events, I rely heavily on structure, documentation, and version control. I use Scrivener as the central hub for all of my organizational needs because it allows me to nest complex layers of development without losing sight of the overall trajectory. My OC’s journey isn’t just about what happens in one scene or arc. It’s about preserving continuity of motivation, tone, and consequence across a multi-realm, multi-era narrative. Scrivener lets me trace those threads with precision, which is essential when crossing from my original universe (Fantasy Worlds Collide) into established canon like Final Fantasy VII.

Every major OC has a master character sheet folder. This isn’t just a personality chart or list of traits. It’s a deeply integrated directory. At the top level, it holds essential info: core motivation, driving goal, basic character info, such as age, and overarching narrative purpose. Nested inside are subdocuments like a key points summary (which breaks down turning points), a synopsis written from the character’s POV, and a Tumblr-style Meet the Character intro sheet, which I copy and paste for all of my character introductions.

I also include a MISC folder which is deceptively robust. It contains OC games from Tumblr, a breakdown of possible languages known, psychological profiling, in-depth backstory, power sets for ease of writing combat scenes, and over 14 different OC questionnaires, including one that’s 221 questions long. I don’t leave anything up to guesswork. Every folder is alive with ongoing updates that reflect my OC’s evolution and how those changes ripple through canon and original material alike.

Another critical tool I use is my master timeline, which overlays canon and original arcs across three distinct eras in FWC: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd eras. This is where things get technical. I treat canon as a fixed structure — non-negotiable unless explicitly AU, such as the biker, Redemption, highschool, and vampire AUs — and map my original events around it. This helps avoid inconsistencies like referencing characters who shouldn’t be alive yet or giving an OC knowledge they couldn’t possibly have.

Each event is tagged by realm, time, and narrative impact. The 1st Era establishes the divine framework and civil war among the Creator’s children. The 2nd Era introduces the Abyssal Realm and Bianca’s conception. And the 3rd Era overlays Earth events with Final Fantasy VII canon directly, including lore from Crisis Core, Advent Children, and the Remake continuity.

It’s not just about structure. It’s about internal narrative logic. I treat my OC’s arc like a mathematical equation: her behavior, relationships, and growth must all add up across every timeline. If I make changes in the Infernal Era that alter her perception of Sephiroth, that will absolutely echo in how she reacts to him during FFVII canon events.

I also double-check each scene I write against the character’s internal compass. What would she know by this point? How would she behave based on the trauma she’s already survived? Even when I cross into my FF 7 fanfiction territory, I’m writing her with the same seriousness and consistency as I would an original novel protagonist.

Ultimately, consistency is not just a matter of memory. It’s a deliberate system I build and maintain across every stage of writing. My process blends deep documentation, timeline control, and careful character curation.

I don’t expect my brain to keep all of this sorted. My Scrivener file does that for me. When you build a multiverse, you have to become your own archivist. And when you're bringing an OC into canon territory, you owe it to the canon and your OC both to ensure nothing gets lost in translation (unless you are writing very canon divergent fan fiction and that's okay, too).

@themaradwrites @shepardstales @megandaisy9 @watermeezer

@prehistoric-creatures @creativechaosqueen @chickensarentcheap

@inkandimpressions @arrthurpendragon @projecthypocrisy @serenofroses

@sapphirothcrescent @tolliver-j-mortaelwyver

[linnaealyn]

Old mod page, abandoned 3/2/24; New mod page @ Godsibb

Finally, after 2 years of work, it is complete. -But still being updated.

There's a Japanese version of the mod now!

今は日本語版のMODがある！

This is a mod for Xenogears using Retroarch's Beetle PSX HW core real-time texture replacement feature. (It requires the Vulkan driver, so make sure your graphics card supports that.) (Duckstation doesn't have a similar option, unfortunately.)

It replaces every single character dialogue portrait, menu portrait, & (almost every) battle portrait (looking at you, Yggdra officer Gear pilots) with high quality, cleaned up artwork, as well as recreated high quality UI while keeping it as close to the original game as possible.

