#(i was also watching this video about how to draw interesting character interactions so im using these new terms)

[smallidarityfan]

humbling requesting gay panic joel propaganda long live smallidarity,, 💥💥💥💥

THANK YOU LIAU!!!!!! Waaayy overdue on this, unfortunately I'm still healing from art block 😭😭 ive been thinking about that prompt all this while tho...

vvv extra doodles vvv

[readalyavailabletaggy]

i think “Lo-Fi Beats to Yoyle To” is one of my favorite not episode bfdi videos (is it a short? i guess its moreso a music video) purely because of how comfy it is and the slice of life-y ness of it. “its not canon-“ I DONT CARE SHOOTING U WITH MY EVIL LASER!!! um anyway yeah under the cut is me analyzing multiple scenes from it. i wont be looking into every single one but a lot of them

THE FIRST SCENE and its already a banger. even tho we dont see this hypothetical “team ice cube room” ever outside of this (yeah yeah not canon) it still is so interesting to like. think about. i cant remember how many times we’ve seen objects fall asleep at night but. i love how gelatin has a biiig sleep bubble thats him colored (does it taste like jelly??) AND. FIREY JR. SLEEPS IN A SOCK. thats adorable. anyway yeah even if its a reference to the lofi girl i really like how donut is, presumebly, writing in his diary? late at night with lofi music on? thats so cute. i also love how you can see a picture of bomby and a statue of ice cube on the top shelf

THIS SCENE is awesome too - we never really saw the big staircase outside of bfb 1 & 11 but i love the idea so much that it became a hangout spot for the objects! (in bfb 11x it even has graffiti on it after its first appearance in bfb 1, which is such a cool detail and goes to show the lived-in ness which i adore and this short does so well. and rhat isnt even in this video!! the point im making - bring back the big staircase. where did it go) even flower and bomby, characters who we never saw interact and are on different teams are listening to music together and eating bananas. thats so awesome, i love the idea that the contestants are way more chill with eachother when not competing? everything revolves around the competition which makes sense, but i love these little moments

next up! first off i love the lighting here, it seems to be at sunrise or sunset with the orange sky which is SO interesting cuz. we never see sunrise or sunset in the show!!!! its always just day or night. its crazy how they excluded the best time of day. anyway i love how:

- bell’s just vibing on her own!! it makes sense ig considering she can fly anywhere

-book’s seemingly watching bell? lesbian behavior

-GOLFBALL SHES JUST. doodling on her piece of paper thats adorable. i love seeing objects do the things they like!!!

i also really like how we see one of the paper airplanes. we see them in bfb 13 which is awesome too but seeing the stuff from prior challenges is so cool and i love the continuity

OMG ITS THE BFDI (Burried forest, deciduously insulated) again!!! i love seeing this thing, its similar to the paper airplanes or staircase where its so cool to see things which are one-off moments/objects/places in episodes, seeing them multiple times really helps flesh out the world. ALSO. naily and barfbag playing/vibing in the water. thats so adorable

the next scene is one where we see a few bleh members in their room from bfb 12 - once again going back to it being so cool to see places from other challenges!! (even if it appears to be the case that four just made and destroyed them for the episode.)

as you can SEE i specifically chose to highlight taco here. SHES JUST DRAWING A PICTURE OF HERSELF AND LABELING IT ME??? thats so cute i love her for that

AND HERE we have pin vibing in the goiky canal(?) in one of the boats. this is so awesome i love seeing the bfdi boats reappear and i love how pin’s just chilling. love her for that

LAST ONE i want to go over: oh my GOD?? ITS LEGO BRICK IN ONE OF THE LEVELS FROM BFDIA 5B?? this was and still is such a cool reference. the idea that they’re still stuck in evil leafy is such a interesting and sad idea!! the lofi music gives this scene an heir of loneliness which makes it so weirdly compelling to me.

anyway yeah thats it!!! if theres one thing to learn one of the best thints competition shows can and should do imo is slow down every once in a while and show the contestants living their lives. this was seen more recently with bfdia 13 but this video is another great example and it doesnt even use words or a story. it doesnt need to, the object show is a visual media and this is such an awesome video which tells us so much about the bfdi universe without words

usually i dont ask for reblogs and this isnt even an effort thing i wrote this in like 20 min but. it would mean a lot to me if you reblogged this cuz i think its really cool to see the objects here and i think more people should see and think about the slice of life portions of object shows

[beepsparks]

🩵Intro Post (including commission info) because yes⭐️ (please read) (Last updated September 11 2024)

🩵 Hello!! My name is Cyrus, I am 16 and my birthday is April 14, I am also nonbinary and use They/Them pronouns :] also my Discord is @/beepsparks so if you wanna yap to me there go ahead, also all my other socials have the same @, also, I have a Toyhouse! https://toyhou.se/BeepSparks Feel free to check me out there!

📌 (IMPORTANT NOTE): MY BLOG IS CURRENTLY 15+. I’m sorry, but due to the media I am currently fixing on (You Don’t Know Jack) which can be adult-oriented at times with its humor and general content (especially with characters’ actions), I don’t want younger people looking at my blog and coming across content unsuitable for them!

⚙️ Latest Update: UPDATED COMMISSION BOARDS!

⭐️ DNI: The obvious, racists, homophobes, transphobes, bigots, y’know the deal

🩵 Interests/Things I Like: You Don’t Know Jack/Jackbox Games, It’s a Small World, Horology (Clocks), DHMIS Padlock (especially Ice Hell), DHMIS, Epic Mickey, Parappa The Rapper, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Gregory Horror Show, Kirby, Pokémon, The Stanley Parable, Miis, Nintendo in general, The Neo-Futurists, sewing my own plushies, making art (obviously), character design, watching movies I enjoy over and over for who knows what reason, drawing characters I like as other things I like (zombies, Kirbys, Pokémon and Pokémon trainers, etc.), fatherly characters… (Schmitty…), clock characters, Disney Theme Park history and attractions, trying to cosplay my favorite characters, Jack Conte’s music, The Cog Is Dead’s music, Melanie Martinez’s music (I don’t interact with the fans tho I just. Only like the music and nothing else)

⭐️ Comfort Characters: Schmitty (YOU DON’T KNOW JACK/Jackbox Games), Cookie Masterson (YDKJ/Jackbox Games) (other hosts in YDKJ count too but not too much), The Clock Tower (Epic Mickey), Glockenspiel (It’s a Small World Disneyland), Clock Tower (It’s a Small World Disneyland Paris), Dandelion (Bracketeering, Jackbox Games) Master Mentalist (Hypnotorious, Jackbox Games), Dialga (Pokémon), Tony The Talking Clock (DHMIS), Paige/Sketchbook (DHMIS), Kirby (Kirby), Prince Fluff (Kirby), Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Disney)

🩵 COMMISSIONS:

Currently, my commissions are OPEN

⭐️ Things I like Collecting!: Physical You Don’t Know Jack games, physical Kirby games, Clocks, shiny Pokémon (if that counts), Pokémon cards, plushies of things I like, general merch of things I like, Care Bears, retro consoles and physical retro games I like, pins of things I like (Kirby, It’s a Small World, Pokémon, clock characters)

⚠️ TRIGGERS/THINGS IM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH, some of these can be brought up/mentioned but be careful because it can make me feel panicked if I’m not in a good mental state in that moment, also don’t show me images or videos of these things please but mentioning them is okay for the most part, actual triggers will be in red: Breaking clocks (already broken clocks is iffy, im not sure, be careful about that), earthquakes (I think I have seismophobia and I don’t think I’ve ever gotten over it since it started over a decade ago, I don’t even know why I have it, I have never been in an earthquake.), the introduction scene for Choo Choo at the beginning of the Transport episode of DHMIS (iykyk also blends with the seismophobia thing), footage of that time the It’s a Small World facade caught on fire, any general footage of damage to It’s a Small World, SPECIFICALLY the Melting Clock artwork from Salvador Dali (too graphic for me with the broken clocks thing), the Escape the Simulation episode of YDKJ Full Stream (just makes me uncomfortable at times, its fine otherwise), I’m really sorry if these sound weird or specific, Idk. It’s just a thing with me.

