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bad-sanses-smp · 1 month
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error: reading intensely
horror: just walked in and about to drop the biggest lore info ever
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meoproject · 3 months
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Sketchy vignette comic I did to test out some ideas. I'm not happy how wordy this ended up being! Originally there was even more but I condensed and cut some stuff away, and it's still a lot. I could've reworked this more, maybe add a few more panels or more breathing room, but I decided I don't wanna stress out too much. I'd rather have something to post than not, and I already settled on making a sketchy scene instead of anything polished. 
I wanted to post this as one long strip but the file size ended up being. A bit too much. 
Anyway, this is a scene that happens, like, quite a bit after the opening scene I posted some time ago. Here, they're already more familiar with each other, and have developed... a dynamic. But they get along! They both like wearing black and hate sleeves! (actually they do have a surprising amount of things they could connect over.)
I also made a fun little 3d view for Beriith's horns (here: https://vincered.net/beriith-horn-reference/) and I gotta say, it was good. I ended up cheating w/ the perspective for a more interesting silhouette, but having a reference for the base perspective helped out a lot. If you have characters with annoying horns, I highly recommend getting 3d ref set up. 
Crumbs of context for the hungry:  - Beriith is a demon. Val summoned him. It was an accident; she meant to summon a hellhound to accompany her on her lil journey. She ended up summoning Beriith instead, which is kinda awesome and bad because summoning "semi-human" creatures is thought to be almost impossible and also unethical.  - Beriith is literally stuck with her. As in, he physically cannot move past a certain distance away from her. It's a side effect of the summoning spell; if he was a hellhound, it would be fine, but because he's, uh, a person, it's kinda awkward. Finding out a way to undo it is one of their goals
FAQ: 
- Are kisses hard to draw? Yea. Especially when one character has as big a nose as Beriith does. 
- What's with the reaction? Is he not into it? CONSENT?! He's super into it, actually, which is the problem. Due the circumstances of them meeting (see previous post, or find my previous comic about them) he's been trying to be a good boy for once (he is not above flirting with his employers lmao what's professionalism) and Val caught him off-guard and he's incredibly upset about it because he didn't expect to be caught off-guard. 
- What's next? They pretend it never happened and never talk about it again. Val finds her aunt, they unbind Beriith, he leaves for his home country and they never see again and Val becomes an arch mage.  Yeah. Let's go with that.
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numbuh-72 · 12 days
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Hey everyone! Artsy_Lexi here!
Hope everyone has been doing all right and staying safe out there!
I have some stuff I would like to say in regards to Numbuh 72's blog and the plans for what's to come in the future, so buckle up and grab a can of soda!
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First off, I wanna thank the people who've been around to support me and my work ever since I returned to Tumblr under Numbuh 72, you guys are all amazing and I've been having a blast starting to know some of you guys, through my fellow mutuals~. I will say, ideas continue to develop in my head for stuff to draw and interact with you guys and have some fun with our characters!
With that in mind, I'm already almost to 25 followers on here! I do plan on doing a small celebration for this milestone that's already about to be achieved, so once I hit it, stick around for a DTIYS art challenge and be on the lookout for a new hashtag that I will put for my oc, Gianna Chavez!
Aside from that though, allow me to give yall an update for what I plan to do to...better organize this blog;
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So I have a lot of ideas for this blog that's been running around my head for ages now and I've been struggling on what idea to do first; This would include
Alternate Universes (FNF, Roblox, Little Brother, etc.)
Finishing up OC Ref sheets, well, updated versions of them-
RP Doodles for RPs that I'm doing as we speak
LOG Data (I've been typing away for days on some of these to catch up on the stuff-)
Creating my own Headcanon for Sector V and other canon characters (Basically a universe for Gianna-)
And so much more!!!!
Don't worry though, I'm gonna be taking as much time as needed to be able to properly organize all of these awesome ideas, though I think for the meantime, I'm gonna try and focus on Gianna's main storyline that involves her improvement on the Treatment Program and how she will successfully get out of it!
Most of her adventures she will have, I plan to maybe do them via roleplays or from doing asks with all my moots and at one point, involve them in the main storyline for Gianna! (That is of course, I get consent for those that see this~)
So the LOG Data you see, those are actual reflections from roleplays that I have completed or in progress that I think are considered worthy for Gianna to report, for this is part of her program to see if she has been improving or not during the course.
I might even at one point ask for help now and then from my friends to gib ideas and of course properly credit them since they are all amazing~
As far as how I will tell the story on here, I have some ideas of doing Arcs with chapters, following with illustrations now and then, or maybe attempt to do a comic series. Who knows, we shall see~
I'm hoping though to try and get more asks in her inbox since sadly it's been empty for the most part and I was hoping people were curious to know her more while I work on some stuff on the side.
Don't worry though! Everything's all good! I'm just pushing a gentle reminder that the Asks are open for Gianna and the ocs listed that are open for questions~ <3
Now inspired by the lovely @kandykatz's way of their organizing their master posts, I might go for that way of organizing my stuff properly, or might do some twists, who knows, still gotta figure that out-
I...think that's all I have for now in what's the plan for this blog, if anything comes to mind I will edit this post or maybe do a part 2.
Thanks guys for taking the time to read! I hope to continue cooking up in the kitchen with yall and have some fun here~
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squirreltastrophe · 15 days
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decided it's about time to redo my character refs (and also make an actual character lineup sob) so I'm gonna post those and also ramble about my guys just a bit! cause I've been wanting to actually talk about my ocs here for a while :D
honestly feels kinda weird to not start with Ophelia but Jinny's who I wanted to draw today so :Pc
some more in depth info about my favorite ghost girl under the cut!!!!
Jinny's entire life (afterlife?) has been made up of self sacrifice after self sacrifice after self sacrifice. if you asked how she feels about this, she'd grin and say she's happy to help everyone!!! all the time!!!! no matter what!!!!!! don't worry about me why are you worried about me!!!!!!!!!
when Jinny arrived in the underworld, she was immediately slotted into the caretaker role that would define her for so long. she lives at a little ghost orphanage and takes care of her younger siblings there. she's a little bitter she was forced into this role, but if she doesn't take care of the kids then who will?
one of Jinny's biggest grand plans for taking care of everyone is to become a super duper awesome knight!!!! she's pretty convinced that being a knight will fix everyone's problems forever. too bad this dream doesn't seem very likely given how she's constantly underestimated and oversimplified. :(
but that doesn't bother Jinny — that just means it'll be even cooler when she proves everyone wrong!!!!
oh also transparent Jinny. as a treat :3
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kitsumidori · 1 year
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I've been wanting to do some refs for the characters post BL3 design and to start off, here 2/6 of the main siren's
Lilith
After saving Pandora from being crushed by Elpis (with a little help from Maya's phaselock) she was left gravelly injured and was on the verge of death, but was able to pull though.
Retired. Look if you'd been used as a battery, been stabbed while as a battery, got half of your powers and life drained and almost died while flying to the moon then yeah you'll want to retire.
Looks old as shit, even has a few gray hairs. She's kinda rockin it.
Upgraded to gilf status since Angel and Gaige's son was born.
That weird purple stuff on her right hand.... that was from stopping Elpis from colliding with Pandora
It's a rash similar to being vault touched but the markings look more...elegant..
Maya
New leader of the Crimson Raiders.
Married to Krieg and is a mother of 5 daughters (most of whom are adults now)
Garfield slippers because Garfield is awesome.
Did go back to Athenas at one point.....so she and her team could finish off the rest of the monk and disband The Order of the Impending Storm for good after learning that they never learned their lesson and are still corrupt.
The bracelet was something that Salem made when she was 4, Maya loved it so much and has rarely taken it off.
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ralexsol · 1 year
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I have decided to keep Tumblr updated as I re-watch... The Adventures of Puss in Boots! A glorious return to a show that cemented itself as the most controversial love in my history of loved media. Do I even love it? I'm pretty sure I skipped an entire season and a half in the middle because none of the episodes looked interesting! The show's last-second ending is permanently marked in my mind as the worst ending ever written! So we shall see. I'll be tagging these posts with "#rrays taopib thoughts" from here on out, so my followers can block it in advance lol.
As of right now, I've gotten through the first 3 episodes. I'll go over them:
S1E1 - Great start, I think one of the most memorable running gags of the whole show for me was always Raúl from the Thieves Market. There have got to be countless fics I've written that have a Raúl in it SPECIFICALLY reffing him.
