#also im not looking for crit on this it's just to sort out my brain

[tothesolarium]

im memepin (currently not logged into that acc) and on your space elves comment, i have a species of space elves in a scifi thing where they're technically immortal but as they age/take damage/etc their tissue hardens into an obsidian like substance. taking off from a planet/landing on one/dealing with atmospheric changes causes microscopic injuries and repeated stress like this gives them a shimmer like glitter. it also generally gives them Space Arthritis. Bc yknow. i have arthritis of course im giving it to my pretty boy elves. They consider becoming a statue to be a high honor and outsiders arriving on their world learn most statues aren't carved but are corpses. so like, you can make more humanoid aliens you just gotta get weird with it and arguably this isn't That Weird. (also you can use this concept its fine :thumbs_up: ) Also for writing romance i always suggest beta readers, or even more deranged, rping. Bouncing my bad writing off another person always made it come out better. I really like focusing less on actions and more on mental state for romance and affection, etc. small motions get a whole sentence or more. slow pacing for more effect.

oh my goodness that's such a beautiful idea!! Love the statues being corpses, that's so, macabre but beautiful! a love for who once was putting them on display, but also what kind of lessons/statements can be made with them! what a lovely idea!!

though I would feel terrible using your own idea. if i ever do you'd get extensive crediting + i'd talk to you about the vibes of the ideas.

I will tell ya about what i'm thinking for my space elves. I am going on the, they are mortal, but try to beat time. this is done with different methods. They are very royal~nobility ruled, but better at giving out hearty bread and entertaining circuses. Circuses that can put younger royals and nobles at risk, so it feels like an even more important show.

ANYWHO ON BEATING TIME! they're finding ways to stall aging, or regrow themselves (think immortal jellyfish), or beating time by out living others. there is the practice of using others bodies to try and to invigorate themselves. just, eating blood, wont do anything but make them sick. so it takes a lot of processing to turn a Whole body into new material that can keep the recipient young (but i don't want to do suprise blood libel so,,, i want more,,, vampirism, sucking the life from already struggling people or the royal's own children because they don't want 'ick' body. but i'm still working on this and really don't want blood libel. More willingly turning self into pretty frankenstien) It's also, not looked highly on! so if its done! not flaunted! except for those who are okay being scared and hated. the other, more common, among royals!nobles! is a sort of metal 'alchemy' where they fuse/weave their skin/muscle/soft tissues with metals or gems. But it's not how any are naturally born.

Naturally they are more tall, with point ears and long limbs. with color pallets that range from warm and cool greys to black, green, and blue. maybe some pink but that's more on albinism end (I think it colors the colors came first so the rest is me trying to justify colors and elves with silver eyes and gold lips. SO! crit~ideas welcome, if ya want mwah. more magical is okay too i'm just stuck. story fully involves a ghost who can become physical a bit and Can make Very Strange web of blue brains, v v loose science heavy fiction )

you're ideas for romance is very good too. i just need to stop being, embarrassed by the thing thats making me happy lolol. also love the deranged path, that would probably work really well + help with genuine responses that aren't just me clacking dolls together. I always worry that i'm making the characters boring, or doing what i want them to do. They don't know the plot! they should mess it up! if the romance did that, that'd be Cute, but these two weirdos are difficult (affectionate) ANYWAYS I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE!! and your elves put such a lovely image in my head. love the space arthritis + damage making them glitter. people who don't know them just see this beautiful being approaching, possible with more labored/intentional movements. others just see the most Life Hardened person. it's such a good idea you got!!!! my brain did make the crystal bits a dark blue, like,,,

or like a geode crack where a scar could be!! sorry, brain is a picture book. all in all!! love your brain!! thank you for sharing !!!!

[anders-hawke]

when u have an argument about flying to england for a bogus case and ur bf goes w/o u and you both regret ur actions but now ur miles apart yearning for each other but still too knuckleheaded to concede that u were wrong in that argument

[calderskillday]

A STARSTRUCK ODYSSEY EPISOSDE 16 liveblog!!!!!!

A LOT OF DRINKS AT THE TABLE AND WE'RE FEELING FUN

ally's LOOK in that starstruck shirt YES

emily stop it ur literally so hot

touché, you're hot

THEEEE SETTTTTT GOD THATS SO SICK

"so i have no eyes and no ears" LAJFOD gooood this is goooood

god emily crits are just the best huh

ally's laugh 🥲🥲🥲

murph's lil smile when emily says she recently watched inception and was amazed at how fast people fell asleep 🥺

"that's so funny and a decade late" LAMDJSOF y'all know that's how emily axford rolls right

HAHAHAHA asking zac to have skip make smells

ohhhhh i love it when brennan says "that's the right move" hell yes

BARRY AND GUNNIE PLAYING ROCK PAPER SCISSORS ACROSS THE HALL?????? THE ONSCREEN GRAPHIC????? EMILY AND BEARDSLEY WATCHING IT LIKE A TENNIS MATCH????? GOD I LOVE

barry and gunnie are so cute please

OH FUCK KAJFKDF i forgot about the bolt in norm's brain god what a rude awakening lmao

murph "slithering" 😭😭😭

ARE YOU DOING LITTLE KISSES AS YOU GO UP

IM CRYING THAT INTERACTION BETWEEN SKIP AND THE OTHER GUARD SKFJFKD

ohno this seems dangerous hahaha

ZAC CRITTING ON THAT DECEPTION OB MY HOD

omg gunnie what an ordeal

"barry you look so small" "everyone relax"

LOUUU WILSON brilliant idea

BUT THE ROLLS OH NO

"we are smugglers" LMAOOOOO

NO OH MY GOD SIOBHAN NOT A NAT 1 WHEN YOU HAVE PLUS 16 NOOOOO

ANOTHER NAT 20 FROM ZAC DAMN

riva's psychic throw is so good !!!