🩵 I feel like noting my favorite song is We Grew Up So Well by Jack Conte teehee (which is. Insanely dark!)

⭐️ Have fun with my blog and I hope y’all also find it funny how my aesthetic is like. Baby blue cutecore and yet I have interests like YDKJ and DHMIS, also the fact I have interests like It’s a Small World and YDKJ at the same time lol

[kurtmustdie]

caught up with cringetober because I literally forgot to do it, individuals and explanations under cut

Day 1: Heterochromia I’ve come to the revaluation that my sona is already cringe as hell considering not only can his entire body change color but he also has differently colored eyes as a staple of his design. They’re usually yellow and blue but this time I color picked the blue from the trans flag and the mint from the Vincian flag for this color palette, it turned out really pretty :)

Day 2: Self Insert Now she isn’t my self insert anymore, but back in the day when I was at “peak cringe” she definitely was. This is my warriors OC Icypelt and I have a post going over part of her story on my profile somewhere. She’s been through a lot and I think her modern design is very pretty :)

Day 3: Unnecessarily complex fit/design Spider scene is kinda infamous in my brain for having wayyy too much detail but I love them and I think this might be my favorite one out of this batch, super cute, the pose is really cute and the colors are nice and fits her really well :D

day 4: Angel x Devil inevitable MCR reference ik, Helena and Revenge, love them dearly. Poor revenge man this one is cute and looks like a sticker!!

Day 6 (I skipped day 5 because I didn’t want to open up ms paint today): neko i kinda hate this one but cat Gerard yay

Day 7: Pinterest base at first I wanted to draw hobie in place of Gwen but I remembered that I haven’t really drawn Mikey with her even though they’re supposed to be friends so I drew her instead. Idk. The height difference is not accurate because of that but Jumping Spider is small because he’s based on a jumping spider and those are tiny who would have thought

Day 8: tumblr sexyman i have never played undertale a day in my life i just know a lot of people wanted to jump sans’ bones

day 9: Crossover ship/rarepair OH BOY THIS ONE GOES KIND OF HARD AND IM EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY KIND OF WORK FOR EACH OTHER UM MIGUEL OHARA X CLOTTED CREAM COOKIE IM INSANE OMG-

day 10: fursona i already have a fursona I already drew and yes I colorpicked from the lesbian flag how could you tell /j

Day 11: Yandere LYLA is technically canonically a yandere because spoiler alert she tried to kill Miguel’s fiancé via overheating her in the shower (essentially literally boiling her like a lobster) because she was “in love” with him (she said if she did have autonomy and had feelings the would be in love with him but she doesn’t but idk who knows I don’t).

day 12: niche interest ik MCR isn’t exactly “niche” but the black parades story in particular has always caught my interest and I have my own interpretation of it and a whole kind of story I’m still developing and character arcs and headcanons and interactions and yeah you get it, death in particular has evolved into god knows an OC on his own I just keep him attached to MCR because… it makes more sense that way, ig-

day 13: creepypasta does this count- whatever grimdark is just the same thing as a creepypasta- I’m not really in the MLP fandom anymore but it was my first ever “fandom” I was actually apart of. My first hyperfixation if you will. I wasn’t in the grimdark part of the fandom because I was too young for it but I was actually watching the izzzyzzz grimdark video and I was like “oh” and drew a rainbow factory Rainbowdash. Honestly I should draw ponies more they’re fun to draw

Day 14: candygore (?) im not good at drawing candygore and since I was rushing this o didn’t do it as well as I thought I can, but it still turned out pretty cool

Day 15: song lyrics aaaa inevitable hesitant alien drawing this one turned out so cute!! The colors and the sparkle eek so cute aaa action cat lyrics I’m breaking down right in front of you I’m sorry

planning on doing the rest of the month now, maybe not exactly on time since I’m still in school but I’ll try to get 31 drawings out by Halloween. Love the idea of cringetober because I just love all things cringe. Ack this is so good

[kaycode1999]

Hehehehehe hiiii!!!!! If it wouldn’t bother you too much, then could you do a KNY matchup and two MHA ones? I’m extremely blunt in what I say, but I can be very gentle. I do enjoy being alone, but I also need social interaction. I’m talkative and need to be doing something with my hands to focus, but I’m learning to help deal with it. I get overwhelmed by a lot of noise and I do need headphones to get through the day, no matter where I am or what I’m doing. I usually keep to myself, but I can be very cuddly with the people I’m close to! My MBTI is INTP and my birthday is the 10th of August. I’m a Leo, and my alignment is true neutral.

I’m an Australian. I’m genderfluid, and don’t care what pronouns you really use but I would prefer then she/they ones. I’m Pan, and I have short brown hair. My eyes are grey. I have Autism, anxiety problems but Im also a social butterfly and I know how to help people who feel scarred or are reclusive like myself. I wear glasses and I’m 5’6. I adore drawing and playing video games, especially open-world explorer games but I also enjoy indie games. My favourite weather is rainy weather, because it provides a calming environment, and I’m an extroverted introvert with a few close friends.

My aesthetic is ‘whatever the hell I feel like wearing’ but if I had to go with one, then I’d say tomboy. My favourite foods are usually sweet or sour. I own two cats, three dogs (I don’t interact with them much) and a snake (he’s more of a wild one, but he lets us go near him). Slight paranoia is a thing, and I’m tired 24/7.

I’m a massive fan of all things sci-fi and horror, and I’m an anime fan too. I love to just sit down and play a game, more than likely Stardew valley, with a mug of tea and my cat. I like reading some fantasy literature.

I don’t exactly have an ideal type, but I’d say that they need to be kind, quiet as to not trigger my sound related panic attacks. If they have similar problems to me, that’s even better because we can work through them together.

I would prefer to be matched with a (male) UA student rather than a villian or a Pro Hero, but if you can do the two for MHA, I would like a male UA student and a Male pro hero, and for KNY, I’d prefer a hashira (either gender :P). 

I like Autumn, as it’s not ridiculously cold or boiling hot :).

I. LOVE. ANCIENT JAPAN!!!!! I find the culture to be rich and interesting, and the clothing is just *chefs kiss*

I do love to just sit down and watch a movie with the people I care about.

Here are some characters I kin:

MHA- Mirio, Nejire, Toga, Kirishima, Oboro, Izuku.

KNY- Shinobu, Muichiro, Mitsuri, Tengen.

Other: Alva, Fashav.

if you want anymore info, then maybe go searching through my blog?

Demon Slayer- Kimetsu no Yaiba

Giyu Tomioka

My Hero Academia

UA- Student

Tamaki Amajiki

Pro-Hero

Hawks/Kiego Takami

Giyu and Keigo specifically don’t really even notice if you’re blunt, they just see it as honestly and being straightforward. Amajiki eventually gets used to it but it startles him a little at first

All 3 of them appreciate the gentleness though

They all can be social * with friends at least if not others too* , but also need their space just like you so there is an understanding of needing space on both sides

They all think you being talkative is adorable and don’t mind if you need to do something with your hands to help you focus

They are understanding of you needing headphones and they all get that a lot of noise can be overwhelming

They all love to cuddle with you

Amajiki has a lot of anxiety so he understands that on a personal level

Giyu and Keigo are very understanding and considerate of your anxiety though

They do love that you’re also social too though

They all enjoy just relaxing maybe on a porch or covered balcony and listening to the rain with you

They also have a small close friend group so you both mesh into each others friend group

[justsomeoneintoomanyfandoms]

hi! may i request a romantic matchup for star rail, tears of themis, and bungou stray dogs please?

my name is twyla, i go by she/any pronouns, i’m acespec but im ok being matched with any gender. my mbti is intp or istp

appearance: i dye my hair pretty often throughout the year but right now it’s black with magenta pink highlights, exactly like draculaura but with a wolf/butterfly haircut and short/baby bangs. i have brown eyes and i’m quite curvy. i usually dress in a bold alternative style and occasionally academia, my style is really all over the place and depends on how im feeling but i’d say im pretty fashionable and often go out looking like a mall goth HAHA.

personality: im super chill and laid back, nothing really bothers me nor do i show it. im very patient with other people even when im annoyed by them. i come off as very monotone and stoic and i have really dry and sometimes offensive humor that would honestly get me cancelled by twitter in a matter of seconds. i joke around a lot and i usually have trouble taking things seriously. im kind of scatterbrained and get bored easily, and am always seeking some form of entertainment or mental stimulation. i’m definitely a realist too and i don’t expect much out of anything nor do i hold strong opinions or beliefs. im autistic+suspected adhd and that sometimes affects how i interact with others.

likes and dislikes: im honestly super nerdy and really interested in science and math like astrophysics, i love learning how things and the world works. im an astronomy nerd (not astrology/zodiacs im so sorry i kinda hate it with a burning passion) and i love astrophotography and stargazing. i read a lot of encyclopedias and watch documentaries about things i find interesting. im not really sure about the rest of my dislikes honestly, maybe just crowded spaces and rollercoasters

hobbies: a lot of things but i like to read and draw, research stuff, and sometimes cosplay. ive mentioned i liked stargazing and astrophotography too, and photo and video editing. i also play a lot of VN or rhythm games.

thank you!!

