#🎭my creations!

[pinkpixelpolygon]

hiii! i wasnt feeling the best today so i made some stamps to cheer myself up!

some dimentio stamps! first one's art is by me btw, but feel free to use! /g

[lixnininotnay]

"But I'll be there for you

As the world falls down."

Ugh, I love this man and I'm a slut for hand kisses.

I had this drawing done for almost a week; I don't know exactly why I didn't post before.

It's inspired by that one scene in the movie 'Anna Karenina'. It randomly popped into my mind and I HAD to draw it with Future!Leonardo. I wanted to put a part of the lyrics of some music because why not, I thought in many, from the Beatles to Lana Del Rey to even Metallica(don't question my train of thought, I haven't taken my ADHD meds for two weeks straight) and I ended up with 'As the world falls down' by David Bowie since Leonardo loves Glam Rock.

I think it's kind of yandere-ish? I don't know 🤷🏽‍♀️

In case anyone wants to see it, my first attempt drawing it(I ended up hating it and re did it), the current drawing's Sketch, and the scene I mentioned.

I suffered too much trying to figure out the hands.

Also have a sketch I did randomly in the same day.

Bye, I think I will change how I draw the turtles' head once again 👍🏽

[octarinecat]

Hi! I'm ☆Raphael's little Mouse☆ on tiktok and I had an idea for you. I'm not sure if you've done this before but I was wondering if you could do one of Raphael being Erik from Phantom of the Opera? I feel like he would 100% be a fan of it and 100% be a fanboy for our boy Erik 🎭🌹

I was thinking about this prompt for a longer while. But it's finally done and well, even I am proud of the outcome (I usually don't like my art second after finishing it)! Thank you for giving that idea for me! I went much more crazy than usual with colours this time 😊 Another Raphael from the Opera is here.

Raphael as Erik, from Phantom of the Opera musical.

My thoughts after the cut & music inspiration also.

I was listening a lot of classical music while creating this piece. Imagining Raphael playing piano was soothing feeling 🤭

I also noticed that after low mood I developed some nice behaviour - I'm not leaving painting, I'm just changing direction a little. There was a time when I stopped painting for a very long time. Now, however, instead of switching off, I am opening anatomy books and turn on tutorials for the art basics. When I feel very bad - whether physically or mentally, I try to at least look at and organise inspiration for my next works. Self-expression through digital painting is something beautiful and believe me, I would like to share this love with everyone. The main reason for this is that when I started I was drowned in a spoonful of water, without even a word of constructive criticism. Someone will soon say "HEEEY, but you have to know how to paint first, Octarine!" No, stop. Express yourself through what you love to do - not what you are good at.

I love watching "young" artists develop, like blooming flowers. Maybe they'll forget to add a thumb to their hand one day, maybe tomorrow they won't get the colours right. But this joy of creation comes out of the work and makes me happy. And next time there will be thumbs up and juicy colours.

Music inspiration for current piece:

[hd-hurtcomfort-fest]

***WEEK ONE WRAPPED***

🎭 Presenting our Saturday weekly wrap of brilliant creations! 🎭

FYI: No postings on Sunday. Use the free day to catch up Please be sure to shower our creators with love and positiviity...and as always, mind the tags. See you back here on Monday!

*** Hyacinth Angst || M || 7k

My Kingdom For Your Laugh Fluff || G || 9.7k

*** Final Exams at the Curse-Breaker's Academy Fluff & Hurt/Comfort || M || 20.2k

Of Towers and Tales [ART] Hurt/Comfort || T || Art

*** The Roommate by Romaine [PODFIC] Fluff || M || 4hours

a small room under the earth Angst || M || 2.3k

*** Come Hell or High Water Hurt/Comfort || M || 22.1k

Divine Intervention Fluff || T || 6.5k

*** Harry Potter and the Unintended Horcrux Hurt/Comfort || E || 59k

*banner art by @basiatlu

[grownasssimmer]

Conversations Pose Pack 🎭

Say hello to the Conversations pose pack! 👋 This set was inspired by your feedback—posing two male Sims in meaningful, dynamic, and expressive conversations can be tough to find, so I created this just for you! 🛋️✨

I plan to add more posepacks like this one, so be on the lookout as I create additional posepacks featureing male conversations.

