#(also technically an ask blog)

[delta-orionis]

Another trick-or-treater, you assume. Or one of those creatures that have been relentlessly booping you for the past cycle. You ready yourself for an onslaught of pokes, but they never come... instead, you hear a distinct beep of an ID drone. It introduces your guest - Eight Marbles Cast in Stone, a scholar, martial artist, messenger. You know this creature!

You can tell she's not feeling well. The drone translates her language for you. She asks if she could hide in one of your inner shelters for the time being. As much as this scug likes pats, the sheer number of them is too overwhelming. A quiet nap could to her well.

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TSAC: … of course, another disturbance… just as I thought I had ejected the last of those irksome slug creatures...

TSAC: … !?

TSAC: …Oh! Hello, Eight Marbles Cast in Stone! My apologies... for a moment I thought you were another one of those vexatious little interlopers... What brings you here?

....You seem rather distressed. Perhaps you ran into my... visitors. I have been dealing with them all Cycle. I cannot fathom why they all decided to descend on my chamber at once, in such large numbers no less. I imagine they must have disturbed you as well.

TSAC: You are welcome to stay in one of my interior shelters if you like. You are much more... respectful... towards my internal components than some of my other guests, so I won't mind.

You may rest here for as long as you need.

[ @ask-the-pioneer ]

[nouverx]

Just wanna put Alastor (Hazbin Hotel) and Luffy (One Piece) in a jar and shake them. Just imaging these two chaotic aro ace in the same room brings me so much joy.

I feel like they would viscerally hate each other if they ever had to meet ahah :'D I drew them reacting to their flag instead! I haven't drawn Luffy in a hot minute damn I missed my boi

Now that I think about it, it's funny how similar yet completely different they are. Luffy's whole deal is about smiling, laughing and make people around him happy, while Alastor's whole deal is also about smiling, but he uses it for control, to hide his true emotions and make people around him uncomfortable/second guessing him all the the time.

Luffy is aroace, but still full of love for everyone, he cares so much and shows so much affection, while Alastor is aroace and mostly touch averse, takes a long time to get attached to people and shows very little affection (or maybe has his own definition of affection idk)

And they both have a weird moral code and hate people in power who uses it to exploit the weak?? Not to the same extend ofc but still, that's an interesting trait they share .

My two favourite aroaces I love them so much 💖

[it-one-line-at-a-time]

[Stan] "...And if you find someone worth holding on to... never, ever, let them go. Follow your own path.

"Think of this letter as a promise."

[Eddie] "A promise I'm asking you to make."

[Mike] "To me."

[Ben] "To each other."

[Bev] "An oath."

[Stanley] "See, the thing about being a Loser is... you don't have anything to lose. So..."

[Young Richie] "Be true."

[Young Eddie] "Be brave."

[Young Mike] "Stand."

[Young Bev] "Believe."

[Young Bill] "And don't ever forget..."

[Young Stan] "We're Losers... and we always will be."

[ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder]

"It went something like that, though the memory is a bit... Hazy."

[reasonsforhope]

Heads up/warning that I'm going to start posting articles related to the Israel-Palestine War

I've worked really, really hard to keep my blog about positive news only, and that's going to continue - these posts will be only about good news related to the war.

Of which there really, really isn't much, so I don't know that there will be a lot of posts, but I will be posting articles about humanitarian aid reaching those who need it and actions that will prevent more lives from being taken.

I know that, no matter my position on the war, this is something that would be very controversial and make a lot of people upset, so I wanted to be explicit about my position on this - and my posting policy, which is not the same thing. I also wanted to give people a heads up because I know the war in general is really, really triggering for a lot of people right now, for a lot of different reasons. I'll be tagging all relevant posts, so if screening those out is something that you need to do, you can.

I have worked very hard to make this blog a space with only good news because I know how much it can matter to have just one place, if nowhere else, that you can count on to not give you emotional whiplash with horrible news. To know you have one place you can go where you are guaranteed not to see bad news that will send you into a tailspin. That's why I've had a policy of not including signal boosts or PSAs about tragedies, no matter what they are, on this blog. (I do post about some of that stuff, including the Israel-Palestine War, on my main blog, though. I consider this blog to be me trying to run a public service, basically, and so have specific policies for myself around that, including my editorial and fact-checking standards.)