Hi Twyla! Your current hair sound awesome! I was a big Monster High kid so it's good to hear there are still fans out there. Thank you for your request! I hope you like your matchups!

In Honkai Star Rail, I match you with...

I'm not super familiar with Arlan's personality yet so hopefully this isn't too out of character!

Arlan's not super into science stuff but he does pick up on a few things working on the Herta Space Station. He'll also try his best to keep up with whatever you're telling him about whatever scientific field has caught you interest.

Would enjoy stargazing with you. The space station is the perfect place to do that anyway and Arlan knows all of the best spots to stargaze from.

His favourite part of stargazing with you though is watching you while you explain everything you know about each constellation. He can't help it. He just thinks your pretty while talking about things you're passionate in. Don't mention the soft smile or the blush on his face...

Your sense of humour balances out Arlan's more serious nature. He likes your jokes but often won't visibly react to them. Later, when he's alone in his room, he'll think back on what you've said thought the day and have a bit of a chuckle to himself.

In Tears of Themis, I match you with...

Marius pays close attention to your interests so he can make you artwork based on them. From paintings of your favourite constellations to sculptures of your favourite cosplays, there's a new art piece being gifted to you every couple of months.

Loves your sense of humour. He can't really make those sort of jokes due to his position (no need to make more scandal than there already is) but he loves it when you make them.

Marius absolutely plays rhythm games with you. He's fairly good at them so he might give you a run for your money. He will let you win on purpose sometimes...

Already has a fairly large collection of books so he's sure there are some on astronomy in there but he'll also buy you astronomy books and encyclopedias whenever he sees on you don't have when he's out.

Marius is definitely the type of person who has hired a observatory for the evening. With just the two of you there, it's nice and quiet and you have access to all of the telescopes.

You can look at the stars and he can watch you. He's happy when you're happy so seeing you enjoy yourself as a result of something he's done means a lot to him.

In Bungo Stray Dogs, I match you with...

Junichiro is another one who will listen to everything you have to say about your interests! He's hanging on every word.

He often feels like one of the less interesting members of the Armed Detective Agency so he's always on the look out for new hobbies and interests to pick up.

Stargazing dates! He'll pack a picnic with your favourite food and drinks and will take some blankets and pillows so you stay warm and comfortable for as long as you want to stay there.

I also see Junichiro as someone who would take you on carnival or arcade dates (avoiding the rollercoasters and the majority of the crowds of course). He'd try to win you some prizes but he'd also love to play the rhythm games with you.

Time spent with Junichiro is always guaranteed to be fun and mentally stimulating.

[shortkingkenny]

i tried giving a hot take but i dont really have any (...thatd i feel like getting into lol)

most i got thats more lukewarm than anything: idk why someone would barely watch the show but be interested in the fanbase. i find it weird but interesting that we draw in a lot of people who only like the cute fanart and fics - and the characters as concepts - but not much else. and how easy it seems to get into bc of how well-known and trendy it is. but if i wasnt invested in the show and actually understanding the characters (by yknow...watching the damn show) i wouldnt be here.

i dont even think south park is perfect of flawless by any means, i have various episodes im probably gonna skip in future rewatches (and i'll be honest while i dont hate the early seasons... there are definitely episodes from them i find a forgettable). despite that i still like most of the show

I really do think South Park is a perfect storm as far as fandom goes. it's why I don't get why people outside the fandom are so perplexed by it because yeah, it's South Park, but it's also got about 400 bare bones characters who for the most part all have the exact same design aside from clothes and hair. they're kids with no concrete future (pcov made it clear that there are multiple future scenarios for these guys). you have a lot of freedom to play with. they are quite literally paper dolls.

(TO AN EXTENT!!! of course. obviously you need a personality to build off of. but lord knows this fandom argues about Correct Characterization enough and compared to other shows, these guys are a lot less consistent and way more malleable!)

that's like any fandom's dream, right? to be able to use your imagination and come up with dozens of different scenarios that can all feasibly happen within the universe? that's on top of the fact that SP and its fandom are old as dirt and there's a steady stream of content being created for it every year. it's, what? the second or third longest running cartoon after The Simpsons? and it's not going away any time soon, for better or for worse.

so in a sense, I actually can understand people engaging with this fandom without seeing much of the actual show. especially kids who are like, just here for creek or whatever. you can fit all of Craig and Tweek's interactions into a single youtube video and get a pretty good understanding of their canon relationship. you fill in the rest from there. it's not how I would ever engage with a fandom, but I get it.

it's the everything else that they do that baffles me. 😭

[glassesblu]

For the artist asks: 16, 17, and 23! Your work is an inspiration to my own art, so im interested in these 3 answers especially! (It's @emmettings btw!)

Hi @emmettings ! Good to see you around, and thank you for the ask! Hope to see your art in the tags as well :)

Artist Asks

16. What’s the most daunting part of your process? Ex, planning, sketching, lineart, rendering etc

Hm I'm pretty fond of most of the process, but lets say we talk about lineless work, just starting out the color blocks is such a tedious thing. I need to get the shapes right, I need to get the colors properly contrasted, my coloring process takes a long time - its just a bit exhausting because the finish line is seemingly beyond the horizon. And to note - that its partially a "trust the process" sort of deal. I see it during its ugly phase and despair. And when I'm done it's really nice amd I have a really big ego about it. Otherwise, here's my process for Lineless - traditional thumbnail - taking the sketch to digital,and resketching it with proper proportions and the like - fixing up the sketch so that all the shapes are better defined - palettes study - lineless execution - color editing - effects

17. What inspires you?

I reblog a lot of art, and I like to study how they were executed. I enjoy a lot of other art forms as well like paintings, sculpture, packaging design and the like. I also enjoy composition of art, and a nicely composed piece looks so fantastic to me. I also find stories and characters very inspiring to me. I love exploring how a character interacts with others and the world. I like audiobooks, story podcasts (tho its been a while), cartoons, shows, and games. The stories and art of such media really get me going (brain excited) I'm kind of a bad media consumer cause either I'm tired or I'm drawing.

23. Do you listen to music or watch shows while you work? If so, what’s your favourite?

I do like audio noise. I like music, I make playlists for ships, Or just playlists for vibes. I also like to listen to long video essays and audiobooks. (The Murderbot Diaries is a fantastic series that I listened as an Audiobook). I prefer longform videos, like video games analysis. I need noise for my brain while I go on automatic mode when I draw. When I think though I need to hear myself think, and turn off sounds.

[courtofmatchups]

Hello! I was wondering if I could get a matchup? I’m bi so any gender is fine. I use she/her pronouns as well. For personality I’m creative, introverted, and individualistic. Though I’m introverted, around my friends/when I’m comfortable I can be quite talkative and humorous. However, I definitely treasure my alone time the most. Im a very big homebody and can be very hermit introvert sometimes. As for bad traits, I am sometimes the worst pessimist when it comes to myself. I’ll be fine motivating others but then when it comes to me I live by the “be ready for the worst and you wont be disappointed” As for hobbies escaping to new worlds while reading books/comics, watching movies, and playing rpg video games. My favorite genres are fantasy and sci-fi, though I do love a good classic from time to time. Apart from that, I love working out. My interests on the other hand are art focused. I’m currently in art school working with mostly digital mediums, though I sometimes work with traditional. I love my practice and everything including, game, web and interaction design, video art and visual effects, 3D modeling and character design, and digital illustration. Sometimes I whip out graphite and ink. A list of random likes: coffee, chai tea, dark chocolate, rock/blues/jazz/80s pop/soundtrack music, cafe art shows, arcades, comic book stores, purple, thai/Indian/Chinese food, roller blading to classic rock, quality alone time. A random list of dislikes: people i am unfamiliar with and have to make small talk with, the biting cold, rain, non fiction, staying too close to reality and not being allowed to daydream/imagine/roam freely in my thoughts, physical touch, overly crowded areas. I think that’s it thank you!

