#answerin' stuff

[twixtandshout]

i think ur pretty cool :3c hows life going?

Oh! Hello :3c I'm getting on. Better for your message! How are you?

[tartppola]

You should draw your yuu as a tsumtsum and draw how ace and deuce would react.:33

two kinds of people....

[ahhhhhhhh3613]

*hits you with a pillow* >:3

🌸.

[PARRY!!!]

*hits you with a pillow since parying is a free action* >:3

[just-rainbow-thoughts]

Happy World Frog Day to Armani and his clones! I cannot remember your other blog (sorry) but I like your clone lore!

He’s chilling at a frog pond in the nearby forest with a couple others I’m not drawing the rest of them

[twixtandshout]

#prev. my jaw dropped at proxy!shiki #how could it work

:D I was thinking, like. since the reason Neku was made proxy was cause Josh decided pre-Game!Neku was the person most like him (and therefore most likely to prove him right about Shibuya/himself being irredeemable), what if he wound up picking Shiki instead? For the reasons listed, @qualityrain 's bit about "different ways of killing yourself" being maybe the strongest argument. Sure, as a CAT fan with a ridiculous Imagination stat Neku's custom-built to be proxybait, but you could easily say Shiki happened to visit Udagawa's mural at the right time instead – maybe looking for design inspiration? (Or even as a sort of self-harm?? Young girl wandering the backstreets all alone?) And since "Imagination" is kind of an asspull as a stat, I'd be willing to say you could quietly scramble the numbers on the backend so she could be the pin prodigy protagonist. (But if you wanted to say it's a fixed, inherent number too important to her character to change, it could also be really fun to see how far she could get with just Mr. Mew. And what would it say if Josh chose her that way anyway, despite Neku having more potential?)

As for how it could go after that... I'm not sure, but I'd love to find out! She and Neku could still be partners in Week 1 – if Neku even still dies in this timeline without Josh's interference?? I was going to say it could be fun to swap them so Neku's the dude in distress, but...

Well, assuming they do stay partners here to keep things easier, Shiki couldn't be allowed to keep her memory, or else she'd remember Josh picking her. So either she's got two Game fees or she never got bodyswapped, which is cool and fun! What does Shiki think about herself without her memories of self-hatred and envy? She's only so outgoing and bubbly in W1 because she's trying to be Eri, but if she doesn't remember she has no confidence, would she still wilt? ...Does Neku still lose his memories? I was thinking maybe he'd wind up pulling a Cloud and teaching her how to have self-confidence (despite still wanting nothing to do with her) in a reverse mirror of canon, because he can't stand being partners with anyone who'll only drag him down and they're stuck together, but Neku really does value his memories and sense of identity above all else, so it could very well still be his fee. In which case I guess we've just got two amnesiacs running around Shibuya.

How does Uzuki's "kill your partner and go free" double-cross go???

..........This didn't end up being very much about Josh, but there are just. so many questions here.

I’ve been thinking about similarities between Shiki and Joshua. During the events of TWEWY, both of them are deceiving others with their appearances and personalities, and they both know it. Joshua has more control over this than Shiki, but regardless…

Neither of them want to be themselves. I’d say they both loathe themselves, really. Shiki envies everything Eri is and does, and is glad at first to be someone else. Joshua’s disillusionment and dissatisfaction with the city is closely tied to his understanding of himself; he is its Composer, as well as someone quite similar to Neku, the proxy he’s chosen to represent the city.

After their time with Neku, they value themselves more as individuals. To Neku, it doesn’t matter what Shiki looks like or what Joshua’s done. (Well, that last one matters a little, but not as much as it probably should.) He cares for them and trusts them all the same.

And it’s all so beautifully connected, because it’s Joshua’s fault that Neku’s in the game and met Shiki, and Shiki’s why Neku learned to open up, rendering him able to connect with Joshua. Neku passed from one pretender to another, and they never interacted, but they did, in a way.

What really gets me about this comparison, though, is how they differ in the ending. Shiki’s at Hachiko with Neku and everyone else. Neku invites Joshua, but he doesn’t come. From Shiki’s perspective, Neku hasn’t seen the worst of her until he’s seen the real her. Joshua? I can’t imagine there’s anything worse Neku could learn about Joshua… But he doesn’t show. Maybe he’s not able to, and maybe he doesn’t want to. If the wiki is to be believed, Mr. H’s “Some people can’t take no for an answer” in the secret ending was originally about Joshua needing to be honest with how he feels. I like to think about what that localization could have meant, though; try and connect the two ideas.

