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Draw your peeps

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Marshal Gensch went out on a walk.

A very enthusiastic walk.

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This just came on in the background, guess it's time for more bulwark gaming 🤘

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Hi I made me in SM2, because having a sona is not cringe.

I took some liberties, but ultimately based it on IF era Sigismund.

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Going off track to talk about another member of the Iridian faction that I rarely bring up.

Octavio Bessanius.

Red Death and lieutenant of Reynauld.

Built like a tank, wearing blood red conquistador armor with a black cape and bardiche axe, Cadmus' rival and the one guy who is too happy to throw as many bodies as he needs at the wall to get through it.

I modeled a lot of his fighting style off of Gryphon from For Honor, as much as I dislike that character. Like this execution here? ONE HUNDRED PERCENT HIM.

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Sudden realization that Cadmus' reintegration training sessions must be brutal.

Because he isn't fighting humans, he's fighting automata that is easily same height as him, five to ten times as strong as he is (you can be a demigod, but machine strength will always be higher with every new iteration), with more weight behind every strike.

Not to mention that Iridian automata have the ability to learn and adapt combat subroutines in real time: no same trick can work twice, no same feint can create an opening. Add extreme speed and power, it's like putting a kindergartner to fight a Navy SEALs officer.

Meanwhile Cadmus is literally fresh out of surgery, only 3 weeks since he got his cybernetic limbs.

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can i just say that i love that Solaire has the "large" body type. man is definitely one of those guys who has beef and a bit of pudge

look at him. this is a man that absolutely has love-handles and a bit of a stomach, but can still bench 200 lbs. he is powered by LOVE (and also sunlight, like a plant). he's 100% got one of those chests that you can just grab and squish but by god if it isnt all muscle underneath. you hug him and instantly feel all the warmth and love he exudes with all his softness. id pass out instantly

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me: i wanna talk about my ocs

someone: ok tell me about your ocs

me, suddenly convinced that every single thing about my ocs is stupid and cringy and probably offensive: i. have them

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Which of your OCs are you thinking about right now?

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Your icon is violently in love with you for 5 weeks how screwed are you

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Side note, I absolutely modeled post trauma Cadmus' rage to be like Dany's here.

There's no screaming, there's not cursing, just a smile and condemnation, because he knows damn well he can take shit and hit back even harder: Rizwyn's crucible had made him realize he's damn powerful and he'll make SURE that anyone who thinks otherwise knows.

For all the shit I talk about Game of Thrones, I LOVE Arya's revenge scene.

"Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe."

The MUSIC that plays as she walks through the bodies of the dead Freys, MPH, my favorite sort of revenge arc, served stone cold and bloody.

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For all the shit I talk about Game of Thrones, I LOVE Arya's revenge scene.

"Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe."

The MUSIC that plays as she walks through the bodies of the dead Freys, MPH, my favorite sort of revenge arc, served stone cold and bloody.

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How to Emotionally Destroy Readers

✩ Gut-punches are about timing. You don't say “I love you” during the sunset. You say it in the middle of a burning building or right after they stab you.

✩ A single line of dialogue like “you were supposed to come back” hits harder than an entire page of poetic mourning.

✩ Don’t just break their hearts, break their sense of identity. Make them question who they are, what they stand for, and if it was ever worth it (That’s premium pain.)

✩ Let someone be forgiven… but not trusted again. That's the kind of heartbreak that lingers like smoke.

✩ Sometimes the most devastating line is the one they don’t say. Silence is a character too.

✩ Give them a moment of joy. Right before everything falls apart. Hope makes the fall hurt more.

✩ Someone saying “I forgive you” through tears? Powerful. Someone saying “I still love you but I can’t stay”? Absolutely soul-shattering.

✩ If they die, don’t describe the death. Describe the aftermath. The coat left hanging by the door. The mug still on the table. The dog waiting.

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Quick tips for writing unspoken crushes

⭑ looking at their lips like it's accidental. it's not.

⭑ knowing way too much random info about them (like their fav gum or shoe size?? why??)

⭑ asking about their dating life and pretending it's casual. it’s not.

⭑ brushing hands and then staring into the VOID like “what does it meeeaaan”

⭑ having full internal monologues about one (1) text they sent

⭑ getting weirdly territorial when someone else flirts with them

⭑ laughing at jokes that aren’t funny bc it's them

⭑ stalling when it's time to say goodbye like “oh wait one more thing haha”

⭑ rereading convos and thinking “wow i sounded so dumb why did i say ‘hey’ like that”

⭑ noticing every. single. change. like “did they get a haircut or am i just obsessed”

⭑ the classic: accidentally calling them “babe” and playing it off like a joke (it’s NOT A JOKE)

⭑ dying a little every time they say “you’re such a good friend”

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genuinely something so delightful about getting obsessed with your own characters. what do you MEAN I can turn my headcanons for my characters into Official Real Lore. that's so fucking cool are you serious

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On writing sexual tension

⊹ standing too close. like just barely not touching. why are their shoulders breathing on each other??

⊹ conversations that sound normal but feel like foreplay. “pass the salt” has never been so loaded.

⊹ one of them says something flirty and the other freezes for 0.2 seconds like “oh.”

⊹ eyes dropping to lips and then—back up. with effort.

⊹ holding eye contact just a little too long. like... are they gonna kiss or duel??

⊹ unintentional physical contact that lasts one second too long and now they’re both broken

⊹ a hand on the small of the back. that’s it. that’s the tweet.

⊹ tension so thick that other characters start noticing like “hey are you two okay?” (they are not)

⊹ “accidental” sleepovers. “oh no there’s only one bed.” yeah. suuuure.

⊹ biting back a smile. biting back a moan. biting anything really.

⊹ one of them walks away and the other has to physically restrain themselves from watching the hips

⊹ lots of sighing. frustrated sighs. horny sighs. ��i want to kiss you but I’m emotionally unavailable” sighs.