It seems to me you've captured the heart of...

The Lone Flame:

Lance Ira

(A/N: WOW. This took forever to write. I had university assignments that are a higher priority for me 😳)

I hope you're into slow burn because this burn will be incredibly slow. It is worth it in the end, however, since he realizes how similar you are. You give off some major black cat energy, and I feel like Lance would quite appreciate that. He's also a bit introverted, so the first time you'd meet is during a class you're both basically conscripted into taking. You might laugh, but the way you'd actually get to know each other happens in the most "Wattpad" way possible: the two of you are paired up for a project kind of like what happens in his own route.

As he gets to know you, he takes more interest in what you're into. Of course, some of the more modern things you're into are a bit lost on him, but he's more than willing to hear about them. I headcanon that he also has an appreciation for art, so whatever artwork you'd make he'd absolutely adore. He may even ask you to draw him and Gruscha if you're okay with it. He'd even keep some of your pieces for himself.

If he does make it to Earth, I think he'd also like your more modern interests. Heck, I think he'd even do some of your favourite activities with you.

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(Earth AU because, why not?)

To say that the experience with your paramour on Earth was bizarre is putting it quite lightly. The ubiquitous nature of technology here is dizzying to him, much like magic was to you when you were unceremoniously thrown into Saligia. It took him a while to learn about the magicless world around him, but he managed in no time with your help.

Once he's got his footing on Earth, you took him to places you thought he'd enjoy: restaurants, parks, arcades, as well as some comic book stores. He quite enjoyed his time there, mostly because he was with you. Of course, he was still a bit lost, but he still enjoyed himself. His favourite activity was roller skating at an empty park with you.

You: All right, over there?

Lance: Yep. I must say, no matter how much I do this, I can never get enough of the thrill

You: Tell me about it. By the by, what do you think of my playlist?

Lance: I quite like it! It has all the classic rock songs you and I like, but it feels a bit different

You: That's because I made the playlist with the two of us in mind

Lance:

Lance: Hahaha! You're a precious one, you

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[cx3ryz]

hi friends^_^ this app has embarrassed me 2 times today i hate my life

drinking my appy juice...... sigh.... ok so life update im blonde now and drawing traditionally again! .. exciting ! oh what a year this will be what a year indeed but i still have so many shuake bungles all up in my head and i was rly thinking abt their transness and stuff as of late i finally re-did my pinterest and made it based on headcanoned character aesthetics and UGH goro akechi the beautiful transfemme u are so ive been thinking abt that a lot recently ALSO i watched mean girls ! what fun, i LOVED the movie the musical... not so much but i saw regina and js the main trio and was like !!!! akechi would love this... like in secret lol so ill be using that and specifically regina and cady as reference?? eherh lol

i love thinking abt his transness bc i didnt rly have like a set line-of-thought on what i was thinking at the time like last yr when i got more seriously into shuake and js the game in general but ive cleared my head on them a lot more now, i think watching mean girls and just being thrown back into that "girly pink" aesthetic of the early 00s its like making that pinterest board and thinking about all that encompassed the "girly" aesthetic in 2014 and the time in which akechi wouldve grown up in and all the standards that come with it, its interesting to place him into that and just think about it. its like with akira too, its interesting to imagine what they wouldve imagined as their "ideal versions" of themselves like what is prime masculinity and femininity to them, if that makes any sense. i envision and feel like what fits with akechi's character the most in terms of how he would express his transfemininity would be like that 2014 tumblr girly aesthetic and im rly horrible at describing things so lemme attach some pictures :0

ok so i did a general overview video of it instead lol and i hope i didnt add anything that could potentially trigger anyone i tried to add some not-so-nice things (lmao) to the board bc i wanted the boards to be as cringe and realistic as possible lmao (i emphasized that especially with sumire ToT) again, i think its rly interesting to see these aesthetics like how they wouldve seen it or how they wouldve wanted and envisioned for themselves. i dont think akechi wouldve been open to this with anyone at all, he definitely wouldve had like an anon tumblr page and only wouldve logged on on super extra not busy days and it wouldve felt almost like a guilty pleasure for him, like being super embarrassed and always freaking out thinking someone was watching him lol ToT and i think even with anything and everything, the things he wouldve seen online that he wanted to be.. very badly still wouldve been reflected in the way he dressed and presented himself and i think sae and everyone else wouldve gave him weird looks for it definitely wfhufew its like for example i like to draw his little brown suit thingy with little flaps and i think he wouldve done that himself to give a more "flattering" feminine look to it, thinking he was being subtle abt it even tho... it definitely gives the look lol ToT and just so many things, i think his internalized transphobia would even affect his connection with akira too and just like even the way he interacts with others and himself and not in the usual way if that makes sense.

its like how i mentioned earlier, i watched mean girls and i saw regina and was like omg akechi would DIE for her but at the same time, i dont think he would like her as a character at all ToT he's very much the cady to me like that scene where cady was like "i didnt do anything wahh!!!" reminds me sm of him and how he was and i think so much of his personality wouldve been affected by that as i stated before due to the way femininity is perceived by like, everyone and everything ever omg. like he would definitely have that view that femininity is almost like oversexualization especially since they wouldve grown up at a time where the whole girlboss troupe in media was making its debut but at the same time, he'd have this burning passion for how "girls can be strong too!!!" its kinda like all those skit videos ppl would make where the parents are like "why are u defending gay ppl sm" like hopefully that makes sense lol but i think thats how itd feel to him and ultimately it'd just lead to him closely it off completely from himself. like for example, he'd see how free akira is to express himself in like all ways and be like "wow.. so uncivilized" lol even though canonly he envies him for being so much free about things and not constantly holding himself back like akechi did. ofc not in the trans aspect but u get the point lol so again, he would kind of be like the cady. cady was so scared of becoming like regina and she tried so hard, literally became a pick me and in the end, she was just like what she feared? same thing with akechi but reverse. he wouldnt stand with regina's character and motives/morals at all but would ADORE the way the plastics like dress and all that, especially with how much the actors SERVED in mean girls, the confidence is certainly admirable but would get embarrassed aside from being a man who expresses femininely and thats already an automatic no from society it also is viewed that the more feminine a woman is the less they are taken seriously and even from someone who has struggled with that myself, he would alr be like against being more feminine thinking that those thoughts he has are js negative or intrusive when in reality those things are FAR from synonymous

ok i feel like im repeating myself here and i had rly good points to bring up when i thought of this the other day but i hope yall understand what i mean!! this is such an important topic to me cuz i fucking LOVE trans ppl and always will and i LOVE transfemme characters and just dealing with that storyline, although im not femme presenting myself necessarily by choice but i love it sm and diving deeper into it is so fun to me and very healing, especially for my little girl lol. i think it fits rly well with his character and it js automatically made sense to me even if most ppl see that as "dumbing down" a character, i love connecting that to all the other serious bits of his story and i think headcanons as a whole give sm depth to a character and so much personal special love lol

ok i got sick ig and my throat is bothering me SO BAD like if it isnt my head my back ITS SOMETHING ITS ALWAYS SOMETHING maybe some other time ill get into akira and naoto and their transmascness like i had hoped but i think the world is telling me to hit the hay :'( ugh i hate my life... god bless u t4t shuake erbheu

[temporalbystander]

So. I have, once again, come to the conclusion that the reason why we can't have the best in life is because people have copyrighted the good and refuse to let anyone make it better... This is gonna be a gaming ramble btw. A long one.