Also, nobody recognizing the name Puss in Boots really cements this happening in his 1st/early 2nd life. He's not yet the legend, but he's getting there.
After the Thieves Market, the rest of this episode is why every time I've tried rewatching it in the past, I never made it last episode 1. It's just... not very good. Toby is THE most annoying character ever created. The animation really, really takes some time adjusting (it is. Bad.). The jokes aren't really funny.
There were a few good things, though. Dulcinea roasting Puss to kingdom come, Puss realizing he just fucking Doomed The Town ("...souvenir?"), and the fight scene is okay.
S1E2 - Dude the Sphinx is awesome, I LOVE her. An absolute queen. Also, it made me soft when Puss told Dulcinea about how his mama used to make those crunchy almond candies for him and the other orphans, how he now wants to make them for the kids here. And Dulcinea is like "bro you SUCK at baking wtf are you talkin bout" and yet he literally makes them and they're AMAZING?? I'm emotional everyone.
I also forgot that the fucking jail is in the bar... Another incredible running bit of the show.
The quality of humor also immediately rose in this episode from the first one. Good to see! Puss sucks at riddles and also cannot catch a fucking break <3
S1E3 - This episode would've been a lot better if Toby wasn't the main focus, but if it weren't for that, it'd be the best one so far! Puss is acting his usual, arrogant, "I work alone" self. He also gets Fucking Drunk at one point, so it's great.
"She has lots of rules, like we're not allowed to ask why she's crying!" paraphrasing but HOLY FUCK that made me doubletake. Humor is on the next level, let's hope it stays that way. Same point, Puss putting up missing posters in the same spot and me thinking, "man do the animators just not want to do a wide shot or smth?" but no, wide shot shows that he has to put them in the same section of wall now because Every Other Surface is Covered With Them.
Anyways, that's it for now! Might watch some more tomorrow while I finish my pib:tlw traditional piece :)
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Come and Trick or Treat! Open all year :] tags updated Nov. 28
Intro?
Howdy!!! Pronouns —> she/he/they (no preference)
Wolfy (wolf character I doodle sometimes) is my blog mascot. Unreliable sleep schedule/forgetful/message notifs don’t show up- so if you need me uhhhh keep yelling until I notice? Hdfjhfg..
I love drawing, listening to game playthroughs, and looking at cute animals! Feel free to send an ask about anything.
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Time stamp: Jul 15? Heeeeey. Hello. So I did take a break from art till like last week, but uh, the health has been a roller coaster-
I kinda cleaned the whole house compulsively multiple times. I dunno what to say about that. Went from the compulsion to be Always Drawing to Always Doing Chores, so it wasn’t really a break? It felt amazing for a little while, but I am so stressed inside ahagfhkhdf. Anywayssssss.
I realized that promising to do the art requests Later is just me returning to old behavior, like just... keeping it on the line so I /nobody gets a direct answer *when* it will be done. That makes my brain think it’s in the clear while the other artists are worried and unsure what’d happen. Andddd even though I did have the motivation to do animated group projects for a little while, a small thing completely knocked me into dropping everything else.
I know I *could* try to join more projects or do more requests, I’m not in a safe headspace where I wouldn’t be set off, and nobody should risk their project’s deadline for that-
TLDR I’m going to Try and fix things up on my end and stop myself from joining anything (that depends on Every artists effort). Even if I feel alright *now* I know there’s a lot of risk for *later*- just don’t let me in anything big and important even if I ask, please- for at least a year-
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Gonna Try Ink Demonth this year- I’ll limit myself and not do something too detailed again hsdkfjzhk.
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Timestamp: August 17
[cackles evilly] Ink Demonth Ink Demothhhhh- this is the furthest I’ve ever gotten in an art prompt month ever! ...even though I’m technically not on theme (Fallout instead of Batim). Trying to pace myself by alternating between a simple and detailed style. Hrrrh the yeehawgust prompts (cowboy theme!) look so cool but I won’t double up- but I will try to participate in the September AI-less-Whump month. (gore and dark subjects! I’ll tag everything properly of course.)
Also I’ve come to a realization- A dream of mine has been becoming famous for my art/animations, but uh- One, it isn’t realistic, and Two, posts getting like 200 notes freaks me out cfjhxfgh- Well, doing stuff for friends and others is just as cool. Y’all are awesome ^w^
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Timestamp: Aughust ninteen
Wait actually I don’t need a reason to block people. I don’t need to tell you either. It’s been getting a bit too chummy around here (reference)
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Timestamp: September 4
I didn’t finish the art month, but I got to day twenty! That’s pretty good. I’ll finish it up this month. I also gotta work on some ref sheet, finish a birthday gift, andddd clear the askbox.
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Timestamp: September 29
Oeghhhh.... too many ideas, not enough time. So many comic ideas. And I gotta tamp down my love of angst dvhkdfbnsf, make sure it makes sense first!! Decided to keep the aus separate. Normal Game Stuff is happening in the Badlands mainland, uh, I don’t know what ending we’d go with but anyways. ....hm. Maybe there’s no sosu and the factions are not making any progress. But probably’d lean towards Institute ending if I had to choose now.
Hm. Well. Maybe I did not think. Uh well in the other au Kiley’s with the Minutemen, and Nate’s with the BoS, so... well I’m not sure how this is gonna go- I’ll keep drawing memes till I think of something cool.
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Timestamp: October 24
Well uhhhh. I dropped the October art challenge pretty quick, unfortunately. I’ll continue in December maybe? I said I’d do a few days of Halltober, and I don’t want to go back on what I said.
I keep continuing and dropping the au stuff, but that just proves I can continue a project! Maybe!! Maybe. It’ssss a comedy, so uh I’m not worried about making a Deep Story or anything. It’ll be fiiiiine. Just little slice of life stuff.
I wwwwwill get caught up on requests and gifts-
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starsmuserainbow · 6 months
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Encyclopedia of Tamaran - Honnatarl
Repost from before this blog was a multi. Basically, this is a similar ‘series’ to the ‘Headcanon Time’-things, just posts that might occasionally appear on my blog and talk about some details of tamaraneans or their world, or in the case of the 'Encyclopedia'-entries, but more about one specific thing or creature.
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This post here is made to introduce you to the Honnatarl, a tamaranean creature that has similarities to the earthen reindeer.
More below the cut, as usual - even links to two awesome refs that amazing people did for me that I still love very very much!
Even back when Tamaran still was a luscious tropics-like planet basically all-around, it was a rare sight to spot a Honnatarl, and it was even rarer (if at all possible) to be able to approach one or try to befriend or catch it. Due to the nature of the species, the tamaraneans so far have not been able to say for sure if the species has died out or is still existing on their world, after the catastrophe.
Their fur is of a dark brown color, and usually there is a flower-like pattern on their backside. Unlike most species of reindeer that exist on Earth, a Honnatarl always has antlers, regardless of its gender. Seasonally, there are protrusions growing on the antlers, that resemble red flowers, though most likely aren’t actual flowers. That’s only guessing though, since no tamaranean so far has managed to research those protusions. Their tail is mostly resembling what the earthen bunnies have, and their ears are somewhat similar to cats’ ears, including the movement according to the mood. Their nose by default glows faintly red in the dark, and the Honnatarld (that’s how you call multiple of them, by the way) are able to make the nose glow stronger if they wish. It serves also as a form of communication within the species, to blink the glow of the nose in patterns. Some tamaraneans have before tried to imitate the glowing with their own energy, in attempts to both understand the Honnatarl’s communication and also to perhaps approach one without it running away, but it is either simply not similar enough to have the hands (or eyes) glow instead, or they didn’t understand the patterns as well as they thought.
Most times, it is rather difficult to tell the males and females apart - the male antlers are a hint bigger, but not as much that it’s directly recognizeable; and the females usually carry markings throughout their body that can glow, but unless it is one of those times when the markings do glow, they are only barely visible through the fur. It is unclear when, why or how exactly it happens, but the markings of the female Honnatarld are on occasion glowing in a brilliant gold, which then of course makes a defining of that one as a female rather easy. The males do not carry such markings, or perhaps simply not in a way that is even in the slightest visible through their fur, and definitely not capable of glowing. While any earthling might expect a species that is as reindeer-like as the Honnatarld to have hooves, they are in fact not having such. Their feet are ending in dexterous toes with talons.
(Two awesome people offered to do reference-pictures for me for this species, so here are the links! Here, and here!)