Inside this pack, you'll find: 💬 Lighthearted Laughter: Perfect for capturing friendly or humorous chats. 💬 Serious Discussions: Bring depth to your storytelling with poses that convey thoughtful dialogue. 💬 Disagreements: For those moments when tensions rise and sparks fly.

Designed for two male Sims on a sofa, this pack is perfect for slice-of-life storytelling, drama, or candid moments. 🌟

This pack contains 9 poses for 2 sims. Created with male rigs, but may work with female Sims as well.

As always, clipping is an unavoidable possibility with all poses due to differing Sim bodies, clothing, and surroundings. The sofa used in this posepack is the base game Squarely There Modern Sofa.

Download

🛑 Terms of Use (TOU): 🚫 No reuploads. 🚫 No modifications. 🚫 Don’t claim as your own. 🚫 Don’t upload to S!msdom or S!msfinds.

I can’t wait to see how you use these poses in your stories! Don’t forget to share your creations and tag me so I can see and shout you out. 💕

NOTE: Dax’s (my Sim) mouth looks weird in the angry pose because Dax has a WEIRD MOUTH. Another reason I started making poses for myself. My Sims have wonky mouths. This pose will look fine on 95% of other Sims. — BTW!! There is a reason for Dax and Giovanni’s unique jawlines and mouths that has to do with a secret regarding their true Sims 4 parentage. 🫖☕️!! I may share this at some point soon !! 😉 It’s a good one, real life, and a bit embarrassing for me. 😂

[nisha2313]

🎨 The Creation of Hwei 🎭

At first I wanted this artwork to be a funny interpretation of the original painting but something went wrong in the process and it became a very vivid mixture of my emotions towards my beloved Ionian Artists Jhin and Hwei.

I created it with Krita, beta version for Android devices.

[yet-happy]

To also add- you are not just someone in my notifications, you are someone amazing, and i love hearing about the stuff you are interested to or create even if I don't express it

I want to make u feel better, i hope that's okay, I'm sorry i didn't reached out earlier to you!

Please don't apologize for not reaching out before! but I'm really glad you like my art and other creations!

Honestly, the "Clown" art is a representation of how I felt before therapy and medication (I should've specified in the post :'∆) but I've noticed big difference both physically and emotionally.

When an artist bleeds, the art bleeds too, but just by taking meds, I'm happy to finally see a difference in my life, treating myself better, eating better and even embracing more the art I love so much but couldn't find motivation to keep creating.

Right now, this heavy mask is still there but that doesn't mean it won't crack and fade away from the face that wears it.

I know times are rough and the journey to getting rid of what hides my smile is harsh but I don't plan on ever giving up.

Don't worry, I'll keep making art and expressing myself through it, Life will never back me down!

@yet-happy is here to stay!🎭

[valleyfthdolls]

🍫🎭🧸🦾 😶 for shadow

🍫 A headcanon about food: You get 2. 1, Shadow has pica, an eating disorder characterized by compulsively eating things of no nutritional value. Shadow tends to chew on and eat rocks and ice bc he likes how hard it is to chew. The closest thing to food that satisfies that craving is coffee beans, which is why he likes those so much- they satisfy the compulsion while still being food enough. 2, Having spent his whole youth on the ARK, he has almost zero exposure to different types of food. He’s so used to bland shit that he cannot handle any kind of intense flavor or spice.

🎭 A headcanon about what they lie about: Shadow is a pretty straightforward person to me, but I think he tends to “lie” and downplay his feelings about those around him bc it’s hard to admit that he cares. Not so much an outright lie, but a lie of omission. He also tends to do this with his PTSD, because opening up requires vulnerability. For example, Shadow canonically gets flashbacks so intense they cause him physical pain, but I think he tends to avoid disclosing the flashback part of that.

🧸 A headcanon about their childhood: He and Maria had a lot of shellac records from the ARK’s creation in the 20s-30s. Maria liked to sing along while she read.

🦾 A disability headcanon: By keeping his body regulated, his inhibitors help him to not suffer too much from his injuries, but since he wasn’t wearing them when it happened, the burns and injuries he sustained falling to Earth in SA2 are very deep and won’t quickly heal like his other injuries. He’s got some chronic pain from those- also, his wounds are like my scars, and every. Every fucking touch to them. Registers as pain. Any amount of pressure on his scars is enough to send him into self defense mode. As such, he’s wary about being touched. Chronic pain is enough without people with no ill will accidentally triggering it.