I'm going to be honest, I was really, really hoping the war would end after a couple of weeks, which has historically not been uncommon for wars with/involving Israel.

But that's clearly not happening, and I can't keep not acknowledging what's happening on here, so, this post.

With that, I imagine people probably want to know my actual stance on the war, since that's what I'll be posting in accordance with.

So, here's the official stance of this blog:

Every time a civilian is killed, it is a tragedy; Every time a child is killed, it is a tragedy, no matter their nationality. I condemn all antisemitism and all Islamophobia.

I support all calls for a ceasefire, as well as demands that Israel immediately stop its repeated bombing of hospitals, ambulances, shelters (including UN shelters), and refugee camps.

There is no situation in which the repeated and/or intentional bombing of hospitals is justified.

There is no situation in which the repeated and/or intentional bombing of shelters or refugee camps is justified.

There is no situation in which the repeated and/or intentional bombing of ambulances is justified.

There is no situation in which the killing of children is justified. Yet more children have now been killed in Gaza than in all global conflict zones combined in each year since 2019.

There is no situation in which cutting off an entire country and/or territory's supply of food and water is justified.

Yes, this applies to every group involved in the war, including countries supplying either side, and any countries or non-state organizations who may yet join the fighting.

The initial Hamas attack on Israel was a tragedy. The continued Israeli bombardment and invasion of Palestine is also a tragedy.

Most of the things I post will be about aid reaching Palestinians or news about tangible, confirmed progress toward a ceasefire. I probably will not be posting good news posts about aid reaching Israel, unless it's explicitly and only humanitarian and/or barring drastic unforeseen changes in circumstance. This is because as of yesterday, November 7, the Palestinian death toll is over 10,000 to Israel's roughly 1,400 (only about 200 of whom have been killed in the past month, starting on October 8, aka outside of the initial attack by Hamas). At least 3,195 children have died in Gaza, 33 in the West Bank, and 29 in Israel.

The Palestinian death toll is nearly 8 times the Israeli death toll. The number of children killed is 110 times higher in Palestine than Israel. (Source for death toll here, ratios via calculator.) Every single one of those deaths is a tragedy - and there have been far, far too many tragedies this past month.

(On a related note, Israel stands very, very little chance of actually eliminating Hamas with this war. The US has attempted this same strategy and failed many times: the US failed to eliminate the communist/North Korean regime in the Korean War, which is technically still ongoing 70 years later; failed to eliminate the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War; failed to eliminate numerous groups of Iraqi insurgents in the Iraq War, which triggered Iraq's civil war; and failed to eliminate the Taliban in the Afghanistan War, even though that war lasted for literally 20 years. Afghanistan is once again under total Taliban control.)

The last thing we need is another 20 year war. The last thing we need is more civilian deaths. Bombing civilian settlements, as well as hospitals, shelters, and refugee camps are war crimes under international law, meaning that both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes.

It's time for the war crimes to stop.

Humanitarian aid reaching civilians is good news, and I will be posting accordingly.

Ceasefire now.

[displacedbias]

penny from @ask-all-the-kindergarteners hands you a tulip!

[Felix]: Teddy seems to be... erm, preoccupied at the moment.

[Felix]: --But I promise I'll show him the tulip once he gets back! Thank you again. How sweet of you.

[texanredrose]

Commission I got from @silvireal

I just wanted a pic of the 5 Fallen from the bratty bottom Lute series. This is fairly early in the series, before reconnecting with Lute. From left to right: Lefty, Tits, Junior, Righty, and Ass. I’m thinking of having it be that any heavenborn who rejects their halo can hide their wings because they do look good without them.

[grape-souffle]

Any pride headcanons for either of the Bendy Boys?