The Honnatarld are very timid, perhaps skittish, creatures, and tend to flee the scene from even the slightest noises. Since they can move fast, and are also capable of flight, it is rare that any potential danger - or anyone, really - can keep up with them. While rather rare to come close to for others, they do occasionally meet with another of their own species. There has not been any sighting of a larger group yet, though, so presumably they prefer small groups, if any.
They are herbivores, and their favourite food is Jellorel (see here for a little bit of details on that) - they usually take it before it falls from the trees.
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oddclan-askblog · 2 years
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Oddworld:
So this blog has been weaving between life and death for a while. I'm not getting rid of it, I'll actually be more active on here in the days to come since I'll be quiting my irl job this week.
I'm still working on the odd comic with a few major changes. For one, anything to do w/ Lil's tribe will be told through Lil/ Messa. Raaf will still be a part of their tribe but his PoV will be explored later in the story.
I'm still working out where / if Alqa will fit into the comic or be his own thing. Theres an Anon ask in my inbox concerning Alqa and I just want Anon to know I you and I'm working on a response lol.
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Invader zim:
I've sketched some fan art for the series in the past. I even have four Irken characters I made little refs for. I cant promise anything as expansive as a comic right now for them but I'll def be posting more art and musings of my ant alien ocs in the future. Irkins are all around fun to draw. Same for Zim, Dib, and maybe the Tallests. If I make a comic I'm going to have it focus on my ocs and their journey through Irken culture with Zim and the Tallests being background characters. Most fan work focuses heavily on the MCs and Earth discourse, Irk its self feels like an untapped venue.
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Halo:
Elites and Spartan fan art, maybe some armor and architecture cons. Cant promise much else for the meantime. Mostly I'll draw Elites because they're awesome.
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gessshoku · 2 years
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1 - What inspired you to create your oc?
14 - Did you give your oc a love interest? Is it another oc or a canon character? Why?
18 - Imagine meeting your oc. What would you want to say to them or do with them?
19 - How might your oc react to finding out you are the one responsible for their life?
20 - Share a random piece of trivia about the creation of your oc. Examples: scrapped ideas or changes you didn't expect to make.
9 - In a group dynamic, what kind of role does the oc usually fill? Are they a worry wart? A troublemaker? The straight man?
Yeah you say you like answering questions, hope 6 isn't a greedy amount. Anyways-
-That one Gess person. Yep.
1): For my OC’s they’re created because my brain doesn’t know when to shut the fuck up :) Seriously I just love creating OC’s and seeing other people create such unique designs for theirs inspires me even more to make my own. And then Pinterest does the finishing blow to my motivation and there I go again creating a new OC for my collection :D
2). I do have Two OC’s with a possible love interest for both. I can only talk about one of them as the other is a secret for a future comic I’m doing :3c The one I CAN talk about is Hoku! I don’t know their preference because I mainly focused on important aspects of their life (I don’t include romance, it can be lived without-) but I’m not even sure what personality would go well with their workaholic, business, smart personality. I might just have them be the cool rich aunt, I just can’t see them with anyone romantically <:D
3) Okay so again I’ll do all of them that I’ve shown here on tumbly:
For patchwork I would love to braid their hair, play games with them (hide and seek specifically), do arts and crafts (the bois can join too IG) and most importantly teach them the art of valuing yourself-
For Maggie I would love to see her perform her awesome magic tricks and teach me how to skate in her wheelies!! <3 (maybe teach me a bit of Morse code and sign language)
For The Void I’d run the fuck away, but if I can’t do that IG I’ll talk to them and ask “hey why the fuck you gotta go all out during sad boi hours” and pet their lil blobs, which are in fact the sins on your back-
For Hoku I’d like for them to take me to the fanciest places they know to eat (for the experience) and go shopping because they rich af, also ask them to teach me Japanese huehue <3c (wait since they’re rich have them take me to Japan for like a year plsplsplsplsplspslsplspls)
4). okay I answered this already but I’ll put in a new one hmmmm, I think I’ll include gess since they are technically an OC, they would probably have those same beeg ol eyes and in the background just have war noises playing. Then they’ll swallow me whole and think “Now no one can stop me from committing war crimes.” OH MY GOD I JUST REMEMEBRED MY GORL KATHY, Y’ALL HAVE NOT SEEN THEM BUT ME AND DARLING MA VEX CREATED THEM AND AKWNDOXNOE OK OK, Not much of their story has been fleshed out, I’ve just done their past, their future is determined by a role play- BUT! They would most likely be upseghtii spaghetti that I gave them so many bullies and gave them self worth issues HNNGGG I PROMY BB GORL YOU HAVE A HAPPY ENDING SKSKSKE
5). OOOO FUN OKAY SO:
Patchwork: Their first design was too plain so I made it not plain, I’ll post a full ref sheet for it once I got the colors sorted out. They also had a similar trauma to Valentines Angel OC but I didn’t like that they were similar because I didn’t want to feel like I copied them so that’s scrapped and now they have a new set of problems!! :DD
Maggie: They originally were supposed to be a part of the mega pizza plex creations, like monty and Roxy but that was changed to them being made in a different location (<— That’s your hint on where they were created)
The Void: They we’re meant to be another Art sona next to gess for artfight since I saw bam and Vu had made their own but with how it was going I decided to add some more spooky elements to them and they became a representation of bad thoughts :D
Hoku: There were SOOOO many changes to them, at first I wanted them to have a love interest because of how they first were (more golden retriever vibes and oblivious nature), but then I changed their personality (more serious and occupied with work to help her dad with money) and I kept changing how their mom died (I ended with them dying while giving birth), then I kept figuring out which schools they would go to and where they’d live. All in the span of 7 hours texting my friend who was also developing their OC and it was 12 AM to 7 AM :D (no sleep was gained that night)
6). Alright so (I hope I did this right),
Patchwork: Supportive friend who says what’s on their mind however they do not value themselves as a person and see themselves rather of being more useful TO others than themselves.
Maggie: Smiles in the daytime/work hours but a complete mess behind closed doors. Doesn’t trust themselves due to fear.
The Void: Makes your life miserable, knows this, and purposefully does it-but much worse :)
Hoku: Workaholic, caring, oblivious to free time and fun, fast food is their diet (eat fast while working), and the smart friend of the group even when drunk and the others are sober.
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elecman108 · 6 months
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It's nearly the end of 2023, and... Hey, a lot has happened. I'll put most of it under the read more because there's a LOT to unpack this year, and if you're here to see the original posts for most of this art... surprise! Some of it was never posted! So no links will be provided to balance it out. All of my art is under the same tag though of "#drawings by me" so feel free to leaf through that on your own time.
To summarize the year, I learned (at the end of the year) that my temporary boss was overworking me for most of the year she was working there (yikes, but hey, I did agree to it and was able to... we'll say "keep up with the chaos" to keep it simple) but my permanent boss is, naturally, 1000% better. The side effect is... instead of December being a low month for drawing due to it being the busy month, almost every month is!
The new year should be better. I hope. On to the month summaries!
JANUARY - New D&D character refs made, Lixori as a rabbit (pictured). I didn't draw that much in january, but I claimed big ambitions of drawing more bunny girls. Sadly... I did not. Next year I'll sneak a few in here and there to make up for it - I do love drawing bunny girls (and guys especially) lol. Other than that... Year of the rabbit! Woo?
FEBRUARY - I... only drew this one image of perspective/mirrors practise with Irina and Axel. February was not busy. I was just really burnt out from the holiday season. It was... rough. Home life wasn't great, and I couldn't do much about escaping the frustrations during February anyway.
MARCH - The Existential Dread set in (pictured), my April Fools Day art, and a sketch dump. Yep! I drew my April Fools Day art in March! And early March at that! This month I had planned to take a vacation week riiiiight at the end of the month, but it got pushed back because the "new" staff member I was supposed to train didn't start until the end of the month. We'll get back to that.
APRIL - Sketches. The lineart pictured was never posted, but I cleaned it later (I think in... July or June?) but the sketch was dated back in April. Remember that vacation week that got pushed back to April? It's not riiiight after the first full week in May. Why? Because the staff member didn't know shit and needed more training. Fun fact: there's more to that story coming up.
MAY - Happy Birthday to me! I got my vacation (finally), and used the week to draw more D&D idiots before returning to work and... the "new" staff member ended up making a royal mess of things on my week off. She did not remain for much longer after that. Apparently she talks fondly about working for us, but by god, I have grey hairs. But this isn't a rant post, this is art! I... did NOT do much else in May. Not even a birthday art! For SHAME past me!! Although this month did give me an awesome new coworker (bless!) to replace a previous awesome coworker who moved back to their home city. We're both nerds. It's so funny.