"I STILL LOOK RIPPED IN MY PAJAMAS!!!!!"

HAHAHAHAHA brennan role-playing a prisoner role-playing a prison guard is so good

OH MY GOD

DAMN OKAY

"vercadians are hot droids" skfjdkf

riva arguing with stax 😭😭

DAMN THIS HANGAR

auma 🥺🥺🥺

RIVA WHAT A PLAN

20 FEET TO 200 FEET DAMN IMPROVED SPACE CASTING

GOD EMILY CRIT MY GOD SORTING OUT THIS DAMAGE IS INSANE

OHHHHHH MY GODDDDDD FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY?????? ONLY EMILY AXFORD

"feels pretty sheriff's head on a cactus to me" so true

SO MANY GODDAMN CRITS

..... did the girl guides actually somehow know??

STOP IT THATS SO CUTE luciencino RIGHTS

PLUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

brennan taketh away but he also giveth

oh baby this next one is gonna be WILD

[axemetaphor]

im sleeby and i cant write my essay and have 0 brain cells i wanna ramble on abt Untitled Villains Project and i fuckign will i dont care if it makes 0 sense !!!

aall of it is a Big Fucken ... Morality Play i guess asdfghj ive never poasted about it before so the run-down is it’s a comedy cartoon-show im workin on thatll prolly be for teens/young aduts/etc basically it’s not really a kids show cause it has some dark themes but by god id rather die than fall into the trap of Ugly Adult Show so young adults it is! the plot centers around two teams of villains who just happen to be vying for the same goal (in a sense). the comedy comes from them butting heads and the general banter shenanigans 

there are like three and a half main characters asdfghj the fourth main character is more of a nebulous figure not involved i nthe action. closest analogy is hordak in that new she-ra ? that character is named Boss and she’s a feral scientist because i dont like the connotations of “mad” scientist and since she’s a maned wolf .. puns! shes also the oldest main character, clockin in at 30-soemthing by her words. she refuses to be specific but she is Adult For Sure 

her assistant, Toxic Porcupine, the gremlin in my icon atm, is also her guinea pig. they can teleport! due to some sorta horrifying shit Boss tried on them! they were of course a willing participant. theyre extremely reckless, the youngest member of the show (19), so theyre like “im young! im invincible! yahoo!” theyre an absolute thorn i nthe side of the other two main characters who both think Toxic is like. 10 at the oldest. theyre small and have a very Young Lad sort of voice and they SCREAM so very much 

the other two are Vex and Unknown ! theyre genetic experiments who are tyring to hide that fact, with Unknown passing themself off as a weirdly pointy raccoon and Vex just pretending to be a normal cat. Vex is a lot less weird-looking and can pass for a tabby cat despite being part fox. Unknown is an amnesiac who lost their memories at 24 under mysterious circumstances that Toxic, somehow, knows something about but refuses to say much of anything on. now at 26 they’re still re-learning a Lot about life and the world and they still have little lapses of memory sometimes that can be kinda scary. but overall theyre coping well! they have some mysterious powers they can’t identify or access, only remember in dreams. Vex is unaware they remember at all.

Vex (27) is the leader of the duo. she’s a sociopath (not hyperbolic; i’m researching sociopathy as best i can and aim for her to be a positive portrayal). she has the ability to sort of temporarily mind-control people verbally, as in, she can say “hey, go do this” and the person will do it with no recollection of doing so. it works best on one person at a time (no, it doesnt stack, she can’t address multiple people one-by-one it diminishes the more people she Manipulates) and can work minimally on up to four. by the time it’s four she can only compel them to like, turn around, or take a step or two, or drop something, etc. small stuff. she does this mostly to keep her and Unknown’s missions nonviolent, as a body count would be Pretty Not Good to deal with. she has no qualms abt killing people but logically understands it’s frowned-upon and would likely cause problems. 

so anyhow the main conflict rises from the fact that Boss wants to study ancient magical artifacts to figure out what the Fuck magic really is, believing there to be a tie between magic and technology. Unknown and Vex work for a mafia-type organization that often wants the same artifacts purely for money-laundering purposes. shenanigans ensue when Toxic and Unknown&Vex are sent after the same thing ! this also is entirely because im a huge art history nerd asdfghjkl

i m all otu of steam now goodnite i might delete this in the morning bt ! if you read this far pls do tell me wot ya think of the Concept ... blease im too shyto sharw this irl but i crave crit on my ideas sdfghjk