#zeromylesperhour

[zeromylesperhour]

Commissions are open!

I am going to be opening commissions monthly and taking on a small batch. You can see whether or not they are still open in my description!

You can find my prices in a google form, and more information on how to order here: https://zeromylesperhour.carrd.co/

. Find more of my work in this style and others here: Behance

. And I'm just starting to post my art on Instagram! If you're interested in keeping up or supporting, drop me a follow: @zeromylesperhour

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Lulala Schweeps - Adventurer For Hire!

A/N: This is Lulala, a beloved DnD character of mine. She's been cursed by her ex-boyfriend and is unable to speak unless she presses her lips to your skin. AKA Kiss on the back of your hand.

She's feeling kind of restless, and has put her name up for hire. She really just wants to help people, and will even waive payment for today.

So if there's something you need help with, let Lulala know! It can be anything from fetching groceries to helping with chores around the house, or even checking the nearby cave to make sure there's no monster inside.

(I'm wanting to do some writing practice, and thought this would be fun ^^. Essentially the tasks you submit are going to be treated as writing prompts, and I WILL be using D20 roles to determine how the story goes)

This amazing art was done by @zeromylesperhour

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Kimki has completed a sacred rite of passage for every OC with a punk aesthetic.

Art by @zeromylesperhour, who still has comms open! Go throw them some money to make your character a shitpost.

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Just want you to know I spent the entirety of my day yesterday reading Something Greater because of your last Aita art and it was... So good..... I'm dying... I came out of that like "Wow love is good. I love love. Healing. Growth. Cheek kisses. Nice." 100/10

thats the best message anyone could have taken from my fic thank u.....

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I started playing D&D as recent as last year and I knew right away that I wanted to get a commission of my very first character Tofan Pock! He’s a gnome with the aspiration of being the greatest artificer known to mankind! Since this was my first character I wanted a character defining moment to get a commission of and this moment here is when Tofan is using his sending stone to try and get in contact with his friend that’s might be stuck or even dead in another plane of existence and he’s considering that maybe he doesn’t want to be an adventurer anymore that he just want’s to go home. Anyway! Long story short I found @zeromylesperhour and we talked and I was blown away by the final result! I showed all my friends and they were so in love with it! I love it. I love this photo so much! I’m so so so happy with the result! So yeah that’s what I wanted to show off because this character is so dear to my heart and @zeromylesperhour did such a great job!

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zeromylesperhour replied to your post: frenchy-and-the-sea reblogged your...

If you wanna turn them into a healing Druid there’s a really good homebrew circle floating around called the Circle of the Fountain that is primarily water/healing based and is also very cute

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Thanks for the tip, I’ll have to check that one out!

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ASKS - Names

Asks sent to my main, answered here. Themes - what’s a true name, exactly?

Anon said: So what happens with people who have officially changed their names? I'm thinking especially for trans students who change names to match their gender, but anybody who's gone through the process of legally changing names. Would their deadname still be their "true name" as far as the Gentry are concerned?

Anon said: how would the name thing work with deadnames? would the deadname be the "real name" or the name from birth?

Anon said: What if you legally changed your name? Would that still hold power or something or just your birth name?

Anon said: More for the name things: What about trans students? My name is Lucian but my birth name is completely different. Which one would count as my true name?

Anon said: In terms of trans folks at EU, would their birth name be the one that could control them? Or would it be their preferred name?

Anon said: About the name thing, how does that work for trans people? Do the fae go by birth certificate or what you believe as your name?

Anon said: What about preferred names? Like I don't feel any attachment to my birth/legal name and no one calls me by it. What would be considered dangerous to use?

orendork said: EU question: Would a trans person's real name be their birth name or their chosen name?? Like would it be safe to go by a chosen name?

lupus-lunarem submitted: At elsewhere University if you have a legal name change which name is then used against you? Your birth name or changed name?

Anon said: In response to the question of "true names", I wonder if the Fae could be tricked by the giving of a deadname. Perhaps a trans person/someone who changed their name for personal reasons might be able to give a member of the Folk their deadname as a part of a bargain & the faery would accept it as a part of the bargain, since more antiquated traditions might designate that as the "true name". However, since the person's deadname doesn't really have power over them, the bargain could be safe while remaining valid

zeromylesperhour said: I rly liked your idea of the trans kids playing games for simple things like voice changes. I've also always thought about how true names would work in that situation! Like a faerie might think it has power over a trans kid because it knows their "name" but it's their birth name and not their real name.