JUNE - That Colour Wheel Meme from Twitter (pictured) and one half-assed drawing of Blaze in front of the pride month fire engine are all I have to show for this month, alongside cleaning up more sketches from back in April. My actual boss had returned and thank GOD. We - as in me, my nerd coworker, and our other coworker - are glad to have our boss back. She's fantastic. This month went by pretty well. But welcome to July, dumbass! It gets worse!
JULY - I forgot to do digital art this month. Why? Because all of my out-of-work time was spent working on doing Card Making craft packages for the clients. Sure, I loved doing it, but it was a LOT of work for not a lot of payoff. To be fair, I offered to cover the weekly groups for our volunteer who had been doing it up to that point before her two month vacation, so... hey! It's just for those two months, right?
AUGUST - Welcome to Burnout 2 (electric boogaloo), but I managed to fight it off by getting back into FNAF towards the end of July. Something about horror games really gets my brain in the good zone I want it to be in. This month I drew Eclipse (once) because of Ruin, this wonderful first draft of how I wanted my AU!Foxy to look, and then... I started work in on my FNAF Full Body Refs. Same as my D&D ones, only for my FNAF characters! I have the same refs for all my other OCs, may as well.
SEPTEMBER - If I told you I was only drawing FNAF and FNAF-related stuff this month, would you believe me? Because I did! I did the main characters for the portion of my FNAF!AU that I had figured out (SB and Ruin with a few extras from past games to fill out the roster), but other than that... Nope! Nothing else! I'm still redoing some of the old ones from back in September. My first batch of them (minus Bonnie, dunno what I was smoking when I made Bonnie bc he looks AWESOME) were a bit rough, so... New year problem for me.
OCTOBER - I did only one drawing and that was putting costumes on my full body references of the FNAF!AU guys! Whoops! I considered posting each character and info about them per day in October, but I just... didn't? Dunno why though, maybe I was just peanut-brained.
NOVEMBER - More FNAF! This time, the lineart/sketches I was doing on the side were all of my OCs, and the odd one was FNAF. Didn't post shit until the very end of the month though, mostly because I forgot to post essentially anything. Whoopsie!
DECEMBER - Yeah I've finished some of my sketches from November (and April), and have more to come. I'm redoing some of the FNAF Refs, and planning maybe in the new year to queue up posts for a while with info about each dude to sort of give insight into my AU to some degree... or... not make such grandiose plans.
Either way, my work schedule is destined to be much more normal come January, and I hope to be able to set aside a day or something to draw every week, because I love it so much. It's been a rough year! Thankfully didn't get Covid this year, but y'know... Maybe next year I'll get sick and be forced to take time off or something so that I can draw more.
Regardless, I'm typing this post up while now 6 minutes left to me leaving for work, so no proofreading for me! Any typos will remain forever.
Catch y'all later! You might see a new years' post from me, or one between now and 2024, but... don't bank on it.
For those of you who made it all the way down to the end of the post... Poke a poll or something. I've never done this feature so here's to figuring it out.
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chaudharis · 2 years
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hey ! would YOU like to know more abt him? awesome because im gonna dump my design notes and lore notes for him here for funsies! i just wanted to make an info post for him! thank you for reading if you do!
its a bit of a long one btw, so apologies for thwt. i am very much open to ideas and suggestions for developing this little. interpretation? au? whatever you might call this. feel free to play around with him as u like hes not my oc :^] just a fun idea
DESIGN NOTES:
i want to make it clear most of the design stuff is bc i thought it was cool. then i bullshit my reasoning behind it. remember this.
i also dont know how exactly to organize this so smth more lore related might be in the design section and vise versa. i dont care enough to make this better
also design is still very subject to change because i enjoy constantly fiddling with things. fun! might update if its different enough.
uses mostly reds/purples to directly complement athetos's greens and blues. trace takes comfort in this, for the most part.
just a fun idea but i rhink its neat to have traces Not Human-ness be biological, to contrast with indras being entirely technological/robotic. adds to their parallels. (and both of them being physical at all is a parallel to hammond being fucking dead /j)
wonder why his mouth has those faint marks at the corners? because it can do this now!
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why you might ask? i dont know. ask someone else. i thiught it was cool. the orange line on #3 is supposed to indicate where his mouth normally wouldve ended. so he has a wider mouth technically!
hes much more movement based now! since this also acts as a fun idea for what if in a future av game(s) we got gameplay that was even more abt the movement. so hes pretty good at parkour now. specifically climbing. ive been imagining he moves a lot like u do in celeste, except probably more stamina and faster climbing. less focus on dashing. but he can air dash too!
he has his gun i promise he has the gun i just dont like drawing it it sucks to draw
yea so he is covered in carapace, since ive had to scrap that with a different chatacter (if you know, you know) i get to put it on the same character but in a different direction. i can do whatever i want forever.
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size comparison over his weird. tentacle things idk what ud call them exactly. they got bigger because i can do anything. also bc when i originally drew them i didnt look up a ref (i rarely use refs for charas and prefer to go off of memory unless i need to) and so i was like ok so thwyre big right? right. well turns out theyre not. but guess what. now they are. it is so awesome for him
for funsies i think trace can put stupid shit in his hair. its a tangled mess stuff will very easily stay in there. he hasnt brushed it in years man. he always forgets what he puts in there btw so its always a surprise for him
oh also his labcoat also is Different but i cant figure out what hed have that isnt already in av1. so imagine he does smth new WOW WOW SO COOL !
LORE NOTES:
this whole hashtag Look is either from the original bioflux mutation getting worse or a few different ones. i havent decided which one i wanna go with. either way this is a gradual change. it will get worse!
see i dont have much for What hes doing because i dont have any ideas for what the rusalki are doing now so thats very much up in the air. all i have rn is that hes helping them somehow. not of his own choice really.
has a very. Not Great relationship with the rusalki. hes incredibly bitter about his situation (lack of any real control) and so. well they arent besties. hes a lot more snarky and rude to them. which is fair i think how would you feel in a situation like that huh. not so great huh.
his best friend is oracca bc shes the only person who hasnt lied to him and has only been helpful and he loves to chill with her. she never speaks or does much of anything but thats fine with trace, he doesnt mind. likes to do the rubber duck thing with her (says thing out loud to pin point whats wrong with whatever hes working on). she also doesnt mind id like to think
hes. a little more aggressive but as a defense mechanism. hes in hostile territory all the time and under incredible stress all the time, can you blame him realky? stress can make people aggressive, it turns out. crazy.
also with this, i say hes more aggressive but hes just more all bark no bite. hes like this
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but if you take like, anothwr step closer hes like this
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see. hes still kind of a weenie dw. i understand
he really wants to be kinder again. but hes not in a situation where he can. this kills him
also! heavy unreality issues. this is what happens when you spend months if not years thinking ur living ur life as usual until it gets revealed actually you were in a dream simulation the whole time. unrelated but i think he hates the movie inception.
the unreality is still a massive issue but he copes with it by after so long just going "ok well ill just assume Everything is a dream no matter what because the opposite would be horrifying and i have no evidence that disproves this. but i can act like i dont think this on the off chance rhat it is real. but i know its not"
doesnt come up much at all because hes not ever around someone New but he is pretty self conscious about how he is now. i think hes also a very touch swnsory person so he develops lots of touch related tics. like when nervous he starts to pick at himself, runs hands through hair a lot, etc etc. very touchy. with the parts hes most self conscious abt.
massive identity issues, especially because of his distinct lack of humanity. how can he really be trace anymore if hes changed so much, etc etc. those questions. he can feel his connection to The Trace Identity sorta fading as he becomes his own kinda guy away from this but it fucking sucks for him. because if hes not trace then what is he. who is he. if you tell him athetos hed curl up and cry
speaking of curling up and crying, thats what hes kinda doing a lot internally. he really wants to go home man and for real this time he wont want to go back to sudra this time he promises. but also if he does go back he will be 100% convinced that isnt real. which is fair
if you ask him how long hes been there he'll tell you "a few months, i think." this is not true, he has been there for years doing somethinh, couldnt tell ya what tho!