😶 A random headcanon!: The memory loss in Shadow the Hedgehog was not and scientifically could not have been caused by head trauma because then he would never have been able to get those memories back let alone have them just randomly resurface (such as the flashback at the beginning of the game). It being psychologically induced makes more sense to me- his brain had no idea how to keep going after all that, and so it did the only thing it could think of and tried to protect him from it by blocking out all the memories so Shadow could survive.

[hazbinbossbrainrot]

🍎 Lucifer Morningstar 🍎

VO: Jeremy Jordan

Favourite quotes:

“Ohh! No, no no Charlie no, no, no, just, *laughs hysterically* no.”

— Lucifer, Charlie asking him to get a meeting with Heaven (“Dad Beat Dad”)

“Oh, I'm the only one that matters. See, you messed with my daughter, and now, I am going to FUCK YOU!"

―Lucifer, threatening Adam (“The Show Must Go On”)

Theme song:

Basics:

Age: Older than the Earth (200+ years old)

Species: Fallen Angel

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Straight (ally)

Height: 5'10

Occupation(s):

• King of Hell

<> Ruler of the Pride Ring

• Sin of Pride 😏

<> Leader of the Seven Deadly Sins

• Founder of Lu Lu World

Likes:

• His daughter

<> Supporting his daughter

<> Seeing his daughter smile/happy

• Circus imagery

• Rubber ducks

<> Crafting rubber ducks

• Singing

• Caramel apples

• Musical instruments

• Girls

• Polka music

• Pancakes

Dislikes:

• Most sinners

<> Alastor

<> Alastor showing (paternal) affection towards Charlie and vice versa

• Heaven’s rules

<> Heaven’s hypocrisy

• The Hazbin Hotel’s name

<> The hotel’s bar

• Anyone teasing him about his height

• His daughter getting in harm’s way

<> The thought of his daughter being crushed by Heaven like he was

• Seeing his daughter sad

• Him and his wife’s separation

Flaws:

• Autism (confirmed by Viv)

Special interest: rubber ducks

<> Social awkwardness

<> ADHD

• PTSD

• Severe depression

• Mpreg (🤣)

Romantic interests:

Lilith (wife; separated)

Family:

Wife: Lilith (separated)

Daughter: Charlie Morningstar

AU:

Daughter-in-law: Vaggie

Granddaughter: Dawn Morningstar

(surrogate) Son: Angel Dust

(surrogate) Son-in-law: Husk (RP)

(surrogate) Granddaughters: Luster & Kat (OCs)

Nicknames:

• King of Hell (title)

• The Devil

• Dad (by Charlie Morningstar)

• Charlie's daddy (by Lute)

• Sir (by Alastor and Vaggie)

• Lu Lu

• The Big Dick In Charge (by Angel Dust)

• The Ultimate Badboy (by Niffty)

• Your Majesty (by Sir Pentious)

• Your Highness (by Mimzy)

• Short King (by Angel Dust)

• The Big Boss of Hell (self-proclaimed)

• The Most Hated Being in All of Creation (by Adam)

• Demonic Head Honcho (by Katie Killjoy)

Family name:

Morningstar (series)

Magne (pilot)

Relationships:

• Razzle & Dazzle (bodyguards)

• KeeKee (family pet)

• Eve (one-night-stand)

Acquainted:

• Residents of the Hazbin Hotel

<> Angel Dust (canonically)

<> Sir Pentious

<> Alastor (rival)

• the von Eldritch family

• Mimzy

• Cherri Bomb

• Heaven (well-acquainted)

<> Angels (formerly affiliated)

• Fellow Deadly Sins

<> Mammon 💰

<> Asmodeus 💕

<> Beelzebub 🍔 🍻

<> Belphegor 🏥

<> Satan 🏜️

<> Leviathan 🎭

Enemies:

• Exorcists

<> Adam

<> Lute

• Valentino (AU/RP 🤭)

Abilities:

• Demonic transformation

• Flight

• Angelic power

• Shapeshifting

• Demon magic

• Duplication

• Musical talent

• Instrumental talent

• Craftsmanship

• Pyrokinesis

• Fire breath

• Size manipulation

• Super strength

• Portal creation

• Teleportation

• Object creation

• Hydrokinesis

• Hand-to-hand combat

• Ventriloquism

Appearance & Personality:

Lucifer is a slender-figured fallen angel who sports a close resemblance to his daughter, Charlie - having her white skin with rosy-cheeks, blonde hair with thin light coral streaks on the thicker, paler blonde highlights, and eyes with light yellow sclera and red pupils. He is shorter than his daughter, though not by a large amount.