They're both rlly cute :3c

(I'm a guy)

Both are pan kings imo (so they wouldn't care that you're a guy)

[ask-eden]

(( Building towers is SERIOUS business! We got EDEN: The foundation keeper! Making sure the foundation is level and everything on the ground floor is going smoothly! (and isn't at all stressed about it) MADOKA: The cheerleader! Making sure that everyone is having a good time and making sure nothing gets too intense! Keeping the mens spirits up while they work! Rally those troops!! CAULKLUN: The higher up support! Making sure things in the middle are staying stable and sound. Giving direct directions and support to the top on what to do next! ALAXIA: The Crown! Building up and up and is fully in charge of the tower! All that is left is the final cone on top... a big job... for such a little man.. CAN THESE TODDLERS DO IT? CAN THEY ACHIEVE A FULL TOWER? My heart goes out to them... May these absolute madmen accomplish their dream... ...and maybe get some snacks and juice later... ))

[holy-reference-in-a-username]

a lil bit of Housekeeping

sooooo ive got! a lot of asks right now! some of which i definitely want to answer and draw something for, but a lot of which are just clogging up my inbox... so im gonna clear out a few :)

just for future reference, here's a couple notes on asks:

1: compliments in asks are HIGHLY APPRECIATED!!! but not likely to be answered, because this is an art blog and im trying to keep it at least somewhat focused. i do keep screenshots of them in a note for the morale boost <3 (ex: anons i love you)

2: got a headcanon? question you want answered? a fun idea for a short comic? drop it in the box!!! i'll DEFINITELY read it and PROBABLY agree with it and MAYBE POSSIBLY draw it!! (ex: some asks i have Plans for <3)

3: wild speculation about what might happen in my comic? i would LOVE to hear it!!!! buuut if its something i already have planned, its probably not going to be answered 😔. (ex: pleeeease im getting to it.... shhhhh)

4: ship requests.... in all likelihood i'm either already drawing it or i'm not interested. especially when they're vague "draw this ship" asks. at least gimme something to work with! (ex: the nothingburgers of my askbox)

4a: (this also goes for vague topics)

4b: (neighbors are excluded i still dont have anything set in stone for them)

5: i've also gotten some asks that cover topics i'm not super familiar with. these are also welcome, but i want to do the research and make sure i'm portraying things respectfully, so they might take a while to answer <3

thanks to everyone who has been reading my comics and stuff!! fandom makes art so much more enjoyable. couldnt have done this without yall.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hello! I was wondering if you’d be willing to take commissions someday 👀. No pressure tho! I just love your art so much

The short answer: "not at the moment, but it is very possible in the future'!

The slightly longer answer: I would have to figure out a good pricing and payment system! PD-MDZS is also where most of my free time goes, so until my life settles down a bit, I would be on the slow side to complete them.

[chropyl]

@jardiiin 's stanley :]

[zerotwoooo]

be careful meta knight... I've heard from an evil bird that zero is sending dark matter scouts to attack you

"Evil bird? Scou-"

"Stop right there."

"Oh no..."

"Lord Zero has demanded your immediate destruction and assimilation"

VS ADELINE

or Ado... (are they not the same person?)

[dnpbeats]

i think the whole big fan accounts. it being a thing is kinda interesting cos they absolutely are a thing just in a different way. To me people like Nora and Bethanie are the phannies on tumblr. I’ve seen asks a few times that Bethanie answered where people have told her they’re parasocial about her, i also remember her posting about how many people recognised her at the wad recording shows. With Nora I see regularly people saying they aren’t even phannies anymore and haven’t been for years but they still follow her cos she’s pseudophan

We’ve shifted away from the fan accounts and the fics etc but the parasocial culture to some blogs is still very much in play

yeah I agree! that’s kinda what I meant when I was saying that well-known blogs still exist but it's not the same as Big Name Fans™ ten years ago. bc like sure there's X blog that everyone in the fandom knows, but there's not the culture there used to be where people would regularly identify themselves as fans of the fans yk? (at least not in a literal way)

[askchuuyanakahara]

What's your fondest memory?

Chuuya: "I'm not obliged to answer, though."

[tallymarkbrothers]

Commish: If you pat me again I'm biting! And I've got fangs now, it'll HURT!