And best thing about it is, if there's anything you don't like about it, like certain aspects of the UI, you can locate and delete that file from the folder. Everything is optional. (if you have any questions as to what's what, drop them into my dms)

Current version: 1.4

現在の日本語版: 1.4

(More screenshots below download info and UI changes.)

Being a real-time texture replacer, it should work with any English version of XG, both base-game and modded/patched. Any fan-translated patch using the US version as a base should display correctly.

There's a separate version for the Japanese version of the game. May need some editing still with other characters' UI ("Ether"/"Spells"/"Arcane"/etc) but for the most part its good to go in terms of battle UI. Let me know if you find any errors.

(I've been using it with the Perfect Works Build mod. Highly recommended!)

(Note!!: If you use PWB mod, don't use its "readjusted portraits" patch when patching your rom, as that patch interferes with this mod's portraits texture replacing.)

(It works on Steam Deck... but don't ask me for details in setting that up in particular, I don't own one 😅)

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Download/ダウンロード

I recommend reading the instructions txt files I included in the DL.

This includes information such as how to set up .cue and .m3u files, swapping discs, renaming the texture folder, Retroarch settings and Beetle PSX HW Core settings to get the mod working, settings suggestions for making a cleaner looking and faster playing XG (YMMV), and settings to fix certain emulation issues Ive come across (freezing on fast-forward, crackling audio during 3D/effects-heavy cutscenes/gameplay, blank screen during Rico flashback, etc).

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-Changes made to the UI include:

Menu UI:

selection triangle, Walk/Gear icons

menu portraits

▲ ■ ● ✖ button DeathBlow menu icons

ABXY button DeathBlow menu icon- alternate textures

Battle UI and on-foot specific battle UI:

Circular battle palette and tags behind text

Battle palette text, "Combo", "Return", "Enter", "Miss", "EP", & HP/DMG/heal/AP numbers

HP/AP bars

"Time", "fuel", "total damage", AP numbers, "1/2/3 point(s)", "cancel end"

battle portraits

▲ ■ ● ✖ button DeathBlow icons

ABXY button Deathblow icons- alternate textures

Bottom screen mid-DeathBlow ▲ ■ ✖ icons (unfortunately, there's no way to change the other mid-DB quadruple-button icons)

Combo 1-7 and Accept icons

In-Gear specific battle UI:

"fuel" and fuel numbers

"Fuel" (when using boost)

fuel bars (top and left)

All Gear status menus' green text/numbers

Attack level numbers and ∞

Gear menu backgrounds

Gear "power shut down", "camera damaged", "out of fuel", etc, statuses

background UI elements, runes, triple red triangles, Gear lock-on UI (unfortunately, there's no way to change the circular part of this UI)

Misc UI changes:

Red/grey spheres (in the menu and loading screen)

All instances of selection diamonds, both horizontal and vertical

Load/save screen "CARD 1"/"2" text, memory card icon, load/save bar/text

Disc 1 and 2 maps (with alternate color versions; makes the enterable area indicators harder to see though)

NESW compass letters (unfortunately, there's no way to change the circular compass texture)

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-Screenshots (before & after and alts):

And Japanese version's (日本語版) UI:

⬇!!Spoilers in images further down!!⬇

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I won't be showing all portraits here; only the ones worth mentioning.

Portraits created for the mod that have no artwork equivalent:

Portraits to match their sprites vs official unedited artwork:

(default on left, alt on right)

Roni/Medena/Erich edited sprite equivalent vs their official PW art

Citan edited unsmiling (dialogue-only) sprite equivalent vs official smiling art)

Krelian(s) edited sprite equivalent vs official art

Portrait alts created for fun:

Both sides of scar-eyed Bart

Two-eyed Bart

Kim lab coat with glasses

Fei-colored Id

Fei-colored Id with Id's yellow eyes

Fei-colored young & older Emeralda

(might add to this list later. have any suggestions? fun ideas? lmk. It doesn't have to be canon-compliant.)

Screenshots of alt portraits in-use:

I'll continue to update this and subsequently reblog it as new versions are released.

With any new updates, just DL and replace/overwrite the old folder.

In-progress tumblr post of the past as a bit of a time capsule for myself 😄

[salty-tang]

the first tuesday in november masterpost

my catch-all for my Congressman Bucky Barnes x Congresswoman Reader things.