Some people can’t believe it when someone says, “No, I don’t want you dead, not even after everything you’ve done. No, I couldn’t kill you to save the city, even if you killed me and you’d do it again. No, I can’t forgive you for what you put me through, but I do trust you. And despite it all, I’d like to see you again.” Whether he looks “down” (ENG) or “lonely” (JP), something about the Hachiko reunion’s made Joshua sad. But he won’t do anything about it. He can’t be honest with himself and do what (I imagine) he wants to do. Shiki’s able to move past her self-hatred if it means doing what she wants to and reaching out to Neku. Joshua isn’t. He’s much better now in terms of self-worth than he was three weeks before, but there are some things you have to settle on your own. Some people can’t take no for an answer, even when that’s the answer they want to hear more than anything else.

IN CONCLUSION: I think Shiki and Joshua should be bestest friends and go to the mall and make fun of Neku’s clothing forever and ever and give each other advice of varying quality. PLEASE.

[scriv3lloirl]

Butterfly

I love monarch butterflies. They remind me of m' Momma.

[emotionally-intuitive-engineer]

Hi engie, I'm back.

How are you doing?

Howdy, Honeybee! Been a while here too, haven't been too active here.. sorry 'bout that everyone, Dadgineer's been stressin' lots more as've late aheh. Medic's workin on some stuff though, so we'll be fine ah'm sure! (Dunno if I should be trusin' him.. but not much of a choice here.)

Missedchya Iris, how've you been? :]

[twixtandshout]

I spent way too long getting distracted by the sparkles that follow my cursor on your blog XD XD XD ANYWAY, you had talked about DnD character sheets for the LU boys and I'm here to ask about them! :D I don't know much about DnD but you were excited and I'm interested so feel free to tell me all about it!

Yes!!! Hi! :D There's a lot on them but I'm proud of them all. I guess I'll just pull out a couple things I think are neat from each of them? (And I'll try to keep things understandable for you, dw!!)

Sky: I don't remember what I already went through in comments, but I know he's your favorite so I'll try to pull out something new and interesting for you. Hm... I've got him with 14 levels of Paladin (swords and a bit of holy magic, sworn to a higher power), 3 levels in Warlock (magic granted as part of a pact with an outside entity), and 3 in Barbarian (hit stuff better when you're angry). Pretty sure I already talked about the storm stuff he gets from the Barbarian side of things – he gets some storm/lightning stuff and it's great – but I've made him a Pact of the Talisman warlock with Sun: his sailcloth is a symbol of his bond with her, and apart from acting as a parachute, it also lets him add a little extra to the roll a few times each day through her power when he fails a check. He's got a bunch of stuff that makes him really good at dueling, plus a couple extra feats that make it easier for him and Sun to talk 💞

Four: Four has. so many classes. I gave him 10 levels in Artificer, for making magic tools; then each Color plus Shadow got 2 levels in another class: Wizard for Vio (learn magic through study), Druid for Red (learn magic through becoming in tune with nature), Barbarian for Blue, Paladin for Green, and Sorcerer for Shadow (obtain magic through genetic accident/tragic backstory/general lottery). Generally Druids' main ability as a class is Wildshape, which is to say animal shapeshifting, but that wasn't the vibe for Red, so he's a Wildfire Druid, which gives him a living fire friend instead. Also, one of the magic things you're allowed to say your character knows how to make when you're making an Artificer is a living robot – I've quietly had him learn that, with the expectation that that's how he got Shadow back. :3 Other than that, he's just got a bunch of elemental spells basically!

Time: Time's got a couple levels in Bard (magic through music) and Ranger, but he's primarily a Sorcerer, with a slightly modified Clockwork Soul subclass – technically the flavor there's meant to be more "the underlying order of the universe" than "messing with time," but I just traded out a couple spells on the list and it works fine for him. :3c His background and his Bard and Ranger subclasses all involve the fey, though. He gets some fun stuff with glamours and charm effects, and, just for flavor, when he casts time stands still and you can hear/see gears ticking around him.

Legend: Lej's got a ridiculous number of classes too, and he doesn't have Four's excuse. (There's not even enough room on the sheet to abbreviate them all like I did Four's, so I just filled in the "class" blank "Yes.") So he's got a bit of everything! Pulling out a few interesting bits: he gets a whole bunch of sneaky stuff as a Rogue, as well as sizable bonuses to spotting lies and hidden objects. As a College of Creation Bard, he gets little visual symbol effects that float around him when he plays, and he can create a medium-sized object out of nothing, like that cane that lets him make boxes for some reason. As opposed to the more heroic Paladins of the Chain, Lej's Paladin subclass is the Oath of Vengeance, which among other things lets him channel divine power through utter a "vow of enmity" against an enemy, making his attacks more likely to hit until it's dead. I also gave him a few feats to really round out the knowledgeable veteran thing – he's really good at dungeon delving.