Unlike Charlie, his mouth is full of sharp teeth, his hair is short-cut and has been slicked back with one tuft sticking out, his pupils are slit like a snake, and his cheeks are a paler shade of red. In addition, he also sports black sharp eyebrows, and his eyelids are light purple. His forearms also appear to be dark grey when his sleeves are rolled up.

Lucifer's white and red clothing is somewhat like that of a circus ringmaster; he wears a wide-brimmed white top hat with a golden snake and a red apple over golden spikes, which resemble a crown, and a red-lined and red-trimmed white popped-collared suit with several golden buttons - his coat worn over a light red-and-white striped waistcoat with two golden buttons and a small, accessorized black bowtie. In "The Show Must Go On" his suit has red and golden epaulets, resembling those of a ringmaster.

He also wears a set of heeled black knee-high boots. On his left pinkie, he sports a golden ring which is presumably his wedding ring.

Lucifer is usually seen carrying an apple-topped black cane that matches his hat. Due to his angel origins, he possesses six white wings with red feathers, which he can extend from his coat.

Demonic form:

When he takes on his full demonic form, as well as displaying his wings, he displays a pair of red horns with an orb of fire between them and a thin crown resembling a snake with an apple above his hat. His eyes also change to have red sclera with yellow pupils. He also has a black tail with spikes that end in a triangular tip with a red heart at the center.

Eyes also appear on the inside of his coattails, and a similar eye also appears on his bowtie. In addition, his entire body gives off a light white glow.

Pilot:

In the pilot, Lucifer's appearance is nearly the same, only his pupils were instead black, just like Charlie's pilot design. The snake around his hat was also colored purple.

How to describe Lucifer’s personality?

• Threatrical

• Depressive (post separation)

• Melancholic

• Socially awkward (autistic)

• Ambitious

• Obsessive (with special interest)

• Mindless

Other (rarely):

• Egotistical >>> 1x08

• Violent

• Protective (especially when it comes to Charlie)

• Fearless

With Alastor:

• Prideful 😂🤣

• Jealous

• Insecure >>> about his paternalism towards Charlie

• Competitive

References:

[charlesoberonn]

We're having another prompt poll on my collaborative worldbuilding Discord server!

You can vote on next week's world right now!

Here are the options:

🎭 A world where identity is tied to physical masks in a metaphysical sense. Social interactions are entirely determined on the creation and trading of masks. Was it always like this? What happens if you take the mask off?

🐉 In the beginning there was the tri-headed dragon. And it breathed out great streams of fire. And from those streams the gods were born. This is a god-making exercise, building a world beginning with a divine pantheon. What gods will we have? What kind of universe will they build?

🧛‍♂️ A world with biologically plausible creatures from folklore. A hominid subspecies that evolved to eat blood in the dark? Vulpine evolution that led to bipedalism? A sapient dragonfly species that resembles tiny humans? Stuff like that.

🍋 Chimeraworld. The animals in this world are a hybrid of two or more animals in our world, no matter how seemingly incompatible. Were they always like that? Do "pure" animals exist? Can more hybrids be created?

🐹 A living star system. A star system where the star(s) and planets are gigantic (but adorable?) creatures. How will they function? What kind of smaller creatures live on or in them? What happens after they die?

Come and join us!

[pinkpixelpolygon]

hi i am eepy. here have these two times where i sorta attempted doing a more paper mario artstyle for myself! (these are OLD omg /lh)

he/it for me!!

[lixnininotnay]

I found a sketch in my folder yesterday that I had done some months ago, and I had to draw it digitally. Basically, it's Donatello hugging someone while showing the middle finger at another person behind them(maybe at Leo? Lmao).

The pose reference I had gotten in Pinterest at the time but I can't find it anymore.

There are two different sketches because I thought I had lost the first one(the laptop crashed), so I did it again but the Medibang had, somehow, saved the original one and I just discovered after finishing the second.