There are three main chaptered works, favours owed, For The Record, and off the record, plus other standalones.

This universe is canon compliant, and takes place in that un-explored period of time that technically stretches between the end of tfatws, bnw, and thunderbolts* where all we are told is bucky became a congressman just like that !?

Best read on AO3!!

WARNING: SOME WORKS/ CHAPTERS CONTAIN EXPLICIT CONTENT, Original Characters aplenty, Slow Burn, Political Drama, Light Angst with a happy ending, Mutual Pining, Bucky Doesn't Think He Deserves Good Things, Hurt/Comfort But Make It Legislative, Secret Missions with Legislative Consequences, The Interns Have Theories, Canon-Typical Violence, Congressman Bucky Barnes, Congresswoman Reader, author is not american and barely gets american politics, no use of y/n

❀ favours owed (3) - Explicit

[Complete] Congressman Bucky Barnes does not like owing favours, least of all to you

❀ For The Record (c.20) - Mature

[WIP] Bucky Barnes has a metal arm. You have a post-metahuman era housing bill and a reputation for not suffering fools in committee. And it was always about the work—until it wasn’t. Now he’s disappearing between votes with bruises he won’t explain, and you’re rewriting amendments with one eye on the chamber doors. Trust looks like passing notes under the table. Care looks like covering for his absence without asking questions. And whatever this is? It lives somewhere between silence and strategy - folded into briefing packets, stitched into a hoodie you never gave back, and hovering just under the words you never say out loud. There’s a vote coming. And he’s trying to make it back in time - for the record, and for you.

❀ off the record (?) - Teen and Up

[WIP] Congress redacted the floor debate, the interns kept the rest. Out-takes, one-shots, and other small things that did not make it to For the Record, my Congressman Bucky x Congresswoman Reader fic (can be read without reading FTR!)

❀ Misc. others

Congressman Bucky Barnes headcanons

[acediathemelancholy]

I've realized that this blog is a disorganized mess. So this is an attempt at a masterpost. I've only gone through my servamp posts so far and put together the interesting ones by topic. Edit: added link to Witch Hat Atelier Masterpost

Witch Hat Atelier

Servamp

The Alicein Family Drama

On Love and Fear

Chapter 130 Cover Analysis: Mikuni as the King

Mikuni and Lady Justice

Alicein Mikuni: Sower of Scandal

Mikuni (and Lily): Sowers of Scandal Part 2

Servamp's Pandoras: Kiriko and Akira

Hokaze's Illusion of Control

Lily and Enlightened Despot Theory

Lily's Second Betrayal

Mikuni, Lily and the Alleged Lack of Resentment

Dunking on Mikado's Pathetic Everything

Kiriko's Music Box

Clergy Jeje

Mirror Mikuni and Hokaze

Mikuni Doesn't Respect Anyone's Will

The Shirota Family Drama

Touma and Projection

Tooru as the Stagnant Shounen Protagonist

Imposters and Second Generations

Mikuni and Touma

Where does the Alicein Family Drama Meet the Shirota Family Drama

Tsubaki Accidentally Kickstarting the Shirota Family Drama

Touma and Sakuya

Mikuni's Projection on Mahiru

Toumakira Parallels

Saint Germain

On Saint Germain

On the Myth of Saint Germain

Theosophy Myths and Saint Germain

Saint Germain and the Jesus References

It Was More Than Eight Times

Who Will be Killed by Vainglory

Vainglory and the Traitor Servamps

The Ritual and the Lunar Eclipse

Sloth Pair

Mahiru: The Rook

Mahiru and Kuro: Saint Alban and Amphibalus

Kuro's Self-Acceptance and the Culmination of his Arc

When the Protagonist Isn't Always the Center of the Universe

Mahiru Reaching Out His Hand Like Tooru

Mahiru and C3

The one I strongly believed in, and the one who strongly believes in me

Team Melancholy

On Tsubaki's Creation

Early C3 and Tsubaki

Tsubaki's View of the Aliceins' Plot

Tsubaki (and Kuro) and Acedia

Tsubaki as The Method

Tsubaki and Mikuni's Fragile Alliance

Tsubaki Didn't Foresee Hugh's Plot

Sakuya Is So Lucky

Mikuni and Sakuya: Who is the liar?