Hyrule: I gave Hyrule the Circle of Dreams Druid subclass, which is fey-themed and gives him a lot of healing abilities in addition to a little bit of teleporting. (He's got levels in Rogue and Sorcerer too, but apart from "he dodges real good, gets bonus damage for surprise attacks, and can modify spell effects," I don't have much to say on those for him.) Reflecting that he carries the Triforce, I borrowed the Radiant Consumption character feature from the Aasimar – as a bonus action, he can start burning, glowing brightly for 10' and doing radiant damage to everyone (including himself) every turn for a full minute. (A combat round in DnD lasts approx 6 in-game seconds!)

Wind: Wind! 2 levels in Rogue, 18 in Sorcerer. As a Halfling, he can reroll any 1 once. He can fly after casting spells (or grant flight to others), is immune to thunder and lightning damage, and he gets a feature to control storms! He can stop rain in a sphere, control the direction of wind, and hit things with lightning. He's also got Truesight and can make ghosts visible for an hour once per week, and I gave him the Quickfingered and Silvertongued feats, so he's great at pickpocketing and sweettalking people.

Twilight: Twi's largely a Ranger, with Exactly enough levels in Druid to give him Wildshape, because Wolfie. He's a Circle of the Shepherd Druid, which seemed fitting; he gets feyspeak as a language, can talk to animals, and can summon a hawk spirit to fight for him. As for the Ranger stuff, he's a Horizon Walker Ranger – the subclass description says they "guard the world against threats that originate from other planes or that seek to ravage the mortal world with otherworldly magic." He doesn't have a lot of spells – I don't think he'd use most of the ones I gave him, honestly, but the class says he gets some so I made the most of it – but he's really good at navigating, especially in forests, and he gets bonuses to track enemies. He's Also very good at vanishing in plain sight, seeing in darkness, and teleporting up to 10' before each attack.

Warriors: Seven levels of Fighter! Seven levels of Paladin! Six levels of Cleric! This boy is So Good at whacking things with swords, and he also channels magic/holy power as a representative of the god of War. As a Battlemaster Fighter, he's got a lot of tactical maneuvers he can use to set people up around the field or grant bonuses, and although his Paladin oath is baaasically the same mechanically as Sky's, he's an Oath of Glory Paladin where Sky's Oath of Heroism. He has a Peerless Athlete feature, he can Channel Divinity to vaporize low-level undead, and he's very mobile – he isn't slowed by difficult terrain, and he literally cannot be physically restrained.

Wild: He'd have a different level distribution if I kept what he had pre-nap, but I decided he keeps five levels in Fighter and then the rest is Ranger from post-nap. He's a Fey Wanderer Ranger (like Time!) so he gets some glamour abilities, and if something makes him save against charm/fear effects, he can redirect it and make that thing make the save against Him instead. He's great at navigating and disappearing in the wilderness, and he gets a couple teleporty things. He's also got a bunch of skills in cooking and making/finding healing food, and he regains more than the usual hp when he recovers, too.

[spotsupstuff]

my mum and i regularly make fun of suns because. HOW do you fuck up that badly. voted bad decisions maker of the fucking century holy hell

the thing is that i like them as a character but mostly in a 'wow get a load of this little freak i want to study them under a microscope' way. literally no hate to the Suns Enjoyers just. Jesus Fucking Christ Man

if i were braver i'd write them as significantly less sympathetic (same with arti but that's neither here nor there)

pulling your Own Mother into the shitfest that is Seven Red Suns, my days what a good child you are GJKSDLCMKLSDMK

they are neat as a character within a story, yeah! i don't have much emotional care for them, all of that goes into NSH, Hunter n Pebbles (n then came the fuckin ocs.............), but they can get a thumbs up for serving a story pretty well. i can appreciate that as someone who likes making stories too

n 'ey! this fandom is Good. people aren't (too) toxic here. i'd say this is a pretty safe place to shoot ur shot (especially with arti too- okay i don't know much about the scug side of the fandom but im p sure people do p often talk bout taking arti more monstrously)

[qiekz]

you seem very good at emulating the emo/scene era of the late 2000s/early 2010s, but you're 14yo??? You were BORN when this stuff was hot???!! Are there specific artists that you study to draw that way??? I'm twice your age and BORE WITNESS to this stuff as it was going on, so it's very comforting to me, and i really wish i could draw like that. Just looking for some of that throwback stuff, ya know?