Especially in a place where belief holds such power as it does at Elsewhere University, your true name would be your preferred name - the one that means you, heart and soul. While on campus, you should keep it secret from all but those you trust with your life. Your deadname would have no power over you. The legal status of your true name doesn’t matter; it draws its power from the weight and identity you give it.

As far as the Gentry are concerned, in folklore one’s true name was often synonymous with one’s birth name, and I imagine that because of this, for a time after Elsewhere began to seep back into the world, they would ask a birth name as a price for a boon, and occasionally be very, very surprised when it was given without a fight and held no power at all. They have learned to be more careful for what they ask for since then, but not after several rather embarrassing deals, and every once in a while one of the more antiquated Fair Folk will make this mistake over again.

Anon said: So I have another question about names! For reasons, I've always been called by my middle name over my first name by people close to me. Would it count as not giving my name to the fae if I use my first name, which I don't feel as connected to?

Anon said: Didn't the tradition of giving middle names to children came from superstition about the power of true names. This got me thinking, are you ok in Elsewhere U if you have a middle name and you use your first- and last name freely, and do the school official papers keep record of the middle names of the students

theperidotshade said: On the subject of names at Elsewhere University, I'm curious about how it would work out for people like me who go by our middle names/double names. They're essentially nicknames, because we actively choose which of our names to go by, but they were still given to us, so...?

ambicolor said: Sorry if this has been asked before, but what about middle names? My cousin goes by his, but would that count as a true name?

automatomicatomaton said: On the bit about true names - how much power do middle names have?

For some people their identity is very much tied up in their full name and the sense of connection to family it provides, among other reasons; for these people it would be an extremely bad idea to give away any part of it, although full control would possibly be dependent on knowing the full name.

For others, who only feel a strong connection to a piece of their full name, the parts that don’t mean anything to you wouldn’t have any power. However, giving out any part your name that might be on record would be inadvisable. Even if your first or last name alone doesn’t carry any significance, it would make it easier for something to potentially dig up your full name and work out the piece that does mean something. The University takes great care with the official paperwork, and it’s generally considered secure between the custom iron file folders and the encrypted online systems, but, you know. Murphy’s Law.

Anon said: Okay, so on the topic of true names I have something that I've been wondering about. I have two names (English and Hebrew) both given to me by my parents. Which do you think would count as my true name, or is it just a situation of having more to hide from Them?

Anon said: ooo for true names - what about those of us who were born with two different names in two different languages, gifted at the same time? We're one in one country and a different name in another - which name would be our true name? The one used more often? The one which was technically written down first?

It depends what they mean to you – if one is significantly more fundamental to your sense of self than the other, that would be your true name; if they’re equally important they should both be hidden (although I think potentially with two True Names, one would need to know both in order to have full power over you. If you were given a command by someone who Named you with only one of your two names, the compulsion would be strong but you’d stand a chance of resisting).

Anon said: would there be a loophole around being controlled by your given name if They mispronounced it? Like, if you were to give Them your own name written down, and when They speak it They mispronounce it... ? Would that negate the control, while still being a fair trade on your part?

theperidotshade said: Also, what if someone pronounces their name differently than it's phonetically spelled, or typically pronounced? Could they use the typical pronunciation and be safe, or is it about more than just how the name is spoken?

A mispronounced name – a name spoken differently than the version you know to be yours -couldn’t control you. A spoken or signed (as in sign language, not signature) name holds power, and so it must be spoken correctly. A written name does not, in the sense that if someone who knew your true name slipped you a note with your name and a command, you would not be compelled to obey it. But honestly banking on mispronunciation would barely buy you time at all – they’d figure out how to say it sooner rather than later, if only by repeating it a hundred times with increasingly outlandish inflections.

Anon said: So let's say someone was trans and they hadn't come out yet but they had already picked a name out would that be the name they shouldn't give to the gentry?

Yeah, it would – it doesn’t matter how many other people know it (and the fewer the better among people on campus). What makes it a true name is that it’s who you consider yourself to be.