Generally Not Doing Too Great On Many Levels But Hes Dealing With It
ok thats abt all i can think of atm? ill update this if needed. otherwise hi if you read this ur very kind and i appreciate that. it feels nice when people read my stuff. makes me feel good :^] i hope you feel good today too. today is a good day
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rinharu-purple · 3 years
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Gavin's birthday countdown pt. 5
I don't know about you, but I was hoping for a more romantic date for Gavin's 2021 birthday in CN server. No doubt that the story is sweet and heartwarming. But much like last year's R&S also this year's back story is pretty heartbreaking and I gotta tell you, I can't even bear seeing adult Gavin suffer so seeing a child Gavin going through rough stuff is not what Im hoping for his birthday. Especially in comparison to other LIs childhood birthdays. The date and the Asmr are written with extreme caution and... well... It's. A let down. Combined with the various mistakes made on his karma, I feel let down as a fan and am waiting for a juicy compensation. Otherwise I might delete the game soon, since there has been too many fiasco over the next couple of months. Maybe the new VA could lift my spirits up some.
Gavin has been a delicate soul without any trace of egoism even as a child and its just devastating to see him being mishandled by random strangers. I hope Papergames give us some strong, confident and dominant Gavin soon. (the new chapters should be around the corner btw.)
Without further ado... Something to cheer you up on my spot 6 is...
🎐🎐🎐
#6 His angelic smile
Probably because of all the trauma he's suffered during his life, Gavin is a very serious guy with an intimitading aura.
Most of his Karmas are with a neutral or a slightly smiling face expression. But when Gavin truly smiles, it radiates such a heavenly energy that one can forget all of her troubles. He looks so angelic that it can't be worldly! It is very seldom, so whenever there is a smiling karma of him, I make sure to treasure it.
My favorite one, though, isn't even a karma but from an event which has been canceled (ref. What a shame Papergames vol. III CH. 7 Page 707). Thank you very much @cheri-cheri for telling me back then where this awesome pic originates from💝
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Funfact: Also for this moment, there is a post. This time by MC
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Masterlist
For part 4 let me take you here
#5 spot here
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tsuumu · 4 years
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hq boys and their part time jobs.
yet another unseries headcanon post made by yours truly! unlike my last one which you can find here, i won’t be involving every single major hq character so that’s just a heads up!! i can’t always envision stuff fully with every single person...
kageyama tobio: this boy thought that applying to work part-time at a sports shop would be fitting ‘cause of his love for volleyball, completely unaware that this would involve way too much social interaction and tolerance???? like he thought he’d just have to look like someone who does sports and occasionally restock yoga mats but these loud ass kids are coming up to him asking for this that and the other for sports he’s never heard of. suddenly he regrets the entire thing. plus, he has no idea how to use the cash register and it’s his worse nightmare to ring up items without wanting to stomp a hole into it to get the customer’s change.
hinata shoyo: shoyo went straight for the pet shelter because he’s in love with playing with the little puppies. this boy will full on roll around with them, stuff them under his shirt so their heads poke out and just.. intergrate and become one of them... the doggies love him so much n always clamber to sit on his lap because hinata treats them with so much love and kindness!! customers looking for pets often joke about taking him home bc he’s just as excitable and friendly as the actual dogs. he’s also really good at convincing people on the fence to get a pet and explaining their individual personalities because he knows them so well :(
nishinoya yuu: he said: supermarket assistant so he could ride around on the carts, intimidates literally every customer with his ungodly enthusiasm but is determined to help EVERYONE, he’ll run around the store taking people where they need to go but only if he actually remembers where they’re situated. otherwise this boy is like “yeah they’re just... that way.” and bolts in the other direction. gets along with all his colleagues and tells them all about his tournaments with karasuno. he’s not the star employee but it wouldn’t be the same w out him.. often asks the manager if he can taste test the market’s pastry section to which he is rejected every single time.
tanaka ryuu: he’s convinced working in his local gym was him in his element, he wears that tag thing like a badge of honour and just walks around showing people he works there instead of actually doing his job??? he’s also overly enthusiastic and will sometimes cheer on the people working out as if he’s some kind of zealous personal trainer and everybody is like “literally how old is this guy??” he’s surprisingly awesome at reception duty because he’s always chatting to regulars about how they’re doing... the practical side like schedules and paperwork he leaves for someone else, everyone just puts up with him bc he’s a mood setter.
sugawara koushi: don’t get me started on this boy as a teacher’s assistant, like he helps little kids out with their work, tidies up the class during their break times and reads them stories?? he’s THAT senior boy who’s the biggest sweetheart and seeing him handle kids so well is like ... does he want some of his own ?? i’d like to offer my expertise he’s always got a smile on his face, gets along with all the staff much older than him, he’s like this perfect boy they all dote on and he gets super flustered saying he just really likes helping out the children and making them smile. often brings them little snacks too and they all call him big brother BYE.
tsukkishima kei: he does some low-key shit that’s kinda wholesome like working with the eldery or tutoring kids but prefers for literally nobody to know about it because anything he does outside of school is his business. he does it because it’s good pay, there’s not much else to it. if anybody found out he’d be super irritated tbh it’s just an invasion of privacy to him but eventually wouldn’t care because every kid is getting part-time jobs these days.
oikawa tooru: bye he’s THAT guy who got his job at a retail store because he’s pretty. like he has no real interest in clothes or anything but he takes the job as a place to validate himself when girls come up to him purposefully to flirt. he’s winking and laughing with them and also NOT actually doing his job but he brings in customers so at least he’s somewhat useful. doesn’t know how to fold clothes or hang stuff on hangers properly for shit and everyone lowkey wants to kick his ass but he’s actually very friendly and outgoing even if he has no clue what he’s doing. keeps asking if bra sizes come in small, medium and large and everyone just tells him to shut up.
iwaizumi hajime: when picking a job he was like “well what am i good at?” and went from there. he ended up as the local pool’s weekend lifeguard because he had the qualifications and time. again, everyone his age just tries to hit on him and he’s annoyed because it distracts him from the actual purpose of his job. he takes it seriously and impresses his colleagues with his swimming talent and knowledge on first aid. iwaizumi lowkey scares the little kids and they’re kind of afraid to ask him for help so he’s been working on looking a little more friendly.
kuroo tetsurou: kuroo as a tennis instructor assistant or just something sporty other than volleyball because he’s a multi-talented king?? like he’s not a professional by any means but he helps out the youth club and gets along with kids a few years younger than him. fills in for refs at tournaments, makes sure equipment is safe to use and is SUPER good at cheering club goers up when they lose or fail or can’t seem to do it correctly. he often refers to his experiences as nekoma’s captain to relate to them and they really admire his resilience and ask him to tell them more stories!!
kenma kozume: had to be dragged out to do a part-time job. was absolutely against the thought of it until hinata mentioned a friend of his who’d moved to the prefecture near kenma got a job at this new game shop. he was like fine and applied. he just kinda sat and people asked him questions about the games but he refused to do any further socialisation or actual grunt work like shelving, he quit pretty soon after, he just wanted the money to buy a game he ended up purchasing on his way out lmaoo
bokuto koutarou: he was dead set on having a volleyball related job, fukurodani have a club for junior players from all over the city to come and practice together. he was like?!? “and nobody told me??” he’s perfect for it as the captain and ends up as a secondary coach. he shows off A LOT and like kuroo, encourages the kids when they’re down. except kuroo is a more sit down, hand on shoulder, casual talk kind of guy. bokuto gets ridiculously sentimental and tells them dramatically about his lowest memories as captain when fukurodani lost and the kids are genuinely as emotional because of he way he tells it??? idk but they love him and he’s a ball of passion that keeps them going.
akaashi keiji: we are talking pretty waiter at a local gormet restaurant that gets tipped SO MUCH for his true professionalism. knows how to handle every situation with ease and is super calm, doesn’t care at all if someone from his school is there. he’s really just chasing that bag and he’s doing it well. bokuto often picks him up after his shifts so they can do stuff together but akaashi requests it be something calming since he’s tired after work... bokuto is like,, “so no to rock-climbing? alright i’ll reschedule..” the other waiters lowkey HATE the fact he gets tipped so well and they try and figure out his secrets. he has none. he’s just good at his job. i could see kiyoko working a similar job or somewhere lowkey like a flourist or bakery. she’s equally as professional and admired.