I HONESTLY DONT KNOW ALL THAT MUCH ,,

BUT!

i personally recommend pinterest,, it has a lot of stuff (tho unfortunately a lot of reposts),, if you look at enough stuff (at least for me) my brain soaked it in like a sponge and was able to replicate it,, tho with some difficulty. it gets easier the more u draw like it!!!

ALSO i cant put my finger on their name/url but theres this one artist on tumblr who posts rlly silly warrior cats comics in this rlly cool style they were a big inspo for me!!!!!!

tho what matters most is u have fun :3

sorry i dont have muuhchhh advice i woke up one day in 2023 and was like "im going to be realllyly cringe/pos" and here i am now lol

[twixtandshout]

I'm not gonna pass on most of the doodles they show up in because they are Very Bad and nigh illegible, lol, but here's the initial doodle page I did with them! (Plus bonus Woodsman in the corner.)

I've also got a ref page I could put up for them, but that's a few years out of date, so I'm gonna take a bit and redo it all nice for you. ;3c

If anyone knows about obscure Alcor familiars, please let me know (message, ask, reblog, comment, ect) and send me a link to where I can learn about them. I love all the characters who are just “oh yeah, Alcor accidentally cursed/revived that thing and now it thinks he’s their dad” but they don’t get a lot of attention anymore. I was scrolling on the official blog this morning, and found a bunch of them that I never knew existed.

Also, they don’t have to be ALCOR’S familiar, they just need to be a one-of-a-kind being resembling an animal or living thing. (Like Sethany) No sandwiches, lollipops, or dates please.

Here’s a list of the ones I already know about:

Sethany (two links)

Razmé

Jupiter

Anser

Lepus

Al-V

The Flock

Lady Star Mittens of Sparkle Town

Algieba

The bottomless pit wildlife

The following ones become sentient in later centuries in this fic. I’ve never seen it mentioned anywhere else but I like it.

The Rainbow Basher

The Sweater Stash

The Answering machine

You can even make your own! I just want more familiars! (Possums, owls, raccoons, snakes, crocodilians, bears, pigeons, moose and buffalo are pretty cool 👀)

Edit: can’t keep on adding all the cool animals I remember, because almost every animal is cool. Go crazy.

[ohthethingswedoforlove]

Hi! I had seen your fics and ocs a while back and found myself really liking ur characters! I saw that u came back after some time and as a welcome back gift i thought to myself, why not draw their ocs? I sadly am not that active on tumblr but i have an instagram account (@vikkzo_101)! Hope you'll like my drawings of them :)) fav is gabriel btw heh

Oh wow!!! I was not expecting to have fanart for them, especially after being gone for so long! omg thank you, this literally made me so happy!

They all look so good! And you somehow have a way better grasp of how I imagine them to look than myself when I drew them, then again, I don't have that much practice as an artist lmao

Thank you so much, really!

[ahhhhhhhh3613]

Be bothered

✋😏🤚

Moose guy

Ooooooohhhhhhhhh, that makes much more sense now that Im not looking at the ask

[just-rainbow-thoughts]

Can TV Peppino give Peppino and fake peppino a hug

Please:)

PS your artwork is soooooooooo CUTE👌✨️💜🫶

Don’t worry about the guy on the left, he’s fine. Well, he will be. I think.

Oh dear. Ah well, he can walk it off

[twixtandshout]

Tagging's hard and tumblr's a super functional website so I'm not gonna do that half, but thanks to this for convincing me to finish a thing?

People hurried past, averting their gazes (how cold!, how frightened!, so cute how they tucked into themselves and scurried, and what strange and marvelous clothes!), and even the gapemouthed clergy that stared after them from the doorway didn’t dare rise from their quivering knees.

WIP Tag Game

Rules: Write the latest line from your WIP (or post where you last left off on in your art) and tag as many people as there are words in the line. Make a new post, don’t reblog.

Tagged by @nikki-pondtheauthor -- thanks! (This was a while ago, and admittedly I might have done this already but uh.... doing it again. Because I can.)

From Revision (FFN | AO3), Ch. 18:

 "Necessity can be a cruel teacher, but I’ve learned my lessons well."

Tagging @pftones3482, @asjjohnson, @animationadventures, @sach216, @queenofhearts7378, @threewaysdivided, @bookeatingworm, @arisu-reblogs, @iconicanemone, @dp-marvel94, and @lexosaurus.

[birdmitosis]

Do you like Lolita? (Japanese street fashion)

It can be really cute! I love that there's a ton of different styles to it, too.

I think my favorites are Casual Lolita, Cyber Lolita, Gothic Lolita, Guro Lolita, Punk Lolita, and Steam Lolita.

I also really like Ouji and the Mori Girl style, Visual Kei (and some others like Dolly Kei), and genderless fashion!