Anon said: Okay, what about a hypothetical scenario in which all of the logistical issues are handwaved away and a person has no "true name"? Like, hippie parents living off the grid (no birth certificates) who just wait, making no assumptions because they believe in self-determination, until their little tyke is old enough to choose a name?

If you’re in the unusual position of never having found a name that you feel a strong connection to, you would be invulnerable in this particular aspect of campus life.

curiousmindsinlurve said: About the names thing theoretically speaking if someone got married and took on their spouses' last name would their maiden name hold more power? Or is it vice versa?

Whichever holds the most significance – I imagine that it varies pretty wildly between people who are radiantly happy to share their loved one’s last name and people who have changed their name because it’s customary but still feel a strong connection to their maiden name and the family history that comes with it.

mithrils-hanger said: Elsewhere U musings, and i suspect that my RPG writer experience has given me a skewed perspective of what is important, but. can you imagine how intense the University's efforts at protecting their records must be? forget mundane identity theft issues, the Payroll, Registrar, and Records departments house untold numbers of true names in their files. every employee. every student. present and all those past. even something as simple as an attendance roster could spell the doom of a student.

nickystar said: A question about EU, if it hasn't been answered already: I assume that to enroll at the school, you'd legally have to apply using your real name, and those in charge of the school would keep these names on lists somewhere. But how do they keep the Fair Folk from finding them and using them for their gain, and who all would have access to the names?

Everything legally and unavoidably essential is kept locked in custom iron filing folders and behind several layers of encryption in the heavily guarded computer systems, in the heavily guarded offices that deal with these things. Students and professors are referred to from the first week on by their chosen names, and they’re kept track of with student ID numbers and photos. It’s not usual for the exhaustively screened staff in charge of all this to have nightmares about making a mistake.

oddloop said: I feel true names would still have power. Whether or not its chosen or given, it is your power and closer to your heart, so by giving that knowledge to someone else you share your power, give them the power over you that you have yourself

True names absolutely have power – it’s hooked into the fundamentals of who you know yourself to be. It can obviously be used for harm, to compel you against your will. But it can be used to save you - this is the flipside. If you’ve eaten the food underhill, if you are too enchanted or dazzled or lost to find your own way back to your own mind, someone who knows your true name can break the spell and call you home.

pretzel-log1c said: In certain tales, Nicknames can be just as powerful as True Names. Especially if they are given. Are their any students that get trapped into the mold of their nickname? Like say, if a student went by Mouse?

It’s happened before. With any luck you don’t choose a safename that has any huge significance to you, and you’re aware enough of your own emotions to tell if you’re getting too attached to it. But these are not guarantees.

Your nickname probably won’t change you. But the rules are bendy here.

tookmelongenough-right said: In regards to Elsewhere U and names, I remember a series where you could bargain to give away one name per boon, so someone could, if they were desperate enough, make up to three deals with the fae. Four, if you had two last names.

If your true name is your full name all together, if you name yourself with the entirety of it – then yes, you could sell it piece by piece. Each fragment would have some power, enough to buy something valuable, if they thought you’d be coming back to make another deal or three.

kikinickle said: Another question about True Names: If you've had a nickname as long as you've had your real name, given to you at birth (or even before birth) and used as often as your legal name (though by fewer people) throughout your life, does it count as much as your legally given name?

It depends on its relevance to who you consider yourself to be.

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I finally got another commission done of my Fallout OCs! This lovely piece was done by @zeromylesperhour. More about the OCs under the cut. Please send in asks about them 🙏.