ushijima wakatoshi: ANY JOB. give this man any job and he’ll be able to carry it out like he’s been doing it since he popped out the womb. often mistaken for a grown adult so he gets jobs pretty easily? very very professional and aims to do everything perfectly. i think he’d also prefer a vb related job just like bokuto but something that could really get him somewhere big, smth to do with olympics like a paid internship for them .. can you even intern for the olympics lmao?? maybe something for the japanese team. it’s a lot of work to balance school & intern life but he’s very comitted and knows it’ll benefit him in the future. (kageyama was fuming when he found out he could have done that instead of his current gig).
tendou satori: has a job he’s very under-qualified for but somehow pulls off. he’s chilling at the hospital or law firm three times a week after classes or somewhere ridiculous but he’s doing just fine!! doesn’t actually do professional work n helps with small things but it impresses the hell out of everybody he tells, has no interest in persuing those careers but it’s fun for him, he gets paid VERY well for a boy his age and his personality creates a nice, talkative atmosphere in these seemingly tense environments.
miya atsumu / osamu: they both work at a café for novelty because they’re these handsome, athletic twins and it’s a thing that brings people in. they do a lot of fan service stuff and osamu is EXCELLENT like he was made for this job but atsumu is awful at keeping his cool. osamu will be chatting up customers, trying to persuade them to order more and atsumu is having a heated tustle with the coffee machine that’s broken down for the third time that day and it really ruins the magic osamu is trying to create. atsumu has probably sworn loudly. has probably almost been fired. he’s bad at playing along and flirting because he literally just wants them to leave so he can sit down lmao. osamu uses the pastries in the café as inspiration for his own at-home baking fiascos because it’s a stress-reliving hobby.
terushima yuji: he’s that boy in shoe shops that tries to sell you sneakers and he knows literally everything about them even when you really didn’t ask... looking to hit on girls that come in because shoe knowledge is obviously very sexy! alternatively you might catch him in a tattoo shop or sumn real appearance based and he definitely remembers all the regulars and greets them like they’re close friends, we’re talking inside jokes. always seems to know what tattoo people are looking to get purely based on their appearance and initial impression...
the list of unemployed:
yachi: too scared to do ANY job that requires interaction, she’s plagued by it.
hoshiumi: fired for picking too many fights with customers.
kyotani: EVEN WORSE THAN HOSHIUMI though he was strangely very efficient at paperwork.
suna: quit on the first day because it wasn’t what he expected and he doesn’t care about money that much.
lev: his family are like.... rich?? n nobody really expected it but he’s like yeah i really do not need one of those lmao.
yamaguchi: broke things, spilt things, smashed things. he really was trying his best..
aone: intimidated customers too much so they let him go (he was just STANDING THERE.. he deserved better).
sakusa: local venues are filthy, ushijima got the internship spot, no other job interests him enough to persue.
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wolfcha1k · 3 years
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Decided I wanted a cover for my Guy x Eep one shot collection "A Tomorrow of Our Own", as of now its part 4 of "The Sun Was A Wayfarer" series. I'll post the first chapter of "A Tomorrow of Our Own" down below ~ Used refs from the movie itself for this picture ~
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Summary - "I was thinking about Tomorrow… OUR Tomorrow."
"I think I love you So what am I so afraid of? I'm afraid that I'm not sure of A love there is no cure for I think I love you Isn't that what life is made of? Though it worries me to say I've never felt this way"
What is life like after Tomorrow? Guy and Eep are settling down into their new married life together at the Betterman Farm. There's been some obstacles along the way but its nothing they can't handle.
[Read the next two chapters of this story here on Ao3 OR FF.net, note, its a one shot collection: A Tomorrow of Our Own  /// A Tomorrow of Our Own ]
The Sun Was a Wayfarer - Series
Previous All I Can Think About next n/a
He wasn't wrong about the flowers, butterflies and babbling brook that would be in their very own home. This privacy thing wasn't so bad either once she got over the initial newness of it too. There was also the benefit of being able to shamelessly share a space with him that wasn't occupied by seven other large masses getting in the way. Okay, so maybe the sleep pile did have its drawbacks now that she thought about it. It reeked of love though, despite what Guy might have said against it.
Guy's arm was slung loosely over her waist as she curled up into his side. He was warm, combating the morning chill that turned her skin to goose flesh. Eep burrowed her nose into his neck, breathing deeply. She could feel his pulse under her lips. The strange scent of vanilla was finally fading away to something that was just Guy again. She had woken up with the sunrise and was unable to fall back to sleep. So she watched the early light of dawn warm his features, turning his caramel skin a rich bronze color.
She admired him with a soft smile, reaching out fondly to brush her fingers against his cheek. To think she'd nearly lost him, the thought still made her stomach clench. Ee[ ran her hand over his chest to lay her palm flat against his heart. Guy stirred with a soft groan, eyelids quivering though he didn't open them. Instead, a lazy smile crossed his face.
"Mhm… isn't it a little early for that?" He murmured though he hardly sounded like he was complaining over the attention.
She fought a grin off, instead brushing her fingers against his skin. "Hey," she greeted.
His voice was still thick with sleep, giving it a raspy timbre sound. "Hey what?"
"Hey you, good morning," Eep merrily said, reaching up to fondly poke his nose.
He huffed, at last looking at her bleary eyed. Guy lifted his free hand to touch her nose, watching her go cross eyed as she tried following it. "Morning boop."
"Is that what we're calling it?" She let out a giggle.
"I'm not awake enough to think of something better," he said, beginning to stretch. "Have you been up long?" He reclined his head to try getting a proper look out the window, everything was covered in pre dawn light.
"A bit," she hummed, leaning towards him to press a featherlight kiss to his lips. He chased after her when she pulled back, cupping her cheek. She felt his sleepy smile. "I thought it was too early," Eep teased, practically purring.
"I can make exceptions," he protested, wrapping his arms around her to pull her flush against him.
She snorted more so than laughed, trying to muffle it against his neck. Eep took the opportunity to playfully nip at his pulse point, feeling his hands clutch her waist. She grinned, dragging her teeth along the spot a moment before she sighed. Nestling closer, there were no complaints on Guy's part as she practically draped herself over his chest.
"Still doesn't feel real," she couldn't help but muse.
"Hmm?" He encouraged her with a hum, stroking her back with his calloused palms. He traced a large scar that dipped down the lower part of her spine.
"You know… this, us, here together," Eep said in a wistful sort of way. She lifted her head up to look at him, finding his dark eyes were glinting with emotion.
"Well, I'm glad it's real." He pressed a chaste kiss to her nose before pulling her back close. He rolled onto his side with her in his arms. "I was stupid."
"And I was unfair," she added, knowing the blame wasn't solely his. Eep could have handled that argument better, communicated what she was feeling so she hadn't blown up at him like a fire spewing volcano. The ash that had rained down was worse than the lava, really. "I didn't think about how you were feeling."
He gave her a smile, tender as he looked at her. "I'm just as guilty of that, Eep."
"Yeah but you weren't the one storming up a tree throwing a fit," she huffed, her thoughts drifting back to her mother Ugga. She'd practically flattened that small clearing into nothing with how many trees she destroyed in her anger. The heartbreak lingered at its strings when she let her mind dwell on the moment.
"I can't believe he would choose... a tree over me."
"I don't think it's that simple. Guy knew the Bettermans when he was little, they're the closest thing he has to a family."
"We could keep this blame game up for forever," he said with a sigh, instead tangling his long fingers into her hair. "Words are weapons we really need to remember to be more careful with."
"I'm sorry I called you stupid," she said, feeling him huff into her neck.
"When did you call me stupid?"
"After our break up… I was venting to Dawn and I told her boys are stupid." Eep felt him laugh more so than heard it, Guy muffling his face into her collarbone. "What?"
"I called you complicated, we're even now." He drew away to poke her nose, earning himself a pout as Eep returned the gesture. It was their little game, one Eep was glad to finally get back to. "I don't think the punch monkeys agreed with me though."
"Complicated?" She arched a brow, amusement in her voice. If she knew where this was going, it would be a pretty easy guess. Eep leaned away to sit up a little, making space between them. "What girls besides Dawn do you know?"
"You," he teased.
"I don't count," she quipped, poking him on the chest.
"Well… what boys do you know then?" His tone was mirthful, leaning up on his elbow as he looked at her.
She opened her mouth to retort.
"Your dad, Thunk and Mr. Betterman don't count."
She hinged her jaw back closed with a pout. "Fineee," Eep said, dragging out the word before flopping back down against him. Her weight sent him down on his back again before she rolled off him. They were still pressed close together.
