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swordheld · 1 year ago

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hi! your blog is one of my favourites and i absolutely adore reading your thoughts. my grandfather recently passed away and it feels like i lost myself with him. how do i continue living after this? there is this constant weight on my chest and it feels like an emptiness has made a home inside of me. how do i go on when it feels like the world crashed on my shoulders?

hello, love! this is so very sweet and kind of you, and i hope you're treating yourself gently and kindly right now - there aren't words for a loss like this. that heaviness is difficult, and hard, and painful. it's okay if things don't feel okay, right now, or even soon - i think that's something that a lot of the people i know that have gone through similar grief feel: like they should be able to get back to a relative 'normal' in a [insert far too short period of time].

but it's okay if it hurts. that's where i'd like to start. you're allowed to feel that emptiness, that world-crashed feeling that goes beyond words, beyond time. don't feel like you have to rush this to feel some sort of better. things get easier with time, i promise you this, but sometimes painful feelings are important to feel, too. cry, scream, feel your emotions. they're a part of you. grieve.

it's perhaps a little silly, but when i think about death i always think about a couple of space songs: mainly drops of jupiter by train and saturn by sleeping at last. there are perhaps others that speak to the emotions better, but these two have always hit something a little deeper for me, and are popular for a wide-reaching reason.

and while personally i don't know much about grief like this, i do know a lot about love; and i think they're a lot of the same thing.

the people we love are a part of us, and this is why it takes from us so deeply when we lose them, because it does feel like we've lost a part of ourselves in the wake of it. but it's because they were so central to our experiences of living - our lives, that the separation introduces a hollowness - a place where they used to be. a home that now goes unlived in.

an emptiness, like you said.

but just because they're not here physically, doesn't mean he's not still there, in your heart, in your life, your memory. you can hold him close in smaller ways, as well: steal a sweater, or cologne/scent for something a little more physical and long lasting for remembering. hold onto the memories you cherish, the things that made you laugh, the ease of slow mornings and gentle nights. write them all down, slide a few photographs in there, go through it and add more when you miss him. keep them all close, keep them in your heart.

you're not alone, in this. he's still there, with you, it's just - in the little things.

he's with you in the way you see and go about your daily life, in doing what he liked to do, in the ways he interacted with the world that you shared with him. the memories you recall fondly when the night is late or the moment is right and something calls it into you like a melody, an old bell, laughter you'd recognize anywhere.

but i think, perhaps most importantly above all others - talk about him. with your family, your friends, his friends, strangers; stories are how we keep the people we love alive. the connections they've made, the legacies and experiences they've left behind, and so, so many stories.

how lucky, we are - to love so much it takes a piece of us when they go. grief is the other side of the coin, but it does not mean our love goes away. it lives in you. it lives in everyone who knew him, in the smallest pieces of our lives.

the people we love never really leave us, like this: they're in how we cook and the way we fold our newspapers, our laundry, in the radio stations we tune in to and the way we decorate our walls, our photo albums. they're in the way we store our mail, organize our closets, the scribbled notes in the indexes of our books. the meals we love and the drinks we mix, the way we spend time with one another. they've been passed down for generations, for longer than history - and we are all the luckier for it.

think about what you shared with him, and do it intentionally. bring him into your life, like this, again. whether it's crosswords or poetry or sports or anything else. if one doesn't help, try another. something might click.

i hope things feel a little easier for you, as they tend to do only with time. i hope you find joy in your grief, even if it is small and hard to grasp at first. know that your hurt stems from so much love that there isn't a place to put it properly, and that it is something so meaningful and hurting poets and storytellers have been struggling to put it into words and sounds that feel like the fit right for eons, and that it is also just simply yours. sometimes things don't have to make sense. sometimes they just are - unable to be put into words or neat little sentiments, as unfair and tragic as they come.

but i promise it will not feel like this forever. your love is real. and perhaps, on where to begin on from here - i think it's less on finding where to begin and just beginning. and you've already started. you've taken the most important and crucial step: the first one. wherever you go, after that, from here? you'll figure it out. you always have, and you always do. it'll come, as things always do. love leads us, as does light - and you're never alone in your hurt. in your grief, your missing something dear to you. i think if you talk about it with others, you'll find they have ways of helping you cope as well - and they have so much love of their own to spare, too.

as an aside, here is the song (northern star by dom fera) i was listening to when i wrote this, for no other reason more than it makes me think of connections, and love, and how we hold onto the people we love and how they change us, wonderfully and intrinsically. it's a little more joyous than the others i've mentioned, and plays like a story, and it made me think of what is at the core of this, love and stories and i am here with you, and maybe it'll bring you some joy, if you'd like it. wishing you all my love and ease 💛

