#mr-sn

[coolgoodandfine]

Shhh... secret draft designs. Don't tell Twitter yet. Please give me any feedback, and feel free to read my many design thoughts under the cut. Also feel free to use the designs yourself.

Alright! The things right at the top that i wanted to keep in mind were things in the series that are distinct to mechanites vs things warforged have.

As far as I remember, there are only two notable ones. Mechanites have jaws that cannot move, instead they have face plates that can open up. And while the other isn't stated in canon, warforged have crystals in their eyes, and mechanites are never pictured or described in that way.

I almost broke the first rule on purpose with DX-TR, seeing as he's described as human-like and the negotiator, but as I was going through the series again, he was explicitly stated to have the same stiff jaw.

The only heights (I think) we have were that VR-LA got the haha funny meme number at 6'9", MR-SN was a few inches taller, and C-RA is at least as tall as Finbar (7'2"). From there, I wanted DX-TR to be nearly as tall as VR-LA, so he's around 6'6"/6'7". E-DN is about the same height as him because I feel like with her satyr legs, her being taller made sense. I put K-LB around 6'2" because I was originally going to have a slight joke that this height was after he'd already made mods to himself with heels and his mohawk. I didn't like how the heels came out, so I left it out. AS-TR is the shortest at the bare minimum height for warforged at 5'10". I'll get into that in the section discussing her design.

While it didn't really come up in these designs, since VR-LA has been pictured with yellow eyes, and described with blue, I've headcanoned that mechanites eyes change color based on how much processing they're doing. So the default would be blue, when they're calm and just hanging out. Their eyes switch to yellow when they're concentrating or focused on something specific. Orange is when they're flustered or upset. Red is the dramatic color for when they're really angy. I'd imagine someone like DX-TR can deliberately control it to avoid giving away some tell, but I don't think it's common for mechanites to do it.

The designs are mostly based on the same shapes and pieces that VR-LA has, rather than Vice/He-11, as those feel like they're kind of unusual in that regard. And even if they're not, I'd still chalk it up as a difference in their plane of origin. Onto individual character notes!

C-RA was described as being large, having a sort of knights templar, aesthetic, somewhat like living armor but more organic. Mostly what I referenced was plate armor, so pretty straight-forward. That being said, I feel like her design's a little plain. I wanted to add something to her head to help distinguish her head silhouette more. Plus I feel like her colors are too desaturated, and she just doesn't really have a shape that carries throughout her design. Idk, it's fine, but it just doesn't feel striking.

MR-SN was described as being slender, regal, and with a permanent smile in his eyes. I feel like I had a similar issue with him that I had with C-RA where there doesn't seem to be anything that carries through his design. I feel like I captured the face pretty well at least where he looks kind and kind of like a dad who's just proud of you. He's one I kind of feel like with clothes, his design might work better. I had no clue what color to go for, so it's just a color that I thought would be unique enough to the group.

VR-LA is just based on his season 1 art. The only thing I changed from how I drew him before, was mostly just proportions, like around the joints. I wanted him to be a thin, scrawny nerd, so he's also more narrow than before. My goal was half of C-RA's size, and I think C-RA's about 1 1/2 VR-LA's, so it's close enough.

DX-TR was described as human-like and bald with a flesh tone color. He was honestly really easy. As a joke, I referenced Seth Everman for his face sculpt, and I think it came out well. Mostly I referenced human muscles for his sculpt. I considered giving him tattoos, but didn't really have any ideas for that. He's got two notably unique traits from the rest of the group. He's the only one without shoulder pauldrons, which I kinda want to change, but idk there, and the light in his eyes is round rather than the cross design I treated as baseline. I wanted a less human saturation in skin, and I don't think I achieved that, but I'm not sure it'd look as good. I kinda want him more uncanny valley, but idk what to do there.

E-DN was described as a similar mechanite design as VR-LA, but with satyr legs. I gave her horns and horizontal pupils, mostly just for variety. I gave her a little more of just a round shape compared to VR-LA's more angular shapes. Her design I like over all. I like the colors, and I think the mint accents help her stand out. She's got good shapes and a good silhouette. And everything feels like it came out pretty well with her.

K-LB I'm torn on. I almost feel like he stands out too much. As far as what's described, I had the hardest time figuring out his design. He's described as a standard mechanite that's gold with fine gold filigree that looks like wire mesh, as well as a blue glow from his arms. I was going for somewhere around a punk-ish Rodney Copperbottom from Robots kind of idea. The filigree mesh I just used a nonsense text brush because i didn't have any specific ideas there. I like how the yellows/blues look together. I like the hexagon shape that carries throughout. His silhouette's mostly different enough from everyone else. I don't think he's too saturated. Yet I just don't feel like his design fits him, and I don't know what to do. He's the one I feel like scrapping and redoing the most.

