#samcat ramblings.

[samcatsketch]

gotta say, your fillia art is really feeding my hyper fix. i love her and baby vaal.

AHHHH thank you!! this is so sweet to read hehe, maybe ... i will draw my girl again soon i miss her :')

[samcat18]

Talked about the book 'Lovecraft Country' in book club today and tried to talk about what the horror genre is or can be -- the psychological and mental aspect of fear and terror and the unknown, versus the physical gore and weirdness. And now listening to 'Old Gods of Appalachia', it feels like it walks the line between those two kinds/poles/aspects of horror? Horror to me has always been a hard genre to define, since I historically haven't interacted with it much, though now I have been starting to more? But genre definitions are always interesting to me, since so many works can blur the lines of categories or move between them!

[alivingdarkness]

@faemoria​ asked: ♛ && also materxnatura !

[ ♛ ] SEND ME A URL AND I’LL TELL YOU THE FOLLOWING;

MY OPINION ON;

CHARACTER IN GENERAL: So, as I’ve told @materxnatura​,  I haven’t gotten to Mother Nature’s main part in the books yet. I mostly only know about Seraphina from the little insights we get about her during the first three books in her role as Kozmotis’ daughter and cheating and reading the black pages of The Sandman installment. I am super excited to get to her part of the story to find out more about her from canon! HOW THEY PLAY THEM: Well, as I mentioned above, I can’t speak to how alike or divergent Sera might be from the books, but I absolutely adore the way Samcat writes her! Sera is such an intriguing, complex, multifaceted character with her as a writer, and I am absolutely captivated every time I get a reply. She never ceases to pull on my heartstrings. This baby has been through so much and she deserves the absolute world! I went from being completely neutral about the character to being willing to throw down over her in about the span of two replies and if that doesn’t say something about how well Samcat writes her, then I don’t know what would. There is so much love and thought that goes into Sera and how Samcat writes her and I am honestly just in awe. The headcanons are fascinating and the depth to the character is incredible.  I just. I love how she writes Sera, so very, very much.  THE MUN: Samcat is so nice! We’ve talked quite a bit off and on since we first started discussing threads with Koz & Sera/Pitch & Mother Nature. Such a sweetheart, honestly. She’s put up with me throwing all of my random, rambling headcanons at her and all of the muse things at all hours of the day and night. Not to mention, we both seem to have a similar sense of humor/outlook which is Great. [ WARNING: She has also begun to enable me and anyone who wants to can blame her for me writing now THREE of five guardians, in addition to Pitch and his wife. ] Honestly a delight to talk to OOC and such a talented writer!!! Seriously, the way she writes is beautiful. Every reply is like a work of art. Joyce should have just left Seraphina to Samcat, like DreamWorks should have left Toothiana to Mem, and the Guardians series/franchise would have been all the better for it.

DO I;

FOLLOW THEM: I absolutely do on several of my accounts! RP WITH THEM: We have… four or five threads going, I think, and I love all of them. Again, as I mentioned above, every reply from them is a Wonder and I find myself re-reading them again and again because they’re just so amazing. The word choice and the voice. The characterization. Incredible. WANT TO RP WITH THEM: Without question, I look forward to where our current threads might go and to whatever else we might write in the future. SHIP THEIR CHARACTER WITH MINE: 😂 I mean, I’m game to explore if Sera is ever interested in a romantic ship with any of my other babies, but on the matter of familial relationships, let me just say that the father-daughter relationship between Koz & Sera / Pitch & Mother Nature is Beautiful. Samcat and I have discussed a few times now about how Koz and Sera are so similar and they both took similar journeys though in different ways and just. I have so many feelings about the Pitchiners as a whole. I would never have the time necessary to properly explain them. But yes. I love this relationship, both with Koz & Sera and with Ptich & Mother Nature.

WHAT IS MY;

OVERALL OPINION:

Such an amazing writer! Such an amazing character! I can’t wait for all of the heartwrenching wonderful replies to come in our current threads and the things we may write in the future!

**NOTE: MUN’S ANSWER ARE ALL TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST. DON’T SEND URL IF YOU DON’T WANT BRUTAL HONESTY. I MOSTLY JUST WANT AN EXCUSE TO SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU && YOUR MUSES .

[stormdive]

HEY these are from last month before my sudden disappearance ( i’ve been moving to a new apartment and haven’t had internet half the time, and haven’t had energy the other half , so there’s the reason for that ) but I didn’t feel right cleaning up my ooc and deleting the post they were commented on without acknowledging all the kind words even if it’s super late to do so. SO      

dromii replied to your post “i’ve been feeling pretty insecure about my portrayal here lately so...”

Okay but, listen friend, I only just followed you, but your blog captivated me because of how freaking unique it is in the roleplaying community????? Like, for example, I love the shattering effect you've got, the aesthetic is top notch??? And your writing, from what I've seen, looks beautiful too????? I'm cry?????? Seriously, I could gush about your blog and I literally only just followed you okay.

okay but u listen friend , part of that aforementioned insecurity made me pretty hesitant in following new people , and so ngl i saw your blog a few days before i’d made this post and chickened tf out . which is ridiculous because you have lovely writing and you’re clearly sweet as heck and i’ve followed plenty of people just for the pleasure of following along their roleplay experiences without any expectations of them wanting to interact with me , so the moral of this story is that anxiety turns me into A Fool™ . anyways i’m glad you like the aesthetic of this blog because Graphic Design is My Passion and all I can do is try my best . i don’t know where to start with how A+ your choice to take from norse mythology within the context of Cloud’s narrative , but being captivated by the uniqueness of it all is a mutual feeling . ( p.s. i hope your internet stuff gets sorted out soon ! )

maenadian replied to your post “i’ve been feeling pretty insecure about my portrayal here lately so...”

i lov u mem ur so good at any character u pick up GOSH

your just saying this b/c i basically only play strong pretty girls or doormat men and those are larx’s favorite people

jk thank you mars ilu and thank you for following me around everywhere even though tooth kicks every muse out of the house eventually anyways

erromes replied to your post “i’ve been feeling pretty insecure about my portrayal here lately so...”

smothers u with hugs i love u so much and i love the depth and love that you put into all of ur characters ;___;/ also ur a big nerd

you come into MY house

call ME a nerd ??

bless you for always listening to my ramble about all these characters you have no reason to care about and engaging with me in those conversations anyways samcat you are truly a better friend than i deserve just for that i swear 98% of people wouldn’t even bother pretending to care at this point let alone get all excited like you do ! ilu and also i can’t wait for aqua to adopt nahia bye .

[samcatsketch]

On your drawing of the BVM: that's why I adore how Our Lady of Guadalupe is drawn as Latino, and and how Our Lady of La Vang is drawn as Vietnamese. She appears to us as we are to her. One person to another.

oh my gosh im so sorry i just saw this! yes i sooooo agree -- one person to another!! bernadette clearly felt Safe and Seen by our lady of lourdes, and it just makes me so ?? sad ?? that all the portrayals we have of her feel so ... cliche? marketable? i don't know the right word.

ALSO not that my art of her is Superior(tm), i just wish people would have the courage to make art of the BVM as like??? a gentle human woman??? yknow what i mean??