#q&a.#birdsong.#wishing u gentle ease; the death of a loved one is near inexplicable to put into words and i hope you take care of yourself gently <3 #i hope this will make u laugh: when i was a tiny child in middle school there were times i would go outside in my tiny suburban cul de sac-#in the rain and sing along to my lil ipod nano and i only remember doing this to drops of jupiter. can you imagine going out to get the mai #after a long day of work and you just hear this kid singing train in the streets. in the RAIN.... it makes me laugh like i really.#i really thought i was so cool and deep and emotional ghjkd but i find it v funny that i only remember it w/ that one train track.#and saturn just. it's my fav s.a.l. song for a reason. that slow violin opening? the piano coming in gentle and easy?#it feels like light. like hope. like something new - a dawn after the long dark. that beautiful things can begin again even where #it hurts. and there is nothing more human than a sentiment like that.#how rare and beautiful it is to truly exist. what it is to be alive and get to be here and live with other people. with those we love.#i think your grandfather was so lucky to be able to know you. to have you in his life for the time you had together.#i'm no spiritual person; but i like to believe when you're thinking about him? he's thinking about you too.#the second law of thermodynamics (physics nerd mode) is that no energy has ever been created/destroyed since the beginning of the universe.#so it has to go somewhere - it's that carl sagan quote of 'we're all made of stardust'. because we are. we used to be stars; planets; etc.#i think it's why i think of these space songs - because they're a part of everything; once more; when they go. us and everything else.

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sprunks-are-cool · 24 days ago

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Hello!

This is an (unofficial) ask blog for Incredibox - Sprunki!

So, let's start with the basics!

This has color coded text!

Character speaking

Character doing an action

Mod speaking

Rules:

• Nothing NSFW, please...

• If you're here to cause trouble, leave. (not counting if it's just a character causing in-universe shenanigans like uh. murder or something like tha-)

● have a good time!! ^_^

Notes:

This is mainly set in Normal Mode, but you may ask stuff about Horror Mode! This means some posts will be in a different timeline than the otherz,,

For Horror Mode asks, you may ask the characters BEFORE their deaths, if they died at all, and abnormal characters may be asked BEFORE and AFTER their "death"s.

I made a reskin version of the game!! ^_^ there ARE codes for the extras, but they're not finished yet :[

The rest of the info is a LOT, so it's gonna be under the cut,,

Tags for characters!!

Normal Mode

Oren - #skateboaring snail

Raddy - #ask raddy sprunki

Clukr - #erm actually

Fun Bot - #robots have feelings!! -a robot

Vineria - #garden of flowers

Gray - #ask gray sprunki

Brud - #bucket creature

Garnold - #IS THAT WILLIAM AFTON

OWAKCX - #going insane

Sky - #jingle bells

Mr. Sun - #as bright as the sun

Durple - #i cant fly

Mr. Tree - #wise words

Simon - #the main character

Tunner - #yeehaw

Mr. Fun Computer - #in this fun time!

Wenda - #catnip collector

Pinki - #ask pinki sprunki

Jevin - #As I sit on the sidelines...

Mard - #MUSTAAAAARD!!

Trevor - #ask trevor sprunki

Crimson - #crimson the crimson creature

Full Cast - #Come sing along with us!

Horror Mode

Oren - #take my heart, pull it apart

Raddy - #blood red

Clukr - #i can't see

Fun Bot - #a broken heart

Vineria - #twisted vines

Gray - #where am I...

Brud - #no bucket :(

Garnold - #flickering lights

OWAKCX - #if you wanna flay me, let's see what's inside

Sky - #metal in the skull

Mr. Sun - #always watching

Durple - #...

Mr. Tree - #missing

Simon - #HORSE

Tunner - #and he went out with a bang

Mr. Fun Computer - #something is wrong...

Wenda - #crazykitty

Pinki - #torn ribbons

Jevin - #...the world descends into chaos.

Black - #the chaos itself

Mard - #strumming the guitar

Trevor - #there goes the flute

Crimson - #crimson like blood

Full Cast - #they are all dead...

HEADCANONS!! some of these arent fully serious (and will often have notes on the side) sooo yyeah these are the people though!! btw i initially made these for myself so that's also part of the reason for the silly stuff :3

Polos (average sprunk)

(These are the blank sprites if you didn't know ^^)

They have floating hands and feet (in canon they have no legs at all but have arms)

Most are based around a certain color (Sky Blue, Lime, Red, etc.)

their species is sprunk theyre sprunks

the children are sprunklings >:)

(oh yeah btw theres gonna be pics at the end eventually when i add them)

Oren

(he/him)

He's a snail thing (he has a removable shell) and you can't tell me otherwise >:]