AS-TR was described with long hair, and a slight glow, but didn't have much of a description as far as I remember otherwise. She had two notable design inspirations. Selûne and my cat who coincidentally has the same name (mostly my cat lol). One of Selûne's avatar's is described as long limbed (which is kind of how I just drew the mechanites), with pale hair, dusty skin, and green eyes. The pattern around her eyes is a less exaggerated version of some of her iconography. Her eyes are tinted green with her holy symbol as the shape of the lights. If I were smart, I'd actually have put all seven of the stars that are a part of Selûne's holy symbol (and I might change that later). Aster (my cat) is a tiny little black cat with a grey undercoat and two tiny lil white spots. So from there, I made AS-TR the smallest mechanite, she's two different shades of grey, and she has two little white spots on her chest in a similar size, shape, and location as Aster's. As a result of the name coincidence, and from what we've seen, similar personality, AS-TR is required to be my favorite, lol. Even excluding that though, I do like how her design came out too. Like I said, I might change the design slightly to have the seven stars across her, and I might change the greys to have more contrast because they're too similar, but the whole design came close to what I had in mind.

Over all, I'm pretty satisfied with all of these designs, and while there's things I'm going to change, I think these are all pretty solid.

[moltengoldveins]

“Do me a favor? Bury me at sea. I always thought it was poetic, being buried at sea. And if I’m gonna sleep forever… I want to do it where I can see the stars.”

How DARE YOU.

[silveryinkystar]

Summary:

MR-SN is used to being an anomaly, as the sole dreamer among his people. He's perfectly alright with keeping this phenomenon a secret, while sharing their contents with the ones he loves, but little did he expect the full dreamer's experience. Or, the one where MR-SN has a nightmare.

A/N: Written for the @badthingshappenbingo square "Nightmares" (full square can be found under the cut).

Fandom: Rolling With Difficulty (Web Series)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: MR-SN & VR-LA (Rolling With Difficulty), MR-SN & Old Per Aspera Crew (Rolling WIth Difficulty)

Characters: MR-SN (Rolling With Difficulty), VR-LA (Rolling With Difficulty)

Additional Tags: Mentioned Old Per Aspera Crew (Rolling With Difficulty), MR-SN Needs a Hug, VR-LA is a Good Friend, Hurt/Comfort, Dreams and Nightmares, Nightmares, Semi-Graphic Description of Injury, Pre-Canon, reverse engineered mechanite version of bedsharing for comfort

[mrsbakashi]

[caliburn-not-calculator]

I did one for MR-SN and VR-LA

:D

[theexhaustedqueer]

If you’ll permit me to be a bit angsty on main for a minute but—

Do you ever think about early on VR-LA’s fixation on finding a ‘captain’? Do you think that deep down a part of him knew, despite the memory loss, that having a ‘captain’ was important to him? How he asks everyone he meets but he never seems satisfied that they could actually be his captain, because he’s searching for something he doesn’t remember? How he’s desperately trying to fill a void he isn’t even aware of— because the memories are gone but the feelings aren’t, like a phantom limb. He knows something is missing and he’s searching at every turn, but he can’t quite recall it and so his search becomes broad and general, because he doesn’t have the context to articulate what he actually wants. ‘My captain’ becomes ‘a captain’, ‘our captain’, because instinct remembers the shape of what he needs, even when memory loss has made the shape hollow.

“Would you like to be our captain?”

(Obviously Noir had no idea about VR-LA’s backstory when he did this bit, this is just one of those moments where player improv really supports the story that emerged basically by accident, but still)

[whatacatch]

One of Naruto’s fruitiest moments was him looking at a shooting star while clutching his chest and with a smile and stars in his eyes, dreamily saying Sasuke’s name out loud like a prayer😳

[sueske]

do u think naruto and sasuke ever think about their own symbolism with each other. like wdym we r fighting at vote2 again where the hand statues of our predecessors are doing the seal of reconciliation while we’re lying down on said statues after reconciling while there’s a heart shaped pool of blood between us 🤨

[coolgoodandfine]

Updated the designs! I think these are the designs I'm going to use, with maybe minor changes here and there. Feel free to use yourself. Changes under the cut!

Outside adding some gear and some clothes to their designs, I changed a couple things here and there. If you wnat to look at the old designs, you can find them here.