Anyway let's begin with what started the realisation this time. A few days back, probably prompted by my rebinge of TGSAnime's Yu-Gi-Oh videos, I was suggested to watch a couple videos of someone playing tag force. It was okay, not the greatest, but I liked how the character models of the duelists had an animation for everything from drawing, setting a card and activating a spell. It was cute.

Well about an hour ago I stumbled across a video title that REALLY caught my attention. One that was talking about the Tag Force series, which holy shit there's more than one game, while also calling them dating Sims. As a romantic (read, guy who really crushed on Alexis Rhodes when GX first came out) I decided this video needed a watch through and.... Well damn if it wasn't the most amazing game I've ever heard of. Not only do you get to go through Duel Academy, and all the events of the show, as your own original character. But you get to interact with the characters and bond with them! Then, in the sequel, you get your own little unique story lines with them after the show plot is over! And in the third and final one (final GX one I mean)? All that growth from the first two games carries over into the final season 4 plot along with you, feeling like your own complete character, graduating duel academy.

Obviously this sounded like the most amazing thing I had ever heard of in my life so, of course, I immediately started googling to see if anyone had taken this idea and pushed a little further with it. Made it into more of a fleshed out dating sim with unique interactions. The results? Not only do Yu-Gi-Oh and dating sim only bring you right back to Tag Force. But Yu-Gi-Oh and rpg seems to be just as barren a search. I'm sorry but I find it incredibly hard to believe that Im the only one who's interested in hearing about the characters of an anime interacting with you as you join them on their journeys. If Konami made a series out of it then clearly there's a target audience.

But nope. All I got were card game simulations. As if people no longer care about the characters and the stories. Bull. The card game sucks, it's beyond broken and the obsession with meta is garbage. It's the same thing that ruined competitive Pokemon for me, the top ten in every tournament using almost the exact same team of six (some of whom have even admitted to using hacked perfect IV and evs because they don't give a damn about the game and see if as an easy way to make money. I don't know if that's still the case but the fact a competitive scene could ever let it get to that point? Is disgusting.)

Anyway, my hatred of competition meta ruining fun games not withstanding, let's talk about this realisation. Konami clearly owns the rights to developing bonds as you interact and play alongside your favourite duelists. (I know that's not how copyright works but I swear it makes sense eventually.) Because of this? There is no chance of finding any other fanwork using this same premise but pushing it a bit further. Giving you minigames or other events you can spend with your partner beyond simple dueling or talking... Or giving them eggwhiches (my brain practically overloaded when I heard that was a feature.) Anything to develop the relationship further. Nope. The best we will ever get is Tag Force. Which, I mean, is still amazing and raises the possibility of Konami doing a remaster some day which I am all for. I just heard this existed and it's the best thing ever. I would die for a remaster.

But, as pointed out in my first paragraph, this isn't the first time I've come to the realisation that a system, which would be beyond amazing if manipulated a bit, will forever remain stuck with the original creators who don't care to improve on it. The other examples? Fire Emblem and Persona. Both of these series are God-tier. The social links and affinity systems are amazing! So, of course, you can imagine my severe disappointment when, after my first encounter with both these series, I saw nobody else had done anything like it. No social links that affect the story beyond a few optional scenes (though P5 using all the confidants to boost gameplay mechanics? *Chefs kiss* brilliance.) And no games where affinity rank ups are more than a few lines of dialogue that are almost exactly the same in spite of who the characters interacting are (most noticeable when dealing with the scenes between parents and children. The parent with the same class would get an incredibly detailed scene while the other parent just got the generic other parent scenes with maybe a line or two different. I don't even think there's anything special about siblings.)

Seriously. That is three separate series, with three separate mechanics that have so much potential. And nobody else is doing anything with them. How can we possibly still be getting inspired fangames based on the Gameboy Pokemon era graphics and yet nobody has touched these ideas? It could be so good. But it won't. Because the copyright holders don't care about improving it.

[matchupsblog]

Hello lovely! I was wondering if I could maybe hopefully get a Dirty Dancing, Star Wars and Game of thrones matchup? I’m 20 and use she/her pronouns. I’m bi so any gender is fine. For personality I’m creative, introverted, and individualistic. Though I’m introverted, around my friends/when I’m comfortable I can be quite talkative and humorous. However, I definitely treasure my alone time the most. Im a very big homebody and can be very hermit introvert sometimes. As for bad traits, I am sometimes the worst pessimist when it comes to myself. I’ll be fine motivating others but then when it comes to me I live by the “be ready for the worst and you wont be disappointed” As for hobbies escaping to new worlds while reading books/comics, watching movies, and playing rpg video games. My favorite genres are fantasy and sci-fi, though I do love a good classic from time to time. Apart from that, I love working out. My interests on the other hand are art focused. I’m currently in art school working with mostly digital mediums, though I sometimes work with traditional. I love my practice and everything including, game, web and interaction design, video art and visual effects, 3D modeling and character design, and digital illustration. Sometimes I whip out graphite and ink.

A list of random likes: coffee, chai tea, dark chocolate, rock/blues/jazz/80s pop/soundtrack music, statement jewelry and accessories, cafe art shows, arcades, comic book stores, purple, thai/Indian/Chinese food, roller blading to classic rock, quality alone time.

A random list of dislikes: people i am unfamiliar (I have trust issues oops) with and have to make small talk with, the biting cold, rain, non fiction, staying too close to reality and not being allowed to daydream/imagine/roam freely in my thoughts, physical touch, overly crowded areas. I think that’s it thank you!

Hi! Sorry this took so long but here it is now.

For Dirty Dancing, I ship you with...

Johnny Castle

Johnny would love your creativity and encourage you to pursuit your interests, regardless of financial and other issues.

You had known eachother since childhood. One of your favourite memories was sitting on some wall with Penny near where you all lived and pretending to bet on whether Billy or Johnny would win some fight they were having for some stupid reason you could not remember.

You had grown up together, never being apart for long. Penny had a vague memory of Billy making a joke when you were all in your early teenage years. He had claimed that you and Johnny had a magnetic force pulling you together, and that it was virtually impossible to sepparate you.

All four of you had started working at the hotel at the same time. Johnny and Penny being the first to get jobs, then they later managed to reccomend you and Billy for vacant jobs in the staff. Apart from the pay and shitty treatment from the more fortunate staff, the four of you working together almost felt like a dream that you never wanted to wake up from. You took a job working as an art teacher, running painting, drawing and many other types of classes over the weeks at the hotel.

When you found out that Penny was pregnant, you tried to be optimistic for her, but you couldn't help but be afraid. Afraid of what might happen if Max found out, of all of you losing your jobs and therefore everything. Johnny could tell. It was difficult to lie to him anyway but as Billy also joked about, you both knew eachother too well.

A part of him supposedly knowing you too well was that he knew you were extremely pessimistic about yourself, and he hated that. He wanted you to really know how he felt about you, and know how amazing you truly are.

Since it was definitely one of the bigger rooms that staff had, you shared a room at the hotel. There was a lot of empty space in the room, so the two of you converted one of the corners into a kind of art studio for you to use in your free time.

That was how the two of you often spent your free time. He loved to watch you work- your focus and dedication was inspiring to him.

When it came to romantic gestures, you both knew that you never had much money, and when you did it wouldn't last long. It was the small things that you really appreciated. Whether that was you buying him a new vinyl, him getting you a new book, or any other small gestures.

Some of the best moments of his life were the two of you, sat in your room listening to music. Whether you were deep in a conversation about pretty much anything or in complete silence, the two of you couldn't have been happier. He enjoyed your company just as much as you did his.

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For Star Wars, I match you with...

Padme

You grew up together on Naboo, which meant that you had known eachother well from a young age.

That also meant you could feel comfortable around her from a young age.Wh

The two of you share a lot of private time. Padme loves to see you being open and feeling as if you can really be yourself. Padme almost felt the same, given her political position, she needed to hide who she really was from the public. You could both be honest and yourselves when you were alone.

When Padme would leave Naboo or have to stay elsewhere for her work, she would practically count down the hours before she could return home to you. Even if it was only a few days, you would miss eachother a lot.

Padme would try to stay positive and optimistic when you found it difficult. Even if you tried to hide it, pretending to feel happy and confident around others, she would try to help you feel more confident in yourself, whether that be small gestures or larger ones.

