#legstheoctomobster

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Hemlo your wifme is very pretty an so here is mine :3

Lovely wimfe 10/10

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@legstheoctomobster asked some questions about Johnny's age regression and my headcanons around it. I drafted a respose and for some fucking reason tumblr posted my draft. I panicked and deleted it (STUPID!) but that meant I lost the ask so I'm just taggin him here

HEY...! There's a really cute little frankie/johnny quickfic at the end of this post that you should skip to and read even if you're not interested in the detailed response :3

ANYWAY… THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING… Your questions mean the world to me lil bro 👽

So basically, Johnny’s experience with age regression is very much based off my own, not only because writing from experience allows me to make it better, but also because I don’t really hear much from involuntary/older little age regressors like me and like be the representation you want to see I guess.

When Johnny regresses, he retreats to around eight years old, the age of the primary traumatic experience he underwent. His memories and knowledge aren’t impacted at all (though there may be a very short transitional period of dissociated between the mental ages where he more or less experiences amnesia), but his motor skills, behaviours, and cognitive processes are significantly altered; meaning he struggles to communicate, and coordinate, and make full sense of the world around him, even though he knows where he is and what he’s doing.

By virtue of the D’Amico family structure, the boys don’t interact directly with Fat Tony so much as they do the underboss, his son, Softfoot Mikey. Johnny isn’t only ashamed and confused, he’s also too scared to let anybody onto it; it’s sad, but seeing the way Louie is treated after developing a cognitive disability frightens him. He’s able to mask himself, so there have yet to be any moments where he fully shuts down and is unable to function; to the untrained eye, his regressions look more or less like simple mood swings, and they’re passed off by Mikey and his fellow capos as not being anything significant. Mikey is a little bit concerned, though; he’s not aware of what it actually is, but deep down he knows something is going on.

The only person in the family who really knows is Frankie; thankfully for Johnny, he finds out at the point in his character art where he’s learning to keep his mouth shut about certain things. It happens during one of their errrr get-togethers: Johnny is triggered without warning and naturally begins screaming and panicking at the fact that a man in his late thirties is trying to kiss him. He’s in an extremely vulnerable position, so he struggles to mask and is basically outed about his regression to Frankie: but the two share a nice little moment that I’ve actually drafted out:

“Fuck, Johnny, whats the matter with you?”

“What…? F-franky,” Johnny uttered in a high-pitched groan, seemingly prompted by Frankie’s casual swearing. “Franky, you’re not a’sposed to say that word. S’… S’isn’t a good word, yous going to have your t-tongue eatin’ by coff’roaches.”

The last statement was spat with such vindication and offence that it became immediately apparent that Johnny was genuinely in the belief that his soldier was going to have his tongue eaten by cockroaches for using profane language. The taller's strange behaviours didn't stop there, however; he removed himself from Francesco's hold with strangely small movements- a frantic little shuffle that wound him up on the other side of his mattress, huddled up against the headboard in a crouched position that seemed to be intended to shut himself from the other man.

"What… What the shit-"

"Franky," whined Johnny without hesitation, voice frantic: like he was going to break out in tears of distress at any second. "I say- Said you ain't a'sposed ta' dire parolacce!"

Before the other could even begin to process Johnny's continued odd behaviour, he was hit in the head with one of his caporegime's hard, yellowing pillows. With the deliverer seemingly forgetting his own strength, the bedding was thrown with such force that Frankie has the wind pushed from his lungs, and nearly fell off the corner of the bed that he was seated on. Evidently, that was far from his intention: Giovanni immediately gave a small 'eep', paired with a puppy-eyed look of guilt.

"Okay, okay, jeez- Sorry, Gio," muttered the soldato, completely bemused in the sudden change in his normally stoic bosses demeanour. "I won't say no swears."

"…Do ya' mean it?"

"Yeah. On my ma, honest."

"O-okay, I believe you… Franky? Why's we in our underpants?"

"Why's we in our...? W-wha- I don't- Is this, like, what? A joke? ...Oh, Jesus, are you tryna' tell me you don't wanna' let me bang you no more?" Habit kicked in, and Frankie immediately launched into one of his characteristic bouts of frantic oversharing. "Gio- Johnny, is it because I'm real loud? I know it's a lot, but time before last, you said you liked the way I, u-um, 'whimpered': and, and I'd still been nervous, thinkin' maybe you was just fibbing to make me feel better about myself- and that- that maybe you was only lettin' me hit because I'm the only other guy outside the Dingo who's swinging like this - I think: so I asked Connie, and she's been tellin' me that girls actually like guys who make some noise- Course', yous not a girl, I just-"

"What? No-! Ew! Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, that is the most grossest thing I have ever heard, infinity times a billion!"

Giovanni threw his legs out from beneath him, kicking them around like a petulant child as he groaned quietly and covered both ears with cupped hands. His fingernails gripped so tightly into scalp, and he balled up his face so tightly at the Squealer's words that his face went a worryingly dark red. His partner immediately fell quiet at his borderline tantrum, eyes softening as he looked the panicking man over. Francesco wasn't quite sure exactly what was going on, but an unnamed realisation had clicked in his brain, and more or less. he understood that something beyond a normal breakdown was going on. With uncharacteristic quietude and hesitance, he shuffled a little closer to Tightlips, body language now geared inwards: as if he was trying to make himself less intimidating - and admittedly, less painfully half-naked.

"You ain't yourself right now, are you?"

"I don't know, Franky! Really, truly, honest to jeepers…"

"…T-that's okay, it's okay, you, um… You don't need to know." his words were inflicted upwards at their ends, as if they were questions, and he stuttered quietly as he spoke: all of it doing very little to hide the painful uncertainty in held his own actions. Frankie soldiered on, however, trying to work past his unsureness and get through to the frightened-looking Italian. "I, um, I reckon' you wanna' get dressed, don't you?"