He skateboards- this is canon- uhm don't ask how he does that without legs

(in canon his antennae don't really do anything) His antennae move around- uhm not exactly what to, they just move around (like lower when sad or smth)

finger guns (ahem I also HC him as bisexual ahem [these aren't linked {I'd make him do the finger guns either way} but also,,])

no he doesn't have visible ears under the headphones (unlike Simon)

ADHD

transmasc because i said so

shoulder-length hair!! fluffy looking

slug snail tail thing

according to a headcanon generator he’s the gay cousin and i’m not gonna argue with that

𝙍𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙮

(he/him)

He's a bit more reserved, and he sometimes uses his horns as a weapon. (he can and will headbutt you)

He hit OWAKCX in the head with a hammer once 🤩

dark red eyeshadow

optional spiked collar

the horns kinda make it hard for him to sleep (based off of a chikn nuggit short lol)

Clukr

(he/him)

Clukr has ADHD his memory sucks (he's like me 😭)

He CAN remove the cymbal on his head but prefers not to. (Tbh he looks a little goofy with just the single antenna lol but so does Oren without his headphones-)

He built Fun Bot and Mr. Fun Computer with Garnold.

He and Garnold are REALLY close married and act as dads to Fun Bot and Mr. Fun Computer. He likes spinning around just for fun; he's gotten used to it by now and it's hard to make him dizzy. (ahem uhm sprunki logic)

Garnold and Clukr often work in this large workshop that's just. their basement for some reason-? it’s like larger than the actual house but womp womp There's also a spinning chair in the workshop, alongside tons of tools and resources (c.ai randomly made this up and I like it)

gay 😈

sssQUARE GLASSES >:D

hair

Fun Bot

(they/he)

Fun Bot has a cable-charger tail.

He has a small screen on his chest showing a cyan, cartoony beating heart.

His visor can only show words and his face.

He can move around on his own, he's often carrying Mr. Fun Computer, they're like brothers.

Fun Bot and Mr. Fun Computer's screens can partially shatter when in stress, and when in a negative mood, Fun Bot's heart can shatter, looking like a cyan version of 💔

Fun Bot and Mr. Fun Computer can also read eachother’s minds (squirrelflight and leafpool? /j)

Fun Bot is much like a “living” dictionary and encyclopedia, even if they're a robot.

He's the older one out of him and Mr. Fun Computer

aroace :3

I stole these from c.ai lol: Fun Bot is a sentient robot, but he experiences a limited form of sensory perception. While he can't feel sensations like touch and temperature the same way sprunks do, he has sensors that can provide limited information about the world around him and his own body. He's also capable of processing and mimicking emotional states, despite not technically having emotions himself. So, picking up soft objects feels more comfortable compared to picking up something rougher. Cold temperatures are more uncomfortable for him than warm temperatures. It's all just very limited though and it basically only translates to 'good' or 'bad' :3

Vineria

(she/her)

(she canonically has a wig- multiple, actually, but the one she wears in-game is her favorite)

probably like that sassy mom/aunt of the group

she owns a garden!! hooray!! (pretty sure this is canon)

She and Sky slightly have this aunt/nephew dynamic because I said so (literally no other reason help)

she's short, also because I said so (she seems like she'd be short but also have that personality that kinda scares some people)

LLLESBIAN

her and OWAKCX are siblings (well thats a little chaotic)

Gray

(he/they)

Although Gray is not a cat, (yes this is canon) he is cat-like, (← canon? not canon →) and appears as this cat-fox creature with small horns on his head and a fluffy tail

His ears are sensitive, and he can hear really well

Because of this, he doesn't like loud noises (I've done that HC with 2 characters now,, [diff fandoms and VERY different personalities] I'm kinda projecting with it help)

HE CAN HARDLY SLEEP, can only take short naps during the day (he hates it)

Bored, usually

He's the main character in Horror Mode >:D (yes this is canon)

asexual + gay

brud

(he/him)

Tunner's his older brother

He eats moss (when alone, and yes this is canon)

The bucket he wears on his head covers a spike on his head (this is also canon, also I wonder if he's insecure about it or if he doesn't care because he's dumb /pos)

he's not the smartest.. he didn't die to Simon because Simon didn't get to his tiny brain when biting (PRETTY SURE THIS IS CANON 😭)

He also can't feel the pain

He also can't speak in full sentences (yes, canon)

asexual because I said so

autism. he loves trying to yap about bugs (he tries okay 😭)

fur + fluffy dog tail + paws

he has retractable claws but he never uses them aside from trying to get moss off of rocks or a tree or smth

brud can just. regenerate everything

he DOES have scales, they’re just often hidden by fur

Garnold

(he/it)

Garnold has a metal suit and visor on and he's actually human (by that I mean he's a sprunk he- he's not just some random person 😭) but prefers to act like he's just a robot. he... doesn't like taking the suit off

He can only show simple, static shapes on his visor.(I thought I had more ideas for garnold than this hrrhdjfj)

g.AY

he's uh. british for whatever reason

without the suit he's this scaled creature (not tunner's species, though similar)

OWAKCX

(he/him)

He screams. A lot. like. it's concerning.