"Okay so we might not be the best frames of reference." Guy leaned his head against hers as they laid side by side.
"Oh definitely," Eep agreed, grinning.
"Also… I'm sorry I told you to take a shower." Eep turned to brush her nose against his cheek, making Guy turn to grin sheepishly at her.
"When was the last time you took a shower?" She couldn't really pick up the scent of soft rain and cool mountain streams on his skin anymore, it was faint even with her very sensitive nose.
Guy looked confused by the question before reclining back to get more comfortable. "A few days?" Eep gazed at him with confused eyes, Guy picked up the social cue. "I thought I kinda deserved it, like penance?"
"Guy, you can shower, for The End's sake." She shook her head.
He gave a helpless sort of shrug, making Eep nudge him with her shoulder. "Maybe tomorrow."
"It's always Tomorrow with you, isn't it, babe?" Eep sighed fondly.
He seemed to realize what he'd said and grinned, toothy and wide as he laced their fingers together. They were pressed palm to palm, it brought a wave of nostalgia over Eep when she remembered back to the first time in that maze of a gully filled with crystals. Come with me, the memory echoed before his voice broke through with a tender reverence. "I have my Tomorrow figured out now. Don't you worry, Eep."
"Like I ever was worried," she said, feeling uncharacteristically flustered. She knew it was silly to be, considering that now they were more than just boyfriend and girlfriend.
He was her husband and she was his wife, yet the butterflies still flocked a storm in her belly. They shared more than just body together but heart and mind too. They were life mates and yet things didn't really feel any different, she'd lived with him long enough. The change in their routine in the few short moons since the situation with the spineback gorilla was hardly a shift that needed adapting to.
His face looked sad for a moment, brows furrowed as he nuzzled his nose into her chin. He peppered her jaw with kisses, trying to reassure her without words. She lifted her neck with a shiver, giving him better access. Nothing was said for a long moment as they traded lazy kiss after lazy kiss, the morning was still young and they had all the time in the world to enjoy each other. After pressing his lips to her jaw a few more times he drew back with a loving grin, one she returned before nuzzling her nose against his.
His breath tickled her lips, their foreheads pressed against one another. This was what she always wanted, just him right here, together forever in their Tomorrow. There was no Tomorrow without him.
"Hey," she said in a low voice.
"Hey what?"
"I love you." Eep beamed at him.
"You're pretty awesome too, I hope you know that," he told her as they leaned against each other.
She practically purred with delight, Eep brushing his cheek with her own. "You could stand to tell me that every so often, actually."
Something about the words seemed to make his eyes flash and he perked up considerably.
"Oh yeah," he exclaimed, nudging her to sit up on the bed. Eep leaned back on her heels and watched Guy get up. He went to dig through their things, they still needed to finish unpacking but the excitement of new marital bliss was distracting. It was a wonder they got anything done when they were so wrapped up in eachother every day. "There's something I wanted to do if you were okay with it."
She scooted off the pallet, alit with curiosity as she coyly arched a brow. "Oh? Like what?"
He seemed to catch her hint and huffed, amused. "You wish, I mean something else."
She pretended to be disappointed, resting her chin on her fist as she sat back down. "You're no fun."
"You didn't say that last night," he teased before continuing his rummaging. Hesitation flashed across Guy's face, soon replaced with a resolve strong as steel. He turned to face her with a jar in his hand. "I made extra Henna," Guy explained, gesturing to himself. The newly painted stripes had long since dried, Eep had missed them.
"For?"
"Well… you," he replied, shuffling his weight before approaching her again. "Since we're married and all now, I thought… maybe you'd…?"
"Are you sure this isn't an excuse to get handsy, Guy?" She nudged his knee with her foot, rousing a laugh out of him.
"And your dad said I was the bad influence," he said. Guy's smile turned wistful suddenly, dark eyes gazing at the jar. "I remember my mom and dad having matching paint."
Eep smiled at him, sympathy on her face. She hopped onto her feet, reaching out to trace her hand down a stripe on his slender shoulder. "Was it all your family?"
"Yeah, our tribe used them to make sure people knew we were all together, that we were one people." He rested his large palm over hers, stopping her. Guy slowly led her hand down his arm, Eep touching the two stripes around his bicep before finally he tangled their fingers together. "You're my family now," he said fondly, soft. "So, that makes you my tribe too."
"You think I've earned my stripes?"
"There was never anything to test you for," Guy replied with a shake of his head, lifting their joint hands so he could kiss her knuckles. "Nothing at all to prove." Eep reached out to trace his cheek with her fingers before laying her palm flat against it. He leaned into her touch, arching his brows with a small grin. "So… is it a yes?"
Eep nodded her head. "I always look pretty good in stripes anyways."
"You always look good."
"Flattering me will get you nowhere," she said in jest, though she glowed with how pleased she was by the compliment.
"It's gotten me this far," Guy replied, leaning forward to kiss her.
Eep met him half way, pulling his palm closer to hers as she wrapped her free arm around his waist. Guy cursed the jar of paint in his other hand, groaning against her mouth. Eep was flush against his torso and chest, always the daring one and already she took control of the kiss. He was always happy to follow her lead though.
She gave his lip a feisty nip, Guy juggled for his paint when he mentally stumbled and slackened his grip. It cooled some of the heat in his belly, simmering into embers. Finally, he mustered enough willpower to pull away from her when he felt the soft flicker of her tongue. He'd never get the tattoos on her before the first chickenseal crow at this rate.
Eep let go of his hand and pulled away from him, seeing he needed the breathing room. She just grinned broadly at his flushed cheeks and flustered expression. He cleared his throat, adjusting his cargo. "Um… anyway, guess just sit on the stool there."
She took a seat with surprising daintiness as she did so. Guy crouched in front of her, gesturing with his head for her to give him her arm. Eep extended her forearm, watching Guy dip his hand into the red paste. He began to trace a stripe along her bicep gently, feeling the firm muscle under his palm and fingers.
"It might itch for a few hours at first," he told her, trying to distract himself from the nervous pounding in between his ears.
Eep noticed the first stripe he painted wasn't rounded like his, but kind of lopsided in places and jagged in shape. She looked from her stripe to Guy's, curious if he'd slipped up. He only grinned. "Let's just say Gran inspired me, Fire Heart."
It suddenly made sense, her eyes quickly glancing back at the lightning bolt shaped stripe curved around her bicep. "But its not -"
"New tribe names, remember?" Guy leaned back on his heels a moment to give her a proper look. "We can change things, make new traditions. It still means the same thing, Eep. It just has a personal touch now."
"We never got to give you a name, you know."
"Well… you could now I guess."
"I'm not as good as Gran is at the Thunder Sister naming thing," Eep mused, watching Guy dunk his fingers in more of the Henna to paint another stripe.
Guy chuckled, "Can't be any worse than Bog Water."
"Hey you, Mrs. Betterman is proud to be Bog Water." She reached her free hand to reach into the Henna, dipping her fingers in it before playfully tracing a shape against his eyebrow. Guy started, nearly messing up his own paint job as he looked at Eep. "Hold still, I'm christening you."
Guy tried looking at what she was doing but it was pretty much impossible so he just waited patiently for Eep to finish. It was two tusk-like shapes she'd painted under both eyes, starting at his eyebrows and stopping at the slope of his nose. Eep cleared her throat dramatically. "From now on," Eep began with as noble a voice she could muster. "You will be Bright Smile."
When he grinned at her, Eep knew it was the perfect name, even if it didn't sound the most intimidating. It certainly was no Blood Horn or Fire Heart. "Bright Smile?"
She thought back to the night she'd met him, drawn out of her cave by the light of his fire. When she thought he was a warthog beast ready to kill her, Eep hadn't hesitated to grab for a rock to dash his brains in. However, there were hands that reached out to placate her and ever so slowly the boar head had come off. In its place was one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen and he was smiling at her.
At least, until she was startled so badly she dropped said rock upon his foot but that was a different story entirely and one she still thought back on with embarrassment. "If the shoe fits, you make extra pairs," Eep chirped proudly, feeling giddy with a secretive smile.
"I like it," he told her, idly touching the edge of the paint with his finger. "Wish I could see what you painted though."
"It's nothing phallic if that's what you're thinking, Guy."
"I wasn't going to say that," he replied.
"You were thinking it," Eep tsked with a pout.