[The original on paper sketch, in case anyone wants to see it.]

I don't know what I'm going to post next, but maybe it's going to be some oc x cannon stuff that I had ideas since back, like, June 💀 I really want to show off my girlfailure...

Procrastination had gone brrrr

However, as always, I don't promise anything (or at least I hope that I have never promised anything-). I just work with 'maybe's and 'probably's. Never expect anything from me for

sure 👍🏽

Bye.

Drink water 🔫

[mandms-blog-of-silly]

🌟~🌈 WELCOME TO MY BLOG!

⭐️ I made this blog to embrace all the weird things about me and I do whatever I want to on here!

🌟~🌈 Hi!! You can call me M&M or Doe!! <3

⭐️ I use any pronouns {They/she/he} and neopronouns!!

⭐️ I'm Agender and use xenogenders!!

⭐️ I'm Oriented AroAce 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 and Pan 🩷💛💙!!

🌟~🌈 Here's My Pronouns Page!!

⭐️ I am Autistic, have ADHD and am mentally ill

⭐️ I am chronically ill and have Functional Neurological Disorder {FND}

💛🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈💛

🌟~🌈 My Interests!!

⭐️ My SpIn and current Hyperfixations include: Phantom of The Opera, Ghost, Gravity Falls, Fairly Oddparents: A New Wish

⭐️ My likes and hobbies include: Art {drawing mainly}, music, kandi jewelry, makeup and fashion {personal style, very maximalist kidcore lol}, collecting {PotO stuff, antique and vintage books, toys and trinkets, Raggedy Ann and Andy stuff}, and Childhood Nostalgia!!

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🌟~🌈 My Main Fandoms and Media!

⭐️ Phantom of The Opera

🌟 Book, ALW! Musical, 1990 Miniseries with Charles Dance mainly, but I'm into most adaptations!! {Not the 2004 movie though sorry 😅}

⭐️ Phantom of The Paradise

⭐️ Ghost

⭐️ Gravity Falls

⭐️ Fairly Oddparents: A New Wish

⭐️ Raggedy Ann and Andy

⭐️ Nosferatu {1922}

⭐️ The Man Who Laughs {1928}

⭐️ Metalocalypse

⭐️ Percy Jackson

💛🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈🌟🌈💛

🌟~🌈 I'm a Selfshipper!!

⭐️ Here's my F/O list!

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🌟~🌈 {My Regular Tag List}

⭐️ My Tag: #🌈|M&MCore

⭐️ Important: #💫|Important

⭐️ Rambles: #🛼|That'sDefinitelyTalking

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⭐️ Gushes: #💕|GushCentral

⭐️ Crushes: #💌|PassingNotes

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⭐️ Reblog-esque: #🚀|TellMe

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Dividers: Tumblr!

Gif: Tumblr!

Blinkies: Tumblr!; Blinkies.Cafe; and MyBlinkies which is no longer running

Pics: Long Top and middle: Pinterest; Left: Me; Right: My Universal Monsters Erik Plush

DNI Banner: Made by me!

[hd-hurtcomfort-fest]

***WEEK THREE WRAPPED***

🎭 Presenting our Saturday weekly wrap of brilliant creations! 🎭

FYI: No postings on Sunday. Use the free day to catch up! Please be sure to shower our creators with love and positiviity...and as always, mind the tags. See you back here on Monday for our final week of postings!

*** Be still my beating heart. Hurt/Comfort || T || 18.4k

Pain: ON Hurt/Comfort || M || 17.2k

*** Thief Hurt/Comfort || E || 21.5k

Malfoy's Moving Manor [ART] Fluff || G || Art

*** The Malfoys vs Family Counseling Fluff || T || 24.4k

Piece by Piece Hurt/Comfort || E || 6.5k

*** and another one Fluff || M || 1.6k

Seven Year Itch Angst || E || 5.6k

*** An Extremely Indecent Proposal Hurt/Comfort || E || 33.2k

*banner art by @basiatlu

[olis-inkwell-symposium]

posts requests are officially…

below the cut are some creative writing topics i’ve been thinking of posting about, but i want you all to help choose what’s next.

drop the emoji of the question you'd like in my asks and i’ll give it a go!

if the question is dashed out, i’ve already posted about it, go take a look c:

Character Creation & Development

🔄 Character Arcs: How does your character evolve throughout the story?