Whilst your interests may have differed (Padme dedicating her life to politics and you dedicating yours to arts), Padme took an interest in your work. She loved your art and how unique it is.

Another thing that you both loved was reading together. Both of you would enjoy reading fiction together, often using it to escape the world that you lived in.

When you read together, there would be a comfortable silence until it was broken every now and then by one of you commenting on the book you were reading.

Given that she was forced into politics at a young age, Padme was more experienced in creating formal relationships and found romantic gestures more difficult that you would.

Often, Padme would gift you with new art supplies.

She would be fully aware of your boundaries when it came to the relationship between the two of you and your relationship with other people, especially people that you do not know well.

Since you would be uncomfortable around people you are unfamilliar with, she would do what she could to keep you out of her work. Whenever she attended dinner meetings or other events that might involve your attendence, she would try to keep them short and fast, so that you would not be uncomfortable.

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For Game of Thrones, I match you with...

Jamie Lannister

(I've only seen the first four series and avoid spoilers at all costs so sorry if he turns out of be an asshole in later series but he seems like a relatively decent person at the minute)

You had met in Lannisport years before he moved to Kingslanding.

When he moved to Kingslanding, you had already been together for quite some time so you moved with him.You

Whilst you had been with him, you had been able to be more open and confident in pursuing your interests. He loved that you felt this way and wanted nothing more than for you to be able to follow your dreams and be able to do what you are really passionate about.

When you were home together, Jamie would love to sit down with a drink of wine as you worked on your art.

As it would just about anyone, his title 'Kingslayer' would scare you. Make you feel anxious in battle. No matter how good he was at fighting, it seemed that this name was almost like a target on his back. He tried to convince you that he could protect himself, though you always worried that his title was like a challange and one day someone would be able to say that they had murdered the kingslayer.

When you moved to Kinglanding, you would spend most of your time together since neither of you really knew many other people. This didn't change as you began to get used to your new home, though you valued your alone time and he respected this, giving you space when you wanted it.

He would be aware of your discomfort around unfamilliar people and try to make sure you were rarely, if ever put in a position that could make you feel uncomfortable or anxious.

When Jamie realised that he wanted to marry you, he took you to one of the gardens in kingslanding. You spend almost an hour walking around the gardens together, talking about anything that came up.

When you reached a spot with one of the most beautiful views for miles, he seemed slightly panicked, which was not something you had seen in him before. He was fidgeting, stuttering a little and you were almost concerned.

He didn't seem to know what to say, though afterwards you were certain he would have tried to rehearse it in the mirror or in his head hundreds of times before doing it.

When he did manage to build up the confidence to get down on one knee, all he could do was ask that nessecary question.

"Will you marry me?"

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Hope this is okay for you!

[suffarustuffaru]

ANON YOURE THE REASON WHY IM SUFFERING OVER ALIEN STAGE NOW AFTER WATCHING EVERY VIDEO ON IT THATS OUT RIGHT NOW ARGHHH YOUVE RUINED MY LIFE ARGHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU BUT ALSO FUCKIKKKK

anyway thanks again anon :3 time to briefly discuss rezero alien stage crossover thoughts :) gonna put under the cut if people dont want spoilers for alien stage :)

ok so like if you wanna keep this similar to the heart of alien stage, aka doomed yaoi and yuri and soul crushing devotion and this interconnected web of interpersonal relationships as theyre being forced to perform and compete against each other as a metaphor for the irl idol industry, then… *pulls out my rezero shipper lenses* tHIS IS HOW REMILIA AND JULIMILIA AND EMISUBA AND OTTOSUBA CAN WIN, I PROMISE. AND BY WIN I MEAN everyone is doomed ;-;;;;;;;;;

anyway like ok you could give people roles here i think. i had to think on this for a bit but you know as always im quite fond of multishipping and smushing together emilia or subaru ships or multiple ships in general into the worlds messiest love trapezoid HAHA. why choose one or the other when you can have all of them at once?? clearly alien stage and rezero agree with me <3 but ok my current thoughts is smth similar to

emilia = mizi

rem = sua

julius = luka

subaru = till

otto = ivan

and i got no clue who hyuna will be and stuff but thats it 👍👍 of course like things are gonna go different depending on which rezero characters you throw into the world of alien stage and how youd translate rz characters into this whole different world, but i think role wise if you wanna stick closer to the canon alien stage plot this is what id go for!! to really capture the codependency <3333 (cries) (sniffles) (sobs violently). if i end up drawing these guys in alien stage outfits its your fault anon (affectionate).

but like rezero is all about that soul crushing devotion and codependency too so this works HAH. here is some quick bullet points on my thoughts:

remilia is a ship that isnt explored in depth a lot but i think it could be interesting. it kinda gives off similar energy to utenanthy from revolutionary girl utena, if you know of them—like theres room to explore with emilia and rem both being closed off in different ways, both having these disastrous events in their childhood that affected their people, both carrying guilt related to things, and rem’s various contrasting personalities of her sweetness but also her self sacrifice and her Coldness, too. rem (and ram) had to warm up to emilia at first.

like remilia would be very sweet im sure, since if theyre romantically involved then they likely got kinda close!! but yes i think remilia has potential in general and putting them as mizisua makes sense in my head HAH. like the mizisua vid where mizi and sua are sent away by their alien owners… where mizi’s more emotional and saddened but curious to see sua while sua’s more dead inside, aloof, bc her owners seem to think of her as an accessory while mizi’s had more affection—it does kind of remind me of the differing upbringings remilia have and their different responses to said upbringing. everything went wrong in their backstories but rem was just There, someone whos told that she wouldve been dead a thousand times over if not for ram, and emilia was so dearly loved before shit hit the fan. emilia tends to be the one to anxiously try to be kind and hold desperately onto every nice interaction she can get; rem’s more distant and guarded. that sort of thing!! and suas shown later to open up to mizi and be goofy too ;-;;; feels very rem to me.

julius as luka and emilia as mizi fits in my head for round 5 tbh!!! like if you subscribe to the theory that luka may not be as evil as he looks, especially with the existence of the luka sweet dream cover, then this makes sense.

luka is a previous winner, a famed “golden boy” so to speak, loved by the masses but still under the same terrible idol system, and is hinted to be Generally A Bit Unwell either way. if its true that hes not As Bad and Also Very Trapped, then round 5 is a necessary evil for him to provoke mizi into attacking him so then the human resistance (hyuna) can step in to pull her out. im a big lover of julius being feral and emilia Snapping so HAH.. but yes this in my mind fit julius in the sense that hes this seemingly perfect idol but he does the necessary evil thats the arc 3 julisuba duel. in his intro he can come off as harsh and condescending—so for him to be playing a role like luka and to be dead inside about it (bc its Awful and he’d know that) would be interesting role wise. itd give julius so much internal conflict.

ok also the whole ivan/till/mizi dynamic of till loving mizi but she doesnt and then ivan being so crushingly devoted to till like—HAHA ohhh the doomed yaoi… yeah anyway thats kinda like ottosuba aint it?? subaru having emilia but otto’s emilia is subaru all along… crazy shit. i hate these black haired light haired twink pairings i always end up caring about them no matter the media LMAO 😭😭 but anyway like subaru being scared but so rebellious in alien stage—but you know this time bc its subaru he’d be so fucking guilty and try to save people i bet but it probably wont work unless he still has rbd so 😭😭 but yeah and then ottos there scheming to try to get at least him and subaru out but then subaru goes “no i cant leave emilia or the others” and goes back???? and otto laughs to himself in pure despair bc OF COURSE subaru would do that. OF COURSE subaru would be so devoted to trying to stay for the others, OF COURSE subaru would choose that over otto and literal freedom. its that kind of frustration mixed with despairing adoration you know?? why are black haired and light haired twinks across different media always paralleling each other….

and you know. of course rem and otto would die for their loved ones…

yeah anyway i think theres a lot of ways you could go about an alien stage plot but this is just one idea!!!! theres a variety of stuff you could do depending on how much rz/alien stage plot things you use or what characters you bring in bc each character will bring smth different to the table!!

and ok if we’re going with this idea i need the julius-otto-subaru-emilia-rem dynamic to go full circle ok they just have the worlds worst love pentagon i know this in my heart. itd be true to both rezero and alien stage i promise. theres not enough messy interconnected ship content for my taste in rezero :<<<<< AND I NEED MORE DOOMED YURI TOO URRAAGGH

anyway in conclusion. born to yaoi and yuri forced to black sorrow…. :((( they could have their love pentagram in peace but NOOOO the aliens said they have to sing against each other in the worlds worst death matches!!!!!