Guy chuckled, shaking his head before going back to his work. He painted another stripe, the placement similar to his own. He went into the farthest depth of his memory to try recalling just how the stripes looked between married pairs. Eep rolled up her night shirt up to her chest, letting Guy draw stripes similar to the ones he had. Hers were on her belly though, and when he circled her ribs, Eep fought off a giggle at just how tickling she was.
He couldn't resist digging his fingers into her side, rousing a shriek of laughter. "Stop! You'll ruin your paint job!" Eep exclaimed.
"I can just redo it," he quipped, grinning though he lightened his touch to avoid another giggle fit when he began the next stripe that went closer to her hip bone.
She reached over his head, ignoring his gentle scolding that she was fidgeting too much to grab the mirror on the nightstand. "What happened to just redoing it, Guy?" Eep teased.
Gripping it in her hands, Eep pushed her finger against his forehead to make him lean back. She presented him with his reflection in the glass, grinning as she peeked over for his reaction.
He paused with a contemplated expression on his face and tipped his head to the side, causing some of his hair to fall away like a curtain. Guy seemed to connect the dots in what his face paint meant, recognition alit in those dark eyes of his. After several heartbeats, Guy glanced up at her. "You still think about it?"
Eep knew what he meant and nodded. "Of course, it was only one of the most important nights of my life." He smiled at her and Eep fought off a blissful sigh. "Now you're just being deliberate."
"How so?" Eep traced his lips with her index finger, outlining his smile and she bopped him one right on the nose right after. He looked like a confused puppy for a moment before he chuckled. "Hey, it worked. You didn't break my head with a rock. My foot though…"
She huffed, pressing her full palm into his face in embarrassment. "Ssshh, you snuck up on me. You deserved that." The words were muffled against her hand but she got the gist of it. "No, you could have just said something."
Guy reached over to grab her wrist, pulling her hand away. "Air," he gasped out first before speaking more. "I'm glad you broke into my camp and tried stealing my fire anyway. It worked out."
"That sounds even worse out loud," Eep bemoaned, pulling a clump of her wild red mane of hair over her face.
"And then there was the log ride…"
"Guy!"
"I say this with love, Eep."
She only huffed at him and put the mirror back where it came from. "Don't you have some stripes to finish painting?"
"I will if a certain someone, who will remain nameless, would let me," he said with mirth, pointing from the bowl of Henna to her.
"You're starting to sound a lot like my dad, Mr. Crood." Eep held still at last, letting Guy finally finish the stripe on her hip.
"Mr. Crood? Mr. Crood is my father-in-law, Eep." The comment earned him a gentle tap on the head, gentle for Eep at least. He blinked as his vision blurred for a second. He reached over and hoisted her leg up onto his shoulder. Her weight was heavy and solid but he'd grown used to it in the recent moons.
"Guy!" She nearly sounded scandalized, much to his amusement.
"I have to paint your thigh!"
She sheepishly looked away from him and Guy began painting the final stripes. He was quick about it, since she seemed to fidget awkwardly at their position. It was silly to be embarrassed when all things were considered, Eep took a moment to glance at the rock Guy had given her that rested next to the bed. Finally, he drew back and lowered her leg back onto the ground, relinquishing it.
"That should do it," he said, sounding proud. Guy stood up, grunting as he popped his back at the stiff muscles that had coiled during his seated position. "You're right, you do look good in stripes."
Eep got up from the stool with an eager little hop, extending her arm out to give it a good once over. She reached out to touch the edge of one stripe, careful to not mess up the paint. It would take a few hours to properly dry. It was a deep red but she knew with time they would soon be the same shade of brown as her husband's. She looked at Guy who was waiting for her opinion, he tried hard to not look as excited as he felt but like always he was an open book.
"I love them, Guy." She reached out to hug him, weary of pressing her torso too close to his. Guy patted her back gently. He wanted to tug her close but he'd spent too much effort on the Henna to mess it up. "Thank you."
"I'm glad you like them," he said, beaming. "Thank you, love."
She flushed at the term of endearment even though she heard it plenty of times prior. Eep looked back down at her stripes, admiring wondered what Guy's family would have thought of her. Would they approve of her being part of them, even if it was only in spirit now?
"Something on your mind?" His voice coaxed her from her thoughts, drawing her back to the present.
"Nothing," she began before furrowed her brows. "Well… maybe not nothing. I was thinking what your parents might have thought of me." Eep knew the Bettermans hadn't approved of her at first but that was different now, they were quickly becoming like family.
The Bettermans had been part of Guy's old tribe, though they no longer wore their stripes. Guy looked thoughtful but he didn't hesitate. "Mom and dad would have adored you. I know it."
"Why is that?"
"They told me to find Tomorrow and I found you. It was always you, that's why." He squeezed her hand reassuringly.
Eep smiled back at him, she couldn't help but feel relieved. There was the familiar sound of a chickenseal cawing that roused them, breaking the moment. Guy looked at the window, surprised that so much time had passed. The sky was now a light blue color.
"And there's our cue to get ready for the day," he sighed, turning away to put the paint away and wash his hands in a nearby basin.
"Yeah, we gotta go meet up with Dawn for the morning chores." Eep removed her night shirt to go grab her fur pelt dress that was draped over a nearby pole. She grabbed Guy's pants and boots along the way, tossing both in his direction.
He was quick to get dressed, tugging the garments on. "Careful with the paint," he cautioned once Eep pulled her dress over her head.
"This one hangs looser than my other one," Eep reassured him.
He nodded his head and gave the room a look. "We really need to think about organizing this place," he said, eying their unpacked bags and disarray belongings.
Eep began making her way for the door after pecking his cheek. "There's always Tomorrow," she chirped and she heard him laugh.
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
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Was Pharaoh Atem cruel?
I was skimming through the MW volumes for a writing ref, and I refound some panels I’m going to point at here, and felt the need to finally write a post I’ve wanted to since forever.
I’ve seen a lot of people over the years claim that Pharaoh Atem must have been or at least could have been this cruel, sadistic, entitled person, and if someone references a reason at all, and it’s not just the way he acts in early series (which has its own problems of presumption), it’s these panels:
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They see this line from memory!Set suggesting Atem might want to see a prisoner gruesomely murdered for amusement, and go, AH! Atem liked that stuff?? Or if they acknowledge that maybe he wouldn’t, and maybe this was all just Set’s suggestion, they defend that it could be something Atem would want.
But here’s the thing: We have direct counter-evidence that Pharaoh Atem would be okay with this. To be specific, we have evidence that Set straight-up hides his cruel actions from the pharaoh because he knows he wouldn’t approve.
Like so:
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Oh? Atem would be merciful and lenient, Set? He wouldn’t approve of what you plan???
And again:
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Oh? So there are old torture chambers beneath the palace, but Atem does not even know of them? You are specifically not telling him, and we can at least infer that there has been no dedicated space to torture people in his reign? And Set (or at least someone he is willing to associate with) is the one making use of this place?? Huh.
Now, I’m not going to turn this into a Set-smack fest. Priest Set is an awesomely complex character, especially in his morals, and I actually like him overall in an interesting character sort of way. (He did lecture the public for being racist and show ultimate loyalty to Atem, after all.) But, it is very crucial to show that the one line supporting Atem being cruel or sadistic came straight from Set’s mouth, and then we get multiple examples of him being the ruthless one and directly acknowledging that Atem wouldn’t approve of his actions. (Plus there’s a little line that makes me wary about what Atem’s father was really like. Why’d you have torture chambers open at anytime in your reign, Akhenamkhanen? I sure hope you were the one who closed them permanently!)
Do I think this means Atem was all sunshine and roses? No, I imagine he could be very cutthroat himself, but not cruel. Not sadistic. I think he didn’t shy away from taking out enemies or punishing criminals, doled out sentences we couldn’t handle, but I don’t ever, ever think he did so for pleasure, or had no compassion, and I definitely think he meant well by his people. He is a protector, not an executioner! Even with his darkest penalty games, he was always doling them out on people who hurt his friends! His friends in the future taught him a lot about alternative ways to handle things, but I will debate until I’m blue in the face that Atem has always been a good man.
If you want to write him as the all-around cruel, arrogant king in fanworks, cool! That’s the space to explore alternatives, and I’ve liked some works like that. But I always see those takes as an in-universe AU, because it just doesn’t fit what I know of him. And I’d really like to see fandom as a whole see that cruel king as the AU, and the pharaoh who was merciful and lenient to his people as the true Atem, because it’s very sad that a few words from a separate character could paint him so permanently with a dark brush.
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