"Uhhh… Yeah, yeh. Will you button my shirt for me, though, Franky? I'm not very much good with little buttons."

"What the- Nope, okay, it's okay; alright, uh- Y-yeah. Alright. I can help ya, Gio. Whatever ya' need right now."

they are... my life at this moment..

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WAIT YOU SELF SHIP WITH YOUR OCS??? (I dunno if Clover counts as an oc considering she’s an agent so pls correct me!!) EITHER WAY THATS SO COOL‼️‼️‼️

I SELFSHIP W A WHOLE LOT OF AGENT 4S AND CLOVER IS ONE OF THEM !!! Agent 4 in general ,, my wimfe ,, I luv her ,,

Honorable mention to all of stupid-puppycat’s agent 4’s , lbodraws’ agent 4 and v4 , and ar0rins agent 4 Kanava .

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Hai!!! I just want to let you know that even if I don’t respond to your asks, I appreciate them a lot!! I just want you to know that I’m really happy that we’re moots and that you’re one of the coolest people I’ve met in the Splatoon fandom (/srs /pla)

HI HI HI !!!! I’m so glad you appreciate them !!! I kinda forget when I send them but I always try to remind you I’m thinking of you somehow :] you’re one of my fav moots on here and you show genuine interest in my characters so I want to try and show the same !!!!

Thank you for being my friend :3 !!

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Maybe for the character ask game, 1, 8, and 25 for Rory/Neo 3?

YIPPEE !!!!!!!!!!!!1 Kinda long warning oops

1 - What’s their goal?

Honestly , I don't think she has a goal , at least not a solid one . She's not exactly the type to have plans or think ahead by more than a few days , which often leads to her being under pressure and stressing herself out .

I'd say the closest thing to a goal she has would be to "feel okay," enough to return to turf , which is likely impossible , sadly :( but she may be re-meeting her old turf buddies soon ! (when I stop procrastinating)

8 - Are they disabled? How does this affect them?

Yes , she's disabled ! Hate to say it , but her existence kind of surrounds around disability . I don't think I ever would've made her an actual character if it wasn't for the "proof-of-concept" fic for InconNeo .

Rory is incontinent and has mobility issues , as well as other things I have yet to really dive into . I don't believe I've mentioned it before , but her ink sacs are also dysfunctional and don't quite work properly , meaning she's unable to recharge ink or have the high ink pressure needed to do turf wars .

In general , Rory isn't at all happy about it . As written in Running Low , she struggles with self deprecation and mild suicidal idealization . In other words , your kid needs THERAPY .

It makes it hard for her to want to do things or go out . Hell , she's inherently missing in Splatsville . I'm not entirely sure if she's even been getting Smallfry his food - he gets restless when inside for too long (and while not mentioned in Running Low , that's basically why he was making a huge mess . It was not silly boy activities .)

I hope that answers it ?? Might've gone a lil offtrack

25 - What do they identify as? Are they trans? Are they queer?

Figuring that out as I go ! While she does go by she/her , I don't have a set identity for her . She could be a cishet man , a genderqueer gay , a nonbinary lesbian , an unlabeled trans woman , and basically any other identity out there .

I haven't shared the notes sheets I've made on Rory for potential fics , but this does remind me of the note I made stating "Rory thought she had a crush on Tako and Nem [AnemoneNo1] but it turned out to just be a cold." so she very well could just be AroAce .

ANYWAYS THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR LETTING EM RAMBLE ABOUT MY SILLIES !!!!

Ask game : https://www.tumblr.com/plant-net/716772797308960768/oc-ask-game?source=share

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Hi!!!! I saw your ask recently and I wanted to let you know that you’re awesome too!!!!

YAAYA !!!!!

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Hai! If you’re still doing character asks, maybe 18, 32, and 39 for Sally/Agent 3?

YAAAY !!! YAAAAAY !!!!!!

(yes)

18 - Do they have close companions / a family?

Absolutely ! Most of the content I have of them is of them being around family / companions . The main notable friend-family they have would be Callie & Marie (they’re like siblings ! I’ve mentioned it in a fic before I believe , but a typo Callie made is what gave Sally their name .) , Craig (he has many grandchildren) , Rory (I want them to eventually legally adopt her) , and for friends , they have their old turf buddies , and probably more I have to develop .

32 - What’s their dream career?

Sally likes where they are now ! But if they hadn’t been apart of the NSS , then probably a teacher or daycare worker .

39 - Do they read? Do they write?

Lots of reading , not a lot of writing . They do a lot of paperwork for the NSS as well as doing paper work for the Squid Sisters when they’re busy , but otherwise they don’t write much . Sally had access to great education until they dropped out , so their grammar and writing isn’t half bad either .

THANK YOUUUUUU for sending an ask :333 sendinf me these is ALWAYS open and it’s never closed !!!!

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Your comment on my Amelia ref inspired me to make this! She doesn’t need to be official in the au, but here’s just some concept art for the funsies :3

Love this!!!!! Unfortunately Valentina's whole character arc is contingent on her and Memphis being the only transgender people within the family (also there's a lot of adjustments I'd need to make to existing dynamics) T_T

BUT I do still love this idea :333 so here's a little non-canon sketch of amelia and little suricato running from the northside perros (a minor street gang based in downtown springfield that I'm still properly developing - they used to be associates of the D'Amico family, and two of their members were responsible for planting the car bomb that disabled Louis and Max)

interactions hugely appreciated!!!! <3 also if you haven't already go follow @legstheoctomobster or else