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Batch 2 of artfight attacks!

Operator - Legallydeadinohio

RED demowoman - @ilovegayvampires

Teletra - @anything-viva

Shinda - @beemers-hell

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Batch 1 of Artfight attacks!

Shortcake Medic - @pastel-medic

Eve - @duck-n-clover

Chemist (ft. my chemist oc) - @bucketofjaybirds-bucket-emporium

Lexi - @jormshands

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Taking a break from artfight to bring you some beach girlies

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CASSIDYY

artfight attack on @lil--ichigo

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THERE SHE IS!

ART FIGHT 2025: Team Fortress 3????

ANOTHER MASS ATTACK THIS TIME IT’S TF2 OCS!!! I CAN'T THINK OF A FUNNY OR CLEVER CAPTION SO I’M JUST GOING TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS!

1] @Wreniikinz (IG)

2] @noko444 (Tumblr)

3] @kur0mi-kat (Tumblr)/ @kur0mikat16 (IG)

4] (THAT’S ME!)

5] @denimscotch (Tumblr)/ @denimscotcho6 (IG)

6] @neonghozt (Tumblr)/ @Atomicgh0zt (IG)

7] @NuggetzWithRantch (Art Fight)

8] @lil--ichigo (Tumblr)/ @lil--ichigo (IG)

9] @typical-ukraine (Tumblr)/ @_typical.ukraine_ (IG)

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I don't get the people who draw engie with hair (not talking about when people draw him how he looks in the comics or like buzzed, talking specifically about full head of hair, no beard)

True engie enjoyers love him, bald head and all.

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A new oc and an update to tailor!

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GO ATTACK MY MOOT GUYS

IF I FIND MY TABLET YALL GONNA FEEL IT

Come beat my ass 🥴

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It’s that time of year again! Here we go!

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Now I'm imagining urotsuki needing to rocket jump and capture control points to get to lavender waters or meeting sniper-san in sweet medical utopia only for him to speak in an aussie accent and throw piss at me. Or would it be a YNFG staring one of the mercs?

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Same character different font

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Ranting about the mercs fanon portrayals

Scout - A loser virgin who does not know what sex is. Forget that he ends up with four kids in the comics, forget the thing with him and fried chicken girl. I agree scout has trouble with long term stuff and has a superiority inferiority complex but I've seen portrayals where he flat out does not realize characters make dirty jokes. In general they always make him act like a chronically online secretly insecure, depressed gen z teen when he's a grown ass man. He's old enough to drink and smoke. He's allowed to have horny thoughts.

Soldier - They always make him either really dumb and racist despite having a russian wife and being friends with demo or super progressive despite him hating hippies and the counter culture of the time. He says a lot of bigoted stuff but he's not racist, just ignorant. Tbh soldier's character is all over the place so I can't really say if he's stupid or smarter than he looks.

Pyro - Is heavily infanitlized like scout. People think cause of pyroland is mentally a child (which they are not) and can't have relationships which is hella ableist tbh. I'm an autistic adult who can do childish things and likes plushies but I have a boyfriend. Pyro is mentally capable enough to run a company, they can be in a relationship and do other stuff.

Engineer - Either a sweet precious angel or a deranged man with a god complex who can't take care of himself. Yes, engie refers to himself as a god, but sniper also does in one of his voicelines. But nobody is going around saying sniper has a god complex. Is Dell not all there moralwise and in the head? Yes. But people forget this man is from Texas. Man probably loves a good meal and canonically likes beer and barbecue. He has a taunt that's literally him lounging in a chair, he likes to take things slow. Work smarter, not harder. Overall I don't think he sees the point of making enemies but he's also a two faced mf who will absolutely fuck you over if you get on his bad side, but people make him a total angel or completely irredemable.

Demoman - Either completely ignored or just reduced to haha funny drunk man jokes (or worse, racist jokes). People also make him wayyy dumber than he actually is. Man has knowledge of chemistry and people rarely bring that up.