Mikuni Never Understood Sakuya

Misono does understand Sakuya

Sakumahi Angst

Team Melancholy Gets an F in Espionage

Otogiri and Margaret of Cortona

Higan and Tsubaki

Pride Pair

Hugh and Mikuni

Hugh and Mikuni the Prequel

Tetsu as Prometheus

Hugh Becoming What He Sought to Destroy Part 1

Hugh Becoming What He Sought to Destroy Part 2

Let's Talk Names: Hugh The Dark Algernon III

The Servamp Traitor Plotline

C3/Misc.

Servamp Creation Timeline

Mage Society Part 1: C3's Purpose

Mage Society Part 2: Class

Mage Society Part 3: The Origin

Tsurugi and Higan

Yumi's Character Development

Thoughts on Why C3's Ritual Failed

Iori

Subclass Logistics

The Moral of the Story

Wrath Pair

Lily's View of Freya

Freya and the Witch Trials

Greed Pair

Licht's Choice

Lawless and Reaching Out His Hand

Gluttony Pair

Ildio's One-sided Rivalry

Nicco's No Good Very Bad Day

Nicco and Questions Raised by His Shareable Lead

[lightwise]

At Attin and the 9 Lost Planets

Misc. Thoughts/Questions open for discussion

I SO WANT A NOVEL OR COMIC ON THESE PLANETS!!!

So far I haven't seen anybody making the Loki/TVA connection to At Attin. Two planets/organizations that both were supposedly founded by a specialized and revered group of people, commemorated in murals and statues everywhere, with a strict, no questions asked type of governance and on the surface, an idyllic, almost utopian type of Art Deco/Brutalist society. We don't really get any fleshed out backstory on why this is or what the Skeleton Crew creators were intending to imply by designing them this way.

The entire system of At planets. When and why were they all founded together? Do they go back to the High Republic? Further? The same 4-5 species seem to have started their societies and made them stylistically and governmentally similar. Were they all part of the Republic in the beginning? Were they originally planets that have their own innate connection to the Force, like Lenahra in the novel Padawan? (If you haven't read it, you really should. It's a great character study on Obi-Wan and introduces some really important concepts about the Force and how it interacts with living and non-living but still sentient beings into the galaxy).

What happened with the other 8 planets and when?—it's very obvious due to the legend that Kh'ymm mentions, the fact that (the kids at least) on At Attin have never heard of their status in the galaxy nor that they have sister planets, as well as the amnesia of the people on At Achrann towards the existence of their fellow planets' names, that whatever happened to them occurred long before Palpatine created the Empire. SM-33 even mentions that when he and Rennod landed on At Achrann for the first time, the warrior/tribal infighting was already occurring, and while we don't have a timeline on that either, it's probably been at least two generations, maybe even a hundred or several hundred years since Rennod was alive and plundering the galaxy. Maybe during one of the Sith or Nihil wars during the High Republic the existence of the planets had to be made secret? Maybe some were devastated and the Republic put the rest on lockdown?

What did each planet have going on? I've heard podcasters theorize that At Achrann could have been a military base/weapons armory, hence how it devolved into the feuding society the kids came across. Were the others truly destroyed, or merely ravaged as well/with survivors still eking it out on them? My guess is only At Attin was the Mint, and the rest served as other types of resources (maybe ore and minerals, or food sources, etc. etc.). Were they originally self-contained in these luxuries or did the Republic "plant" them all?

Were the Jedi the only ambassadors to At Attin? How did Palps not know about them/plunder it himself? The Supervisor says they received the initial Order 66 communication, but we never find out why exactly they were so hidden that even Palpatine, who had an eye on everything, somehow didn't know they existed or tried to find them and couldn't, etc. A welcome addition to canon, but still a puzzling one.

I'm just so curious about the entire backstory and unique dynamic that these planets bring to the Star Wars Galaxy and I need to know everything about them right now 😭💀. I know that the creators have a lot of this already mapped out, they just chose not to add it into the first season to give both themselves and Lucasfilm room to bring it into canon slowly/down the road. But I really want to know what they came up with so far.