🧍Character Voice: How can you make your character’s dialogue distinctive?

💡 Character Motivation: What drives your character forward?

👥 Relationships: How do your characters’ relationships shape their actions?

⚖️ Flaws vs. Strengths: How do you balance a character's flaws and strengths?

Dialogue Writing

🗣️ Realistic Conversations: How do you make dialogue sound natural?

🤐 Subtext: How can your characters say something without explicitly saying it?

📜 Exposition in Dialogue: How do you reveal backstory through dialogue without info-dumping?

🔇 Silence: How can silence in dialogue speak louder than words?

Worldbuilding

🏙️ Setting: How do you make your world feel lived-in?

🌍 Culture: What are the key cultural norms in your world?

🛠️ Technology: How does technology shape daily life in your world?

🏛️ Political Structure: What type of government exists in your world, and how does it impact the characters?

🌦️ Climate: How does the climate or weather affect your world?

🐉 Magic System: What are the rules and limits of magic in your world?

📜 World History: How do major historical events alter your characters and their motivations?

Plot Structure

🌀Conflict: What is your story’s central conflict, and how does it escalate?

🏁 Resolution: How can you provide a satisfying conclusion to your story?

⏳ Pacing: How do you balance action and slower scenes to keep readers engaged?

💥 Raising Stakes: How do you increase tension and make conflicts more intense?

🧩 Plot Twists: How can you set up twists that are both surprising and inevitable?

Thematic Development

🧭 Moral Dilemmas: How do your characters wrestle with ethical choices?

👑 Power and Corruption: How does power influence characters in your world?

🌌 Fate vs. Free Will: How do these forces shape a character's choices?

�� Legacy: What impact do your characters’ actions leave on the world?

Conflict

⚔️ Internal Conflict: How do you make your character’s inner struggle feel authentic?

🤜🏾 External Conflict: What forces in the world are pushing against your character’s goals?

🌊 Man vs. Nature: How does the environment act as an antagonist in your story?

💣 Conflict Escalation: How do you intensify a conflict without repeating the same beats?

Villain Developments

🧛 Villain Motivation: What does your villain want, and why?

🤔 Villain Complexity: How can you make your villain morally ambiguous?

🕸️ Sympathetic Villain: How do you make readers understand (if not agree with) your villain’s perspective?

💥 Villain's Weakness: What is the emotional or physical weakness of your villain?

Scene Writing

🎬 Action Scenes: How do you write fight scenes that are engaging and easy to follow?

🌅 Descriptive Scenes: How can you create atmosphere without overloading on description?

🎭 Character Reactions: How do your characters’ emotions and body language drive a scene?

⛓️ Transitions: How do you smoothly shift from one scene to the next?

Emotional Engagement

💔 Tragedy and Loss: How do you write emotional scenes that hit hard Tension: How do you create and maintain emotional tension between characters?

😢 Catharsis: How do you offer emotional release for readers after a climactic moment?

Backstory Integration

🔮 Revealing Backstory: How can you weave backstory into the narrative without info-dumping?

🪙 Trauma and Recovery: How does your character’s past trauma affect their present?

🏚️ Old Scars: How do past mistakes or regrets shape your characters’ decisions?

🗝️ Secrets: What is your character hiding, and how does it impact their relationships?

Genre Exploration

🏰 Fantasy Tropes: How can you subvert common fantasy tropes in your writing?

🕵️ Mystery: How do you plant clues without making the plot predictable?

👽 Sci-Fi World-building: How can technology or alien cultures push the boundaries of your world?

🖤 Horror: How do you create a sense of dread in your scenes?

💖 Romance: How do you create authentic, slow-burn romantic relationships?

🎭 Comedy in Dark Fiction: How can you weave moments of humor into dark or serious narratives?

[fatuismooches]

Arlecchino theater anon here, glad you liked that idea! I also thoroughly enjoyed the Arlie gf texts you made, particularly her and Bina putting together a list of banger plays to take reader to.

This time I'd like to talk about Sandrone, since I find it utterly risible how little love she gets. I HC that one of the reasons Sandrone is known for having a bad attitude is because she's only really talkative when it comes to her work, and as a massive perfectionist she's notoriously difficult to work with. She insists on building/repairing all her automations by hand instead of relying on mass production to maximize quality (notice how the factory in Liyue was Dottore's and not Sandrone's!). Having absolutely zero tolerance for incompetence, she'll likely prefer working alone whenever possible.

