#with some outsider input

[mrssimply]

5 a.m

[carlyraejepsans]

for real WHERE does the idea that [utdr humans] are nongendered so that "you can project on them" come from. their literal character arcs are about NOT being a blank slate to be filled in by the audience

i think i understand the assumption on some level for undertale, because there is a very intentional effort to make you identify with the "player character" in order to make your choices feel like your own (the beating heart of undertale's metanarrative lies in giving you an alternative path to violence against its enemies after all, and whether you're still willing to persue it for your own selfish reasons. YOUR agency is crucial).

of course, the cardinal plot twist of the main ending sweeps the rug from under your feet on that in every way, and frisk's individuality becomes, in turn, a tool to further UT's OTHER main theme: completionism as a form of diegetic violence within the story. replaying the game would steal frisk's life and happy ending from them for our own perverse sentimentality, emotionally forcing our hand away from the reset button.

i think their neutrality absolutely aids in that immersion. but also, there's this weird attitude by (mostly) cis fans where it being functional within the story makes it... somehow "editable" and "up to the player" as well? which is gross and shows their ass on how they approach gender neutrality in general lol.

but also like. there's plenty of neutral, non PCharacters in undertale and deltarune. even when undertale was just an earthbound fangame and the player immersion metanarrative was completely absent, toby still described frisk as a "young, androgynous person". sometimes characters are just neutral by design. it's not that hard to understand lol.

anyone who makes this argument for kris deltarune is braindead. nothing else to say about it.

[the-holy-ghosted]

how do you think things started. Did Bridgens or Peglar make the first move? Was it before or after John began tutoring him?

Brought up in the book, actually! He taught Peglar how to read while they were on their Beagle voyage and when they came home, he sought Bridgens out again for more lessons. At some point after finding him again, Peglar made the first move on him.

From chapter 28, the first of a handful of Peglar POV chapters. Despite the book being... the way it is, I do like how it does these two. If you were to read any part of it, read chapters 28 and 50. My suggestion to you heehee

[abd-illustrates]

I love the skin tones you did for Cyno and Tighnari in your recent post! The art is amazing in general but I really appreciated that in particular so I wanted to throw some love your way

ah thank you so much dude! I'm really glad to hear it! 💖

[miramisaki]

58(???) days until Charlie...

[zvaigzdelasas]

"AI can make art without human interaction because at the end of the day, it does exactly what humans do with art - break each new piece of art down to the quantifiable basis vectors that you've implicitly constructed about 'art in general' and then faithfully reproduce a new observation of that 'art in general' by smoothly interpolating between observed instantiations of those basis vectors.

You know, like how humans do"

[mydarlingdahlia]

Okay so I just thought of something for the self ship thing for Itto and I

So I made this video yesterday of Mia and I because I was bored ya know

(Here’s the vid btw :3)

And I was listening to the audio, right? And I’m thinking “The lady in the audio sounds like a goddess, someone ethereal, born from the very essence and calmness of the stars and the beauty of the night”

And then, it hits me.

✨Goddess!Lottie x Itto✨

Think about it. You see a woman, seemingly clothed in the soft light of the moon and stars itself, drifting right above you in the dark sky. She’s beautiful, no doubt about it. Her eyes are kind, and her expression has the warmth of a summer evening. Her voice is like the otherworldly harmony of a great symphony, that can only be described as the stuff of dreams.

Idk about y’all, but I’d fall in love immediately. I mean, come on. You can’t tell me she’s not marriage material. Like- *sticks out ring finger* I’m ready mamas put it on already.

Itto would no doubt be no different.

Man is smitten at first sight, his pupils would probably turn into hearts. He absolutely melts in her soft, gentle touch, her hands warm like the comforting heat from a fireplace.

He’s also curious. She’s clearly not human, more of a…divine being. Why would she choose him? He’s not nearly worthy of her attention, yet she picked him. She must see something in him that he can’t.

But he needs to know what it’s like to hold her. To be with her. To feel her. To love her. He feels drawn to her, like they’re connected somehow. He needs to have her. And Archons help him if anyone tries to step in his way.

I need to make a Goddess!Lottie OC immediately.

[foxgirlmoth]

I don't talk about this stuff on here pretty much at all, but a past relationship really broke a ton of bits and pieces of my brain and heart in weird ways (I'm finally thinking about him almost never but the shit he pulled was abusive as hell and still affects me sometimes). Being in love with my current girlfriends for a while felt almost. Painful? Almost like I should be ashamed I can fall so deeply in love with people, and especially how quickly that can happen sometimes too. Thats how it kind of felt. I tend to get overwhelmed with emotions if I'm feeling them very strongly, and that has been extremely embarrassing and also felt almost like I was being a burden to those I love (which love is the main emotion that can 'get dialed up to 11' for me). It IS debilitating in some ways!!! It hasn't gotten bad enough I've been nonverbal in a really really long time but that happened this past week and it was wild to me.

Things are getting better now though! Therapy in the past has helped, and honestly having such patient and understanding partners has made a world of difference ;w;. my wife is someone who was one of my best friends and I had a huge crush on and now I can ask for cuddles and we can nap together and I've fallen so much in love. Her and her presence are literally heaven for me, I don't know if anything has ever made me happier than just laying next to her and feeling her warmth.

Worries of course flare up and I feel like I need to lean on her a lot during those moments, but I don't feel like too much of a burden to her. I love seeing the posts that say stuff like 'Its okay to be a burden' or 'its okay to be annoying' because really truly I think I need to be those things to survive sometimes. I can be 'a lot' and I can be a little bit obsessive and those things aren't inherently bad or evil of me. I just make sure I'm feeling okay during and after and make sure I'm checking in on myself often. I'm a bit of a broken girl, but that doesn't mean I'm not extremely happy and living a life I love. I've written poems and everything about how it feels like it must hurt to love me and my broken jagged edges, but hey, even if it does a little bit, it doesn't mean someone like my girlfriend/wife won't go through a little bit of burden to love me, and I'm more than happy to return all of this and more for her as well if she's ever in need or feels broken ;^;

[windfighter]

Cleo's new avatar on the streams looks amazing but... now there's too much going on for my autistic ass to be able to watch her streams ,_, I started watching them because it was so nice, Cleo was one of very few streamers I found that didn't have a lot of things going on except the occassional creeper explosion but it's gotten more and more during these 20 months I've watched and I have been aware that I'm gonna have to stop watching soon but I also really liked the atmosphere so I was hoping they'd... dial back a little? but the answer has just been add more and I get it. It's how they make money so she can pay rent and food and buy a house and I wish them the best with that but...

Yeah, I'm still a little sad knowing that I have to stop watching my comfortstreamer ,_,

[line-of-fire]

Been thinking abt things and I’ve been entertaining the thought of moving my guys here elsewhere so…. Thoughts?

[colorstormx]

I know it's late now but I'm still trying to decide on an Art Thing to do for October, so I'm gonna throw a couple of polls out there

[seahdalune]

youtube stop fucking recommending me videos about TADC

[bat-the-misfit]

i wonder what names do i look like i'd have???

[feywhimsy]

can’t decide what to do with my url

[superduperkas]

[boypussydilf]

iam in fact attempting to formulate a character relationships based ask game i have some stuff figured out already but if anyone happens to have ideas on the kinds of questions theyd want to be asked abt characters relationships/dynamics shoot them at me