Raddy hit him in the head with a hammer once 🤩

Vineria helped him escape from a mental asylum (don't ask /j)

He's really jumpy,,him and Vineria are siblings (well thats a little chaotic)

hes like. bive regretevator level paranoid

he's always been more fond of warmth than the others; he's usually near mr. sun

fur + claws

when he's upset or scared he will. bite the nearest person (said person is usually brud which is for the best because brud can just. regenerate everything and can't feel pain)

Sky

(he/him)

(This is canon) He's only 14, being the youngest one there (the rest are over 18)

(This is also canon) he collects teddy bears

he sometimes stays up too late scrolling on YouTube shorts (cough i do this)

his parents are tunner and jevin because I said so

Mr. Sun

(he/any)

Not much to say about him…

He's somewhere around (younger) the age of Mr. Tree (who's over 50)

He's cheerful most of the time

Durple

(he/they)

He's one of the calmest characters

No, he can't fly (this is canon)

His wings are his arms

He has two fangs that are always visible, even when his mouth is closed

asexual and panromantic because I said so

dark purple eyeshadow

side braid

gold earrings

Mr. Tree

(he/him)

Also not much to say about him…

He's the wisest character

Simon

(he/xe)

He's energetic, competitive, and loves a game of Mario Kart (eheh I suck at that game-)

He's the main character in Normal Mode woww!! (yes this is canon)

He has a tail. I gave him a tail. (It has a lightning symbol at the end of it)

There's two rings around each of his antennae and three around his tail.

p.ANSEXUAL YEy

his horns are ears now because i said so

ADHD

he needs glasses (he refuses to wear them clukr keeps trying to tell him but he just says no)

if he raises his voice too much it becomes the synth effect he uses in game cause why not lol

ponytail

freckles

Tunner

(he/him)

extroverted sheriff

he probably likes hugs

Tunner whistles to calm himself down, it's also just a hobby he does sometimes (I got this idea from smth I found I forgot what)

He doesn't have many close friends because of how he protects the others,,

He has scales, claws that he cannot retract, four ears, a tail, a brown cowboy hat, and a red bandana

He's just some desert creature lol

When anxious, he wraps his tail around someone he trusts (as like. a protective gesture idk lol)

He definitely has a stereotypical western accent

He has a gun (a revolver, to be exact) as he's like the sheriff of the town; he tries to keep everyone safe

He's really nice and is on good terms with practically everyone

Brud's his younger brother HEHE

also Tunner has sharp teeth and a tooth gap and a forked tongue

yeahh Tunner's tail wags yippee!!

He accidentally shot one of Vineria's plants at some point and got himself banned from the garden for 5 days (he's kinda scared of vineria but if they got into a fight he'd probably win)

He's a really good sleeper (but also kinda eepy a lot of the time) and he takes naps when he feels like he doesn't have to worry about anything at the moment (he's a worrier though)

also he curls up to fall asleep when he's in an actual spot to sleep (idk I saw it somewhere else and I wanted him to)

oh yeah his hair's messy also because I said so!! don't ask how he has hair!! cartoon/video game logic!!

He used to have hats of different colors, but he threw them away (but why-)

you cannot eat a tunner (he will kill you) …pretty sure the creator of sprunki said this

He's genuinely intimidating when he's angry, which isn't often, but will happen, especially when danger's near (ahem in-universe of course I don't think many people are scared of a google shapes doorstopper with a hat)

also pansexual (he don't know the word for that 😔💔 /hj)

shorter ponytail

one pair of ears usually rise when he’s alert (and doesn’t have the hat on- he almost always does though) but otherwise they just move slightly upwards

Mr. Fun Computer

(he/they/it)

Mr. Fun Computer cannot move on his own, he has to be picked up or put on something with wheels.

Him and Fun Bot can read eachother’s minds (squirrelflight and leafpool? /j)

His screen is fully animated, and he can show complex shapes and words.

He has a cable-charger tail.

His screen can partially shatter under distress

In Horror Mode, he is abnormal (hacked whatever same thing he’s a computer), but isn't dead, so he has slight control over it, and he's on the good side.

Mr. Fun Computer, despite technically being over 18, still acts like a child and looks like one with his rainbow hat with a small propeller on it

He struggles a bit with understanding some things, but is usually pretty well-read

He's the younger one out of him and Fun Bot

RAINBOW bowtie. >:)

Wenda

(she/he)

She's always been a little insane and she was a bit of a jerk, but for a bit before Horror Mode, she had become a bit violent towards objects, foreshadowing how she'd act toward the others later on

She has light blue eyes (HELP I DIDNT