Now, imagine a reader who is well-versed in engineering (maybe a Kshahrewar student expelled for dabbling in mechanical lifeforms, or a Fontaine mechanic) drafted into a team to assist with Sandrone's work to speed up production a little. Everyone was ecstatic to collaborate with a genius of her caliber, but the experience was quite different from what you imagined. When it was time for everyone's work to be inspected, after just a once-over Sandrone launched into a tirade pointing out every last imperfection and the exact impacts they would have on automation performance, with no shortage of harsh words sprinkled in. The others looked like they either wanted to cry or argue back, but not you. You weren't even the most talented or driven of the bunch, but you instinctively understood this was the rightful arrogance of a master and also found her voice and angy face really nice. Thus, it was easy for you to smile and nod, and work on what she pointed out. As time went on, the others steadily resigned, unable to take the repeated hits to their egos from the scathing criticism. Only you remained, steadily improving in your craft. Was it just you, or were Sandrone's criticisms getting gentler as they became less frequent? You eventually came to miss them after you got to the point where they stopped completely, so you would intentionally make little, easily fixable errors just to hear her sweet voice more. She's far from stupid, and would catch on pretty quick.

"Spare me this foolishness. Such a frivolous error is unbecoming of your ability. What is the meaning of this?"

Knowing you were busted, you'd just bashfully smile and tell her that you love her voice. She'd probably short-circuit for a good 5 seconds or so, then turn around and continue working with ears cutely tinted red.

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HI ARLECCHINO THEATER ANON!! OR NOW 🎭 ANON!! <3 Hehe I'm so glad you enjoyed those texts you really inspired me 💓 And WOW my ears are wide open for Sandrone thoughts... mhm (Also i love what you did there- "utterly risible" Sandrone says that in the trailer 😭💞)

Now... I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR HC. It makes sooo much sense considering how engrossed she is only with her research :) So it's own natural that she wants things to be done her way, since her way is the best way as she spends copious amounts of time on her Automatons. And when she has to work with people who don't have the same skill, interest, intelligence etc as her she gets rather annoyed since they're messing her work up 😭

Ahh yes, reader and the group of newbies, so naive and thrilled to be working with such a revered Harbinger and researcher. So excited to present their little inventions to her and hopefully impress her. Sure their creations may not be perfect, but it still something right? WRONG. Sandrone walks over to each and every person and points out every flaw, internal, external, and even aesthetic wise about their creation. It's enough to have some people on the verge of passing out before she got to them.

Yes it was harsh, but she was right- even the littlest mistake could have a detrimental impact. Which is why you admired her unwavering dedication and attention to detail for her craft. (And also the way she would close her eyes and scoff and huff at how lackadaisical these people were honestly kind of cute... not to mention how elegant she looked perched on her robot... like the queen she is 💝) So you stayed. You stuck through it. Others tried to follow your example, but the numbers dwindled until you were the only one left under her wing. Even though she could be cruel, it wasn't without reason. Sandrone could actually explain to you what you were doing wrong, how to fix it, ways to prevent it in the future, etc. She actively made you grow, in her own little Sandrone way.

It got to the point where she didn't even need to criticize you anymore, and if she did, it was not like the scalding tone from before. Now she would simply take a look at your work and give you a small nod. On very rare occasions you might even get a "Good work"! Which of course you were delighted that she was finally satisfied, but you wanted to hear her talk more! The lab was always dead silent, only the sound of metal and tools filling it. But damn messing up on purpose for that? You know that most people would die for doing something as dumb as that? Luckily Sandrone has a soft spot for you that she doesn't exactly realize yet but will soon discover quickly <33 Omg I can just imagine her face morphing into surprise, her jaw hanging open trying to form a response to that, but she just closes it and turns around to pretend nothing happened 🥺

Off-topic but I find it interesting trying to talk to Sandrone about stuff outside of her research. Like i can just imagine her realizing she really doesn't know what else to say since she absorbs herself in her work all the time. After she gets a crush on you would she get jealous at how other people can easily hold a conversation with you? 🤔 Would she try to learn about the art of "normal conversation" and then fail halfway? Well it's okay since you can talk enough for both people :)