Have you heard of alien stage if you have what do you think the characters of re zero would do in that setting

ive briefly heard of alien stage but ive got no clue what its about so no clue how id answer your ask yet sorry !! but would yall recommend alien stage o.O ? what is it ?? :o ive seen some super cool fanart around it so id love to give it a go when i can!!

[spaceistheplaceart]

Ok im super nervous typing this so please ignore any typos my hands are like hfahjsgshsjkkkiyioughoughh

Ok so! I've been lurking an looking at the Swap Au with Narry an the. Director an I just love it lots im probably! Gonna draw some thing for you but uhm. So this is kinda. I've been thinking about the Player!

In this Au it doesn't make much sense for there to be a player but I've been thinking an. So you know how the Director is obviously uhm! Has more power than humans and such, in the. Office way but can't directly controll Narry, maybe there's something that can! The Player obviously. Again it doesn't make much sense? In the context of your au but I just can't get it out of my . Brain. Rotating it .

So how would. They Player interact through Narry an what would. How would the Director feel?? Probably not good haha. Also maybe Players are a sort of. So there's the Director an Curator (Im so sorry I can't remember the au name ough) and probably a lot of other beings like them, so maybe the Player is . Also something they're aware of? At least to some degree? Like the Player (s) are a type of . Being that comes an goes an can be unpredictable! Like youre not sure if a Player would. How would you know until it's to late?

Maybe Players are a sort of. Hmm traveler type things? They find a "story" they find interesting an take control of the "main character" , in this case Narry. It could be that in this au Players are more like! Curious beings but definitely detached? Like they either don't know or don't care that theyv taken over an actual person.

And maybe it depends on what type of Player is in control! Like there could be a Player that's just. That messes with things an doesn't listen to the Director at all on purpose. What about a Player that's looking for all the "endings"? Or looking for secrets?? Or a Player that just genuinely wants to explore the story? AAGAHG there's so so many different things!

And what about Narry?? Like somethings else is currently piloting his body an he can only watch. Maybe it's a sort of ! Out of body experience? He's just a passenger an its more like. Everything feels like he's underwater n he can't focus on one thing really. But if he can then that's absolutely terrifying !! Plus there'd be no "dialog options" so it's not like Narry , or the Player, can communicate with the Director

And for the Director, who's trying to help Narry with his perfectionism an other things, this is a super huge road block!!! Especially because the Director actually cares about Narry an is probably worried about him. Like I assume the Director knows what a Player is but maybe . Like it's. You never know how to exactly deal with a Player? You can't get rid of them exactly, they have to. Get the experience they want an then leave or maybe they can get bored an "log off" so to speak?

Ok sorry for! Rambling I am. So nervous but I hope this was an interesting idea? Like I said for the. Past few days I hsve been. Rotating this in. My brain. Your Swap Au is so cool I have. Ough!! Anyway uhm. If you do wanna hear more or. Something that'd be nice? If you'd wsnt!! Ok byeA! An thanks for the! Really awesome Au !

An since this was so long uhm, here's a pic of my cat as! Uhm. She's soft

okay so there's a lot going on in this ask, so I'll try to answer what I think you're asking

1) you're right in that narrys parabke would not work as a video game. I always imagined it as a TV series or a movie. However, if there was a player like entity... Perhaps it would just act as a... Like... Opposite to a storyteller?

2) they possess people and "tell stories" with their lives, but of course, the person who's being possessed didn't fucking consent to that. Or they take away the story experience from the vessel.

3) they could be called players, or maybe storysnatchers... Maybe they're like those cockroach mfs on infinity train where if you get too far out... Uh oh.

4) narry getting possessed by one is very obvious. He stops talking. Immediately, director knows what's happening and gets the entertainer. the entertainer I think would be the best for getting rid of these guys bc 432 can fucking mess w the code so... Y'know. Maybe entertainers got some experience.

5) they're like pests you gotta yank outta the vessel. I imagine the storysnatchers look like black goopy hearts with tendrils that allow them to slink around and slip into cracks

* also yeah. Abt them getting bored. That's another way to rebid of them I'd just put the vessel in a boring or annoying room

6) anyways yeah! That's what I came up w. I hope this is what u were asking? Unless u were asking me permission to tell ME abt UR ideas which is also veryyyy welcome!!! I'd love to hear em

I don't think I'll make this canon. But its a cool idea.

7) :) Hehe kitty. Fluffy.

[blackfairy312]

oky so im working on Makoto's personality. and i was thinking to myself, well, a good way to start making that is by establishing their hobbies, and how they are connected to the rest of the Project Sekai cast.

Makoto dabbles in art. they've been drawing since they were little, and used to draw so much that they still have boxes of sketchbooks that they filled up with drawings. nowadays, though, they don't draw that much. they're too busy with school and other interests. however they do draw still, maybe just a little character ref and that's it. i think Makoto being a "retired" artist would be an interesting contrast to Ena, who is still dedicated to her art. Ena would have some anger towards Makoto for not using their talent enough, and also secretly be jealous and feel bad about her own art. And since Makoto is Kanade's cousin, kindess runs in the family and Makoto would constantly reassure Ena that they think her art is great and that they're the one who's secretly jealous of her because Ena hasn't given up on her talent. Cue some moments of Ena warming up to Makoto, just so subtly.

Makoto enjoys video games. as much as i have the urge to make them a Resident Evil fan, i think it would be funnier if Makoto was a huge fan of SEGA published games. since Project Sekai is published by SEGA and they have Sonic cameos in every single game they publish, Makoto's favorite game series is Sonic! i don't know if Nene is a fan of any SEGA games, from what i've seen from reading area conversations, she seems to just make vague references (for example, when she first enters the Wonderland Sekai, she says "it's like an open world JRPG"). since Makoto and Nene go to the same school, they probably talk about games during lunch. Nene has a shy personality, so she probably listens to Makoto rant about the quality of the Sonic series in recent years. Makoto would also listen to Nene infodump about musicals she likes, even though Makoto doesn't have too much of an interest in it, they like hearing how passionate Nene is about her special interest.

with Ichika's fixation and admiration for Hastune Miku, i think it would be silly if Makoto mirrored that with their admiration for Sonic the Hedgehog. characters who go to Kamiyama High School and have interacted with Ichika enough to know about her Miku idolization probably internally note how similar Makoto acts with their Sonic idolization. Ichika and Kanade HAVE interacted canonically (i am not caught up with the stories yet though) so maybe even Kanade notices the similarities and thinks about introducing their cousin to Ichika. or maybe Makoto and Ichika run into each other at a collectors store and stop and stare at each other and see the other covered in Miku/Sonic merch and think "wow they're just like me for real".

as for other interests, Makoto would really really like film. i already joked that i designed them with season one Jesse Pinkman in mind, so i think Makoto being interested in Western films and shows would be silly. they would get along greatly with Rui, Tsukasa, and Mizuki. Tsukasa recruited Rui to his troupe because he knew Rui was a great director, and Tsukasa himself already writes great stories and scripts. Mizuki creates MVs for their group, and being an MV creator irl, it's the same as directing but like... by yourself. Tsukasa invited Makoto to watch WxS practice and set up their shows, and Makoto very much enjoys watching and helping them with their behind the scenes work. they like how Rui has very over the top and extreme ideas, and end up encouraging him much to Nene's dismay. meanwhile, with Mizuki, Makoto will go out with them (skipping school a lot together) and talk about how Mizuki gets inspired by everyday things for their MV production.