[charbon-et-eau]

Hey, I'm Jess!

Welcome to my art blog!

I'm a hobby artist. Pokémon and Zelda are two of my favorite things, so you can expect to see a lot of fanart for those two series. I tend to obsess over one thing for a while, but I have other interests that may sneak into my art from time to time. And on rare occasions, I might even draw some original art!

I use this blog mainly for sharing finished artwork, but I'll also sometimes post sketch dumps and respond to asks related to my art. I don't want to clutter this blog with reblogs, so if you don't want to miss anything, I recommend clicking on the "get notifications" button for this blog or following my main blog.

Anyone is welcome to follow, but please be aware that I sometimes post nsfw art (I always put it behind the filter). Also, I am very liberal with the block button and will not tolerate bigoted, entitled, or generally hateful behavior. I will also block anyone who spouts pro-censorship rhetoric and/or supports harassing creators over fiction.

Main blog: @charbon-et-feu

Other socials:

🐘 Blorbo.social (Mastodon)

☁️ Bluesky

I'm not currently taking commissions, but if you'd like to support me financially, feel free to donate to my Ko-fi.

I also have a Discord server for my art where I share sketches and WIPs. Sometimes I stream and chat in vc while I draw. Please DM me for an invite link if you're interested in joining the server. (18+ only please)

More about me and my interests and some handy links under the cut.

I may add to this later, so it can be a masterpost for my favorite art and fandom thoughts. But this works for now.

Pokemon

Currently obsessed with ✨️Wallace✨️

Favorite ships

Volo/Akari Cogita/women Cynthia/Dawn Volo/Cynthia/Dawn Steven/Wallace/Brendan May/Lisia Cynthia/Diantha Geeta/Rika

Age headcanons for some of the ships I've drawn the most

Hoenn Boys (Steven/Wallace/Brendan)

Sexuality and top/bottom headcanons

Mer!Wallace AU

How often does Steven kiss Brendan?

Does Steven workout? (body type hc)

Who has more spicy thoughts?

Contest Star Brendan: X X

Volokari (Volo/Akari)

Distortion Volo AU (aka Gira!Volo)

Reversal AU (Akari betrays Volo)

Zelda

Favorite ships

Urbosa/Zelda (BotW) Midna/Zelda (TP) Sidon/Link (BotW) Ghirahim/Link (SS) Link/Zelda (SS is my favorite version) Link/Malon (OoT) Kafei/Anju (MM)

Majora's Mask mini comics(WIPs): 1-3, 4

Fire Emblem: 3 Houses

Favorite ships

Linhardt/Lysithea Mercedes/Constance Caspar/Hilda Leonie/Marianne Balthus/Lysithea Edelgard/Lysithea F!Byleth/Edelgard Claude/Petra

Misc

I try to avoid discourse and drama, but since I like to draw characters kissing, I have unsurprisingly received asks about character ages and whether or not certain characters should be allowed to kiss, and I'm sure I'll get more. I'd prefer not to answer the same question twice so here's what I've already answered.

My response to being called a "fucking proshipping bastard"

My thoughts on people assuming the ages of anime/cartoon characters

Also, I want to make it clear that the proshipper ask is the ONLY ask of that nature that I will ever respond to on my art blog. I will most likely delete any future similar asks, but if I do decide to respond to one, I will do so by making a post on my main blog and including a screenshot of the ask. I refuse to clutter my art blog with aggressive asks from people who just want to be mad at nothing.

[rlbbackup]

Rachel's SxF Ao3 Masterlist

Just to keep things kinda organized. Honestly, the easiest place to find all of this is on My Ao3 in the first place, but I'll link it here for convenience! ❤️

If you are curious as to how I feel about certain things pertaining to my work, please see THIS post! My inbox is also open for any questions (and you can do so Anonymously if you wish!)