C-RA's saturation was cranked up, as well as light orange and purple accents to give her extra colors. I changed her pauldrons and leg guards to match, and changed the shapes on the elbows, chest, and knees. Weapons and shield styled after the shape used on the map.

MR-SN's colors were shifted from more yellow to blue, and was given more saturated accents in a dark and light blue. While we don't have much gear for him, cape was added for dramatic swooshes during storytelling.

VR-LA's design I don't think I changed any? I just added his staff and clothes from his Season 1 design. Technically he also has his spell book attached like a messenger bag, but I just left it off for this.

DX-TR had some armor integrated on him. Pauldrons were styled to match the shape Austin used on the map.

E-DN's colors might have changed slightly? I forget if I did. Wasn't sure what the shapes were in her map icon. I think they're swords, but I just left it, and mirrored the shapes in her bag.

K-LB's design I changed less than I thought I would. I changed the blue I used, and changed his chest thing into a gear shape.

AS-TR I added more armor on, and slightly changed some shapes so she'd have the seven compasses/stars that are a part of Selûne's iconography (attached to pauldrons, hands, chest, and eyes).

Really happy with the changes, and I like how they all came out! I think they all stand out from each other without being too far from the designs we have for mechanites. I think last time I talked a lot about shapes and silhouettes, as well as the colors, and I think they look pretty solid now. It might be a bit until I do a full group drawing, but I've got a few ideas for some smaller ones until then.

[blazestar3450]

"We made it MR-SN..."

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[mister-qi]

Kind reminder not to harass creators for their work. If you disagree with someone’s art or a fandom trend, instead consider spreading positivity for what you’d prefer instead.

[narusasuart]

Here's my half of the art trade with @opens-up-4-nobody who wished for

- anybody looking after/caring for Naruto and/or Sasuke

or

- Sasuke hanging out with a bunch of cats.

Well, don't mind if I do(odle). :D

Soft and domestic SNS >>>>>

Check out their wonderful half of the trade! Thank you again, this was so fun!

I'm gonna ramble about my headcanons for this in the tags so this post doesn't get to long.

[astranauticus]

//s4 qna spoilers

"VR-LA thinks he's in a much better place mentally compared to Maxim but there's a very real reason why he's not really interested in pursuing a relationship right now"

[caliburn-not-calculator]

Felt the need to give this to my good fellows not on the hellsite

[basil-doing-things]

vr-la’s season 2 episode 10 season finale monologue am i right folks

i do not normally rely on the faith of gods to be the source of my power. in my brief time across the planescape, i have found that gods hold power beyond compare, yet are still prone to the same mistakes, the same lapses in reasoning as any other mortal, and that combination makes them dangerous. i have read of the destruction they have wrought, i have seen them regard their worshipers as no better than parasites, and i have concluded that in a seascape of gods and monsters, who can tell the difference between one and the other? so in my opinion, gods are to be avoided at all costs. yet i will allow myself this one exception, because i know you are watching. because you called me curious. you call the power i and my ship possess ‘curious’. that must count for something. there must be at least an iota, some atomic speck of my being, that has your attention. mx-im was correct. names hold power. k-lb. c-ra. e-dn. dx-tr. as-tr. mr-sn. i… i do not know them, but when i heard those names, uttered to me since the first time since my awakening, they released in me a wave of emotion; of a care and love i did not know i held, of an ache and longing for the memories and time that have since been taken from me. no name had ever elicited such feelings in me, though i am grateful to have since found three names that do. and if you are who i suspect you are, then i know the power of names is a concept with which you are very familiar. so with the magic stored in this vessel, i craft my wish, and in casting it, i release the energies within back to the weave. an offering, given in faith that it shall be received, and answered in the manner i intend it. there is a part of me that knows i may be simply… speaking to the stars, that i have overestimated my brief importance in the vastness of your knowing, that you have no obligation to respond. but i shall cast it to you all the same. i ask for no riches, i do not vie for power, i am not like those before me who were arrogant enough to think your position could be usurped. i am simply casting my wish to you in faith. consider it a prayer. but in doing so, i will evoke the name you assumed so many eons ago, and, with it, all the power it holds. lady of spells, mother of magic, keeper of the weave, mystra! i wish for you to help me find my old crew. guide me to their locations! if they are lost, i shall find them! if they are imprisoned, i shall free them! if they are dead… i shall bury them.

[eggsnatcheskneecaps]

I really like the new UR event, but I've learned my lesson with single URs 😭😭😭 AK