Heavy - I think people make heavy too soft. Yeah he cares for his family but people downplay his unhinged side. He's a mercenary for a reason. But overall from what I've seen I think he's suffered the least from fanon bastardization (probably cause he doesnt have many fans depsite being the face of tf2, heavy fans where you guys at) although I don't read much stuff with him in it so maybe heavy simps may think otherwise.

Medic - Apparently all his experiments are consensual despite the comics proving otherwise. Medic is not a good person, experiments on the team just because he can, not for the betterment of them. He's not a very moral person. It's okay to make him evil and a sadist guys, nobody is gonna think you support putting baboon organs into people. (btw im not defending the people who make him like a nazi or pdf, even awful people can have some morals. If he was a nazi soldier would not at all take kindly to it)

Spy - Not sure about him cause I'm not a spy fan really but if any of you guys want to ramble about spy be my guest. I guess him being uncharacteristically fatherly to scout?

Sniper - Feral man who never showers and is clingy. I have no idea where this sniper is clingy and hates to be alone in a relationship comes from cause everything we see from him implies the opposite. As a mostly touch averse person we need more touch averse sniper. He doesn't like being emotional because he thinks being emotional causes people to do awful things. And yeah he's not the most reliable narrator but in the comics he mentions how he doesn't like to make his targets suffer, he enjoys the thrill of killing as cleanly as he can, getting the perfect headshot. Also I doubt he's a clean freak but people make this man out to be a walking biohazard when poor hygine can actually be bad for his job. I mean yeah he pisses in jars but where else is he gonna go when he's up in a post for hours. Btw him being introverted doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy doing stuff with the team.

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Wondering if I should post a rant about how much I dislike each of the fanon tf2 portrayals (especially scout, pyro, and sniper) but I don't want to be so negative after ranting about how the mercs arent portrayed well in fic.

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One thing that frustrates me mainly about tf2 fic writers is that I think the fandom is too scared to make the mercs not have views that 100% align with 2020s leftist politics because they are worried not doing so implies they support racism and stuff like that, or just because it brings them comfort. But remember, the mercs aren't good people. If characters all had perfect beliefs, we wouldn't have villans. Medic wouldn't be the crazy "doctor" we all love. And if the mercs not having perfect morality makes you uncomfortable, maybe tf2 isn't the perfect media for you. Am I saying the mercs are bigoted, sexist, racist, homophobic and that medic is a nazi? No. Not everyone is going to want to write about topics that are that sensitive, and not every tf2 fic needs to have the accuracy of Mad Men. TF2 doesn't take itself that seriously. However, you need to remember these were men from the 60s who have been through years of war, and who have been affected by the toxic masculinity of the time in one way or another. Sniper grew up in a hypermasculine society where he wasn't as physcially strong. Heavy was pushed into the role of the man of his family after his father died. Soldier was raised on pro america propaganda. Scout grew up in a house full of brothers and wanted to take part in fist fights. Team Fortress 2 is a satire of cold war era politics and while it doesn't take itself seriously as mentioned above, completely glossing over the time period also ignores the themes of the game. Soldier is a key example of this - he is a stereotype of how the world viewed [and mostly does still view] americans. They are going to harbor implicit biases about gender and race (look at soldiers domination lines for example, he automatically assumes heavy is communist because he is from the USSR) Even the more emotionally intelligent mercs are more likely to turn to a cigarette or a bottle than talk about feelings so openly. Is it a healthy coping mechanism? No, but good therapy was virtually non existent at the time. (The only exeptions I can think of is scout, soldier, and heavy who would probably get their stress out through physcial excercise which a good coping mechanism when not done to an extreme.)

Maybe I'm taking this too seriously but it's fun to analyze media. And honestly if anyone wants to talk to me about this I'll be happy to ramble some more.

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Ipad died last night, so quick, penciless sketches it is (dad sniper hyperfixation is killing me)

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Spreading my Trucks n Vans propaganda again! Everyone ship the gay cowboys please!!