One-Shots

The Art of Lipstick Complete (TwiYor)

Amnesia Full Fic In Progress (Forger Family)

Ledgers and Reports Complete (Sylvia Sherwood & Forger Family)

White Roses Complete (Matthew McMahon & Yor Forger)

Strawberry Ice Cream Complete (Franky Franklin & Anya Forger)

What D'You Say We Make It True Complete (Anya Forger/Ken)

In The Downpour Complete (Twilight/Thorn Princess)

Oblivious Complete (Twilight & Yor Forger)

Coming Home Complete (TwiYor)

Deer in the Headlights Complete (TwiYor)

Fading Ink Complete (Loid & Yor Forger)

Glad You're Here Complete (Damian Desmond & Anya Forger)

Just This Once... Complete (Twilight & Yor Forger)

Heroes Always Get Married in the COOLEST Ways! Complete (Loidman/Yorticia, Anya & Becky)

Just a Kiss Complete (TwiYor)

The Way to a Man's Heart (Not through his ribs) Complete (TwiYor)

All For Naught Complete (Yor Forger & Yuri Briar companion to Complicity)

Complicity Complete (TwiYor companion to All for Naught)

Side by Side and Locked in Tight Complete (Anya Forger/Ken)

Don't Forget to Lock the Door Complete (Loid/Yor/Franky)

Little Black Number Complete (Yor Forger & Melinda Desmond)

Inferno Complete (Chloe & SSS First Lieutenant & Yuri Briar)

Throwing Away Fate (Just to Keep You Safe) Complete (Franky Franklin/Original Male Character)

Freestanding Multichaps

In the Rain Complete (Forger Family)

A Moment of Weakness Complete (Loid Forger & Melinda Desmond)

Floodgates In Progress with the lovely @creativwit CW: Graphic Violence (Franky/OC, TwiYor)

7 Minutes in Heaven Complete (Cecil Hall Gang + Bill + Ken) written with @sister-cna-reader @cambot77 @strangeduckpaper and @creativwit

Psyche in progress (TwiYor) CW: descriptive assassination

Hanahaki Series CW: vomiting

Flowers and Thorns Complete (TwiYor)

Pink Sakura Complete (Anya/Ken)

Bruises Series

Yor's Bruise Complete (Yor Focus)

Loid's Bruise Complete (Twilight Focus)

Dreams of Staying Series (Reveal)

Out of Routine Complete (TwiYor + Forger Family)

His Cuts, Her Cuts Complete (TwiYor)

Get My Heart Soft Into Sinking Complete (Yor Forger & Matthew McMahon)

Fighting the Heart Series

Snake with Blue Eyes Complete (TwiYor)

We Never Knew Complete (Anya & Yor + TwiYor)

Sleeping With The Telephone In Progress! (Forger Family + TwiYor)

Love Found, Love Lost Series

Just Another Day (in Learning How to Love You) Complete (Twilight & Yor Forger)

Oh Your Smile (Brightens My Life) Complete TW: Contains Major Character Death (Anya Forger & Ken)

Gone Rogue Complete (Sylvia Sherwood & Fiona Frost)

Briar Rose On Hiatus (Thorn Princess & Twilight, Yor Forger & Matthew McMahon)

Weapons Series (Reveal/Post Reveal-Pre Relationship)

Hypothetically... Complete (TwiYor)

Calibration and Titration Complete (TwiYor)

Weapons (On You, On Me) Complete (TwiYor)

Your Spare Blade Complete (TwiYor)

Rendezvous Complete (Sylvia Sherwood & Matthew McMahon)

Crosslegged in the Dim Light Complete (TwiYor)

Starlight Sky Series (Myth Au)

The Soldier and His Sun Complete TW: Contains Major Character Death (Roland & Loid Forger)

Beyond Sun and Moon Complete (Misc friendships + TwiYor)

Doubt Creeps In Complete (TwiYor)

Soothing Rays Complete (TwiYor)

New Moon Blues Complete (TwiYor + Anya)

[impish-ivy]

Could We Be In A Fairy Illusion?

The following post has spoilers up to S3 of OB and Lesson 32 of NB

This theory was heavily inspired by @jackalopesao3’s theory here and @misc-obeyme’s lesson summary here!

Both these posts are great reads and absolutely worth your time!

On to the theory!

This has happened before

In S3 of OM Simeon, Satan and MC are taken under an illusionary spell where they are in the Celestial Realm. Where Satan gets some much needed closure about what his family was like when they were angels.

Something important to note is that everyone acts very much in character for their angel selves. Which is kinda odd since these fairies would have no idea how they’d act. Perhaps taking the memories of Simeon and Satan to form this world.

Satan dubbed “Sully” and MC when interacting with the brothers are told they feel like they’ve know each other before.

…Feel familiar?

Lil D’s are fairies

Taking Jackalope’s theory and flipping it a bit, what if Nightbringer is Barbatos’s spiritual counterpart?

Any demon could have a Lil D but the phenomenon is incredibly rare. The Lil D’s seem to behave and like the same things as their demon counterparts; No. 4 likes to read and was very angry, No. 6 loves to eat, No. 3 is hardly ever seen, and No. 5 has tons of self confidence.

The only one who doesn’t act too much like their counterpart is No. 2 but I’m assuming it’s because his character was created before the “Lil Ds are spiritual counterparts to demons” plot point.

And although never mentioned, it’s a safe assumption that a spiritual counterpart of a demon would share those demon’s powers.

Is Nightbringer a fairy?

I genuinely believe Nightbringer is a fairy. Not only have we’ve received the most info about fairies in NB, we’ve also been told they’re important to the overall lore of ObeyMe. Being the people who originally ruled the Devildom, having direct ties to the lore of demon royalty, and are the open secret origins of the Lil D’s. Fairies are important. I don’t think it’s a coincidence we’re suddenly getting more fairy lore in the same game where Nightbringer makes his debut.

“Nightbringer calls himself a demon, so he can’t be a fairy!”

The Lil D’s call themselves demons but they’re actually fairies. Nightbringer also calls himself a demon, and is referred to as a demon. Barbatos describes the origin of Lil D’s as an “open secret”. If a being looks like a demon and refers to themselves as a demon, you’re going to call them a demon. Hence the “Father of demons” title Nightbringer has.

If Nightbringer is a fairy that would make what Solomon says here make sense.

Why would he tell a demon they sound like a demon? Why would a demon be offended by that?

Barbatos’s own fairy counterpart

In a video call Diavolo asks Barbatos if he has a fairy counterpart and gives a non answer. Diavolo has the ability to tell if someone is lying and Barbatos is very aware of this. Given Diavolo’s reaction, he’s under the impression that Barbatos does have a fairy counterpart.

Although Lucifer calls him out for dodging Diavolo’s question for his amusement, he doesn’t imply that Barbatos is being dishonest.

Barbatos is also the one who knows the most about fairies and their “opened secret” origins. He knows where they come from and how they came into being. He’s also upset at Solomon for being 8th on a list of demons he wanted to make a pact with. If Nightbringer is Barbatos’s spiritual counterpart, he’d be the eighth spiritual counterpart we’d know.

In fact Barbatos here has similar dialogue to No. 2, who says something along the lines of “just call me No. 2 instead of Lil D”

Not in our own world

There has been plenty of evidence of things not being as straightforward as just being in the past.

The constant déjà vu everyone is feeling about MC and their room, characters who shouldn’t be around (Thirteen, Simeon and “Raphael”) and characters who shouldn’t be alive at all (Luke)*.

Nightbringer calls the past “this world” which would be an odd thing to say if we were just in the past. It would still be our world, even if we were in the past.

Very often has the cast spoken about how familiar MC is and how their room feels so comforting. It’s happened so many times that if I tried to screenshot every instance it would go over the photo limit. In fact this feeling is growing stronger.

Conclusion

I truly believe in this theory. I believe that Nightbringer is a fairy who’s Barbatos’s spiritual counterpart.

Unfortunately I can’t go into his motives or his relationship with Solomon because the game hasn’t done that either LOL

*Let me justify my Luke take because I’ve seen people go back and forth. Luke has spoken several times about how he doesn’t know why Michael still cares about the brothers after everything they’ve done, which to me implies he never knew them personally when they were angels. He also has never brought up Lilith whom he’d be very aware of if he was originally alive during the time NB takes place.