and in the topic of Mizuki, Makoto has a very different fashion sense than them. they're both trans-non binary, and have an immediate connection when they first meet. Mizuki drags Makoto around and tries to make them try on things (masc clothes, but Mizuki is a fashion genius and wants to help Makoto look GOOD and CUTE while they pass). Makoto is as much as a shopaholic as Mizuki is, too, so they often also drag Mizuki around to shops that they like. so in a day they'll be running around to clothes stores and shoe stores and comic stores and game stores. also, i noticed that Mizuki really REALLY likes french fries, so i think it would be silly if Makoto did, too, so they just keep going to restaurants together ordering an insane amount of fries and giggling with their bags and bags from shopping all day.

i mentioned that Makoto skips school a lot. they don't like the school environment and their mom won't let them do the night classes that Kamiyama offers (the ones Ena takes since she doesn't like the 6+ hour schedule). i'm not entirely sure what the school system in Japan teaches, but Makoto would be great in everything except for math and science. like... those are their WORST subjects, embarrassingly so. they're great at any literature or history class. and we don't talk about sports classes (like Kanade, Makoto has nonexistent stamina. it runs in the family). well anyways, Makoto is missing work and guess what that means! they need a tutor! so just by happenstance, Makoto and their mom run into nonother than Mafuyu, and after a lengthy conversation (much to both Mafuyu's dismay (she's irritated) and Makoto's embarrassment (they hate their mom)), Mafuyu ends up becoming Makoto's tutor. so when Makoto isn't at work (they work at Weekend Garage and i'll talk about that next), they meet up with Mafuyu to do work. Makoto thinks Mafuyu is really great at helping out but also they feel really uneasy around her. they're close to Kanade's other group members (Ena and Mizuki), but find it difficult to get along with Mafuyu outside of tutoring. but they make an effort to anyway and out of the blue ask if Mafuyu wants to go see a movie with them. now their relationship also involves Makoto inviting Mafuyu to do things with them, wanting to help Mafuyu experience new things. Makoto and Mafuyu are alike in that they have a very rocky relationship with their mothers, and Makoto ends up being someone that Mafuyu shows her true self around, too.

anyways i said that Makoto works at Weekend Garage. being friends with Mizuki ultimately leads into Makoto befriending everyone else part of the Kamiyama Rooftop Friendship group (Mizuki, An, Nene, Rui, Tsukasa, Akito, and Toya). An and Makoto have a conversation during class around when they were getting to know each other and Makoto mentions how their mother is pressuring them to find a job, to which An offers that they could work at Weekend Garage, the cafe/bar that An's dad owns. and doing so, Makoto also meets Kohane. Makoto sometimes watches VBS practice when they're on break. and since Makoto often skips school, they'll go to Weekend Garage to get a longer shift done, so they can make more money (and they can't work there during bar hours since they're a minor).

and so i have made Makoto connected to Nighcord at 25:00, Wonderlands x Showtime, and Vivid BAD SQUAD. i need to figure out a stronger connection for them to Leo/need other than just having met Ichika a few times (maybe Tsukasa introduces Makoto to Saki at some point?). and connecting Makoto to MORE MORE JUMP! will be kinda hard since ALL four members go to Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy, but maybe i can figure out something. i'm thinking maybe i can use Ena for that, since she's friends with Airi and Shizuki... using Mafuyu, Emu, or Kohane for that connection would be hard too since i'm not entirely sure how close those three are to the MMJ members.

but yeah uh hi.

[kodocha4ever]

long post about how i'm enjoying pokemon scarlet :D

warning for some spoilers for the game. not story spoilers. just spoilers on some mechanics and moments that could be enjoyable as a surprise!

so a little of my background with the franchise before i go into my thoughts (so you can see how closely my own opinions align with your own, and therefore know how much my opinion on the game does or does not mirror yours).

I grew up with the spinoff games, Stadium & Snap for the N64 were some of the first video games I ever played (and played constantly all the time growing up). And when I was around 7/8/9 I got really into the Pokemon Ranger series (my favorite of the time being Shadows of Almia) and I played Battle Revolution a lot as well (I used to rent it all the time from the library). This is of course, in addition to watching the anime.

I tried other pokemon games, including the main series, but they didn't resonate with me at that phase in my life.

so anyways, when Pokemon Black & White came out, I was suddenly interested in the main series. if i had to guess -- i think it was because people i knew on deviantart at the time were into it lol.

so that came out, i played through it. enjoyed it enough! black & white 2 came out, i played through it and enjoyed it enough.

then X&Y were announced, and it was the first era i was actively watching nintendo directs all the time, and just keeping up w gaming news. so i was stoked! i got it on release day, and played through it very quickly, and tried matsuda method shiny hunting when i was done lol (i never got the shiny tho. i quit after like 600 eggs)

meanwhile in contrast, when sun and moon came out. i was keeping up with things, but idk? i have to assume it was the stage in my life i was in (i was 17 and it was my era of dropping out of every extracurricular activity i was in because i couldn't be fucked to do or care about anything that wasn't drawing). i bought the game, but legit only played the first few hours and stopped playing. it's always been funny to me, because i really loved the way the 3DS era style had been plused up. i liked the new pokemon, i was interested in the story... but it just didn't keep me engaged at that time.

so when sword and shield came out and it was soooo blasted. i didn't know how i'd feel about the game, but still bought it release day. and uh. i loved it? i loved it so much. its the most fun i've ever had with a mainline game.

so now going into scarlet & violet, there's a lot of options on the table for how i'd feel about it lol. i wanna add: i'm not done yet. i've beaten 4 gym leaders, gotten one titan, and my pokemon are level 35-40.

I didn't like the start of the game very much. There was no easy answer for how to handle it, like they needed to give a lot of info out the gate, and it's hard to do that in a way that isn't overwhelming. I like Nemona a lot though, and I like how the legendaries of these games are just with you the whole time (the way legendaries are handled typically is not for me) also i LOVE the customization out the gate (hair & face & stuff) i love how my character looks.

so anyways, felt negative for the opening. and then when i started with my adventure, i was soooo bugged by the camera angle you have in most battles. like i'm a slut for a fixed camera angle. the way the camera moves in past pokemon games did not need to be changed lol. the new free camera just has no optimal view. i feel so far removed from the action, like im watching ants.

when i complained abt this to a friend, he brought up it might have to do with the way terrain works in this game. and like... that could be true? but also i don't think the terrain being the way it is is a good enough mechanic to warrant removing the fixed camera. i wish they figured something out.

so the thing that made me start feeling positive was sort of a funny thing lol. i was feeling bummed abt the things all above, and i was also feeling weird abt the nonlinearity. like it means there cant be as many unique interactions since they dont know where in the game u are. and in sword & shield, i really got attached to the gym leaders (for the first time) and i wasn't feeling that same spark here.

i sorta felt like, lol. well. the nonlinearity is here, i might as well take advantage of it and just go across the whole map to get a pokemon i like early (in this case my goals were to get: zorua & gothita).

so i started on my way, and i was passing through one of the dessert/mountainous terrains and i bumped into that giant klawf (the stony cliff titan). and was trying to avoid him bc i didn't know what was going on and didn't want him to wreck my pokemon. but i accidentally got in a battle with him. and panicked a bit because i thought i sequence broke and wasn't supposed to be there yet or something, only to get him in one hit because i was actually over leveled LMFAO.

stumbling on major events randomly like that are my favorite part of nonlinear sandbox games. and it just gave me this perspective change of like, okay. this isn't sword and shield. it's not meant to be sword and shield! this is it's own game, and i should enjoy it for what it is and not dwell on what it isn't... and i'm having so much fun now lol.

i got an outfit i like, my team is bringing me a lot of joy, i'm gonna ask if my bestie (who happened to get violet) could send me a misdreavus because thats my only fav [who's in the game] that i don't have yet... and its because they're not in my version of the game lol.

here's my party right now :D

other good experiences i've had: u can see my beloved babygirl Gus in both of these. azumarill and the line has never been a fav of mine, but i was charmed by a wild azurill near the start of the game, and decided to catch it. i was talking w my mom while i was playing, and asked if she wanted to name her, and she said "Gus" SOO fast. like even before i finished asking her. thank u mom, i love gus so much.

i ADORE how when tandemaus evolves into maushold, the game doesn't tell u. like, i thought i'd encountered my first glitch (that people love to talk abt so much).. but no its just the cutest mechanic.