#colm

[punchyemblem]

stealth masters

[faustcrybaby]

I like the way Kieran looks here, but again I don't understand what's wrong with Colm. I want to keep it as a sketch for now, but maybe I'll even finish it later ^^

[nosfurarity]

silly colm censored version

guh… dm me for uncensored picture 💖💖💖

[dissectress]

misc unposted modern colm autumn

[milogreer]

so uhh this is gonna be scatterbrained. but i'm gonna ramble about milo and (what little info we have on) colm. sorry in advance if it doesn’t make sense i just had to exorcise this demon 🫡

i believe "camping with your alpha boyfriend (2021)" is the earliest mention of colm in an audio. obviously we don't actually know milo's side of things because it's told from david's POV, but we still get the mental image of little thirteen year old milo sitting shotgun in his dad's pickup as they drive to their camping spot. gabe's goofing around in the truck bed to make david and asher laugh, and colm joins in the fun by swerving the truck to mess with gabe. very basic dad thing to do, my dad's done the exact same thing to me and my siblings. it feels familiar and silly, and david frames it as a good memory, so it feels like a good memory. which is important to the point of this post

in "celebrating the new house (2022)," we get a little more colm lore:

My dad was forever blowing any cash he made on fucking bets and gambling and shit, chasing some fucking high. My mom was the only reason we didn’t end up out on the fucking street. He didn’t pull his head out of his ass and get some help until after I’d already moved out. So I never got to have that feeling of being in a house that was actually ours, ya know?

already this is a stark contrast to what we've previously heard of colm (i don't think there's any real mention of him between sept 2021 and dec 2022?) and it kinda makes me look at that old memory in a different light, especially with regards to david saying marie was "nagging [colm's] ear off about being irresponsible and a bad example." like. ykwim? like i'm just thinking about that interaction and wondering how far along those problems were at the time, if they were present at all. was this a normal, fun family outing? or would milo have rather been in the truck bed with david, asher, and gabe?

(and the fact that it wasn't until after milo moved out that colm tried getting any help?? i could make a whole other post speculating about milo struggling with wanting to move out of that environment ASAP vs not wanting to leave marie on her own to deal with colm)

so then i'm re-listening to "your werewolf boyfriend is worried about you" and having a visceral reaction to (re-)learning that colm was also an alcoholic:

But what he chose to do with that frustration and that feeling of powerlessness was not his job’s fault, those were his choices. He’s the one who decided to lose himself in booze and gambling and never being home. Never being there for the people he said he loved but apparently couldn’t stand to be around.

the last sentence especially is just an absolute heartbreaker because milo's, what, thirty now? and he's been dealing with this since he was a kid. clearly he's not on great terms with colm. the only times he ever talks about him is when he's shit talking the department. that is a crazy weight for someone to carry their whole life. i don't have experience with the gambling side but i do have an alcoholic family member who i used to be really close to as a kid but grew up to intensely resent as a result of his actions, so it hits a little close to home to see that reflected in milo

but i digress. umm. i bring up the camping story to highlight the most recent mention of colm from milo and how there were good times and sometimes maybe it hurts to remember them when the person involved devastated you as you grew up because they weren't what you thought they were. and how these things follow you through life and impact how you approach certain things. milo has to live with the fact that the same system that royally fucked colm is potentially going to do the same thing to the love of his life; i never drink more than one shot or half a beer, if i drink at all, and i don't like being around drunk people. even though we don't hear about colm very often, his influence is still there whenever milo has to deal with the department in any way

anyway i guess TLDR; imagine living the majority of your thirty years of life feeling like your dad couldn't stand to be around you because he was too busy drinking himself stupid and gambling away every penny he had as a way to deal with the strain that his job put on him. imagine having to witness your mom struggle constantly to keep you cared for. imagine the few good childhood memories you have with your dad being overshadowed by thinking he didn't love you or your mom enough to change. imagine watching the department run your soulmate into the dirt physically and mentally the same way it did your father and wanting to be supportive of them but also being so worried for them. it's a really interesting situation for him to be in and i enjoy it but it hurts me. the end

[thebrigeedadraws]

set my phone calendar for yearly alerts

get a reminder 3 days before each one

still forget to do something for both Hug a Giant and Hug a Tiny day

belch out a 2-in-1 days later to make up for it

i will get back to a consistent art schedule eventually

i hope

[lucdrawsthings]

Two sorta disconnected comic pages for trans exchange day!! for Genoscissors1 on twitter! The realisation, and a bit of Colm being a good pal.

Prompt was "Colm and Neimi, platonic, both realising they’re trans and wondering what they should do about it."

[fefuckability]

Sacred Stones Qualifier 1

Feel free to reblog and comment with your reasons!

[capitalisticveins]

I feel like some of y’all just like Alexis out of spite

[roaldseth]

Kinda late to the party, but nevertheless still fascinated by a certain someone’s casual clothes (feat. Colm).

[pale-flower-of-darkness]

lesbian and butch flags but they're color picked from neimi and colm

[pokemonomegaverse]

The lil bro of the traveling group. I typically think of him as the “heart” of sorts.

[ingridhagen]

"Come on now," Ingrid encouraged with a playful smirk on her lips. "You're not going to let yourself be bested by a pair of ice skates now, are you?" the woman further encouraged him onto the ice. "I believe you can do this."

@cclmmccarthy

[pixie-mask]

I went into this game thinking I’d be in love with Josef.

Instead I finish and end up constantly thinking about Renault, Colm, Bryce, Jerome, and Fodoquia

[dissectress]

emo hours

[prof-kenny]