Wanda Soriano-Li (She/They) Wanda is my Fallout 3 character. She became a ghoul after the Purifier kind of exploded, and was pretty much booted from the Brotherhood because of it. Her mother, Catherine, was actually the younger sister of Madison Li. (Talk about a dysfunctional family). Wanda uses a baseball bat and a combat shotgun most of the time, and also a silenced pistol. She is asexual and not interested in romantic relationships of any kind. She’s really close with Charon and RJ MacCready, along with the rest of the Little Lamplighters. Before she became a ghoul, they looked like Rita Fukushi.  Kieran Brooks (He/Him)  Kieran is my main Sole Survivor. He is the General of the Minutemen and a member of the Railroad, under the name “Charmer.” He romances MacCready, but he’s actually closest with Nick Valentine, who is his mentor figure. He is also good friends with Preston. Kieran is very charismatic, and tends to use flattery to get what he wants. Before the war, he was going to college for computer programming, but was drafted. During his service, he became a sniper. He’s bisexual. Molly Brooks (She/Her)  Molly is Kieran’s twin sister. She did one tour of service for the military piloting Power Armor, and when she left she worked as a consulting engineer for RobCo, though she was unaware of the company’s practices. Molly is a lesbian, and I like to think she eventually gets together with Glory. She is apart of the Railroad as well, under the name “Bullseye”. She is closest with Deacon, Hancock, and Cait. She also was apart of the Brotherhood of Steel for awhile, but it was mostly just extended undercover work for the Railroad. She uses an assault rifle and lots of big guns. Molly is pretty charismatic too, but her charisma is more intimidation than persuasion.  Ynes Najera (They/Them) Ynes is my Courier Six, and they were around 17 when they were shot by Benny. Ynes is literally just a cowboy. That’s it. They use pretty much any weapon they can get their hands on. Ynes is also skilled at repair, science, and charisma, using their abilities to convince people to do things for them. They are closest with Arcade and Boone. Their faceclaim is Sivan Alyra Rose.

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(Posting a second time with the uncoloured version as well because tumblr is stretching images again and it’s the only way to show the quality)

A huge thank you to @zeromylesperhour who did an amazing job with this commission for me.

My prompt was for Tim in his Red Robin suit, post-patrol, looking worn out but happy, with the colours of the bi pride flag used for highlights and shading. I think you’d agree with me that they really captured what I was looking for. Be sure to check out their other work!

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So I recently commissioned @zeromylesperhour to create artwork of myself. (That sounds so self centered, but I was desperate to see my body healthy again and in a way that I could love it.) They did a wonderful job, not making me more white than I am and not making me more asian than I am, which I have experienced in the past! They did so beautifully and I love it!!!

Thank you <3 <3 <3 

P.S. The camomille was such a wonderful touch <3 <3 <3

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Working on a little faerie design. What would you add?

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On the ledge of a stained glass window, fifty feet above the combat grounds, a sun soaked elf nodded off with the History of Falconry propped open on his lap. The wind, as if employed by him, languidly blew his stark white hair across his forehead and the page to a spot that he had not yet read. One leg hung carelessly off the side of the castle and a couple of birds had perched next to the outstretched one. Lx’ea Eldaraas was known for being the reckless one of the two princes and not a single person blinked an eye or spared a thought of worry when they noticed him.

Below, a group of soldiers lined up at the far left side, awaiting their turn to battle with the elder twin, Lv’ae, and R’el, a cousin of the Eldaraas family. It was tradition for them to test themselves against the best swordsman in the castle, who just so happened to be royalty. Prince Lv’ae effortlessly knocked soldier after soldier onto their asses. R’el could not keep up and after several minutes of clashing swords with three soldiers, he was thrown back into a pile of mud made from the previous night's thunderstorm. He landed with a splash, giving the soldiers pause and Lev enough distraction to disarm them. Lev offered his cousin a hand who took it, but the sound of distant mocking laughter caught him off guard and he slipped back into the mud

Lex & Lev art cred @zeromylesperhour

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Jac and Finn

I had too much fun with the motion program, but this is over the art that @zeromylesperhour made for me, and ever time I see it again, I love it even more.

The Wanderers’ War  

Book One: Hunters (Available on Amazon for 99cents)

Book Two: Allies (Coming out Sept 30, 2020)

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Malachi and Indigo

Commission for  @highesteliot

Malachi  -  @highesteliot

Indigo -  @zeromylesperhour 

My commission page - link!, My glow up offer - link!, My redbubble - link!

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I must show you all this incredible commission I got from @zeromylesperhour . It's my beautiful goblin girl who does wild magic and literally eats the rich! Her name is Kimki and I love her!

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zeromylesperhour replied to your post: swordandcasthand replied to your...

ye me and my friend did our dice and all our opaque ones were favoring numbers and our translucent ones were fine. You have to use just- so much salt though lol

The more you know! I was actually throwing 2 dice at the time, one opaque and one translucent one, and I was noticing that the latter usually gave me more varying (and often better) numbers over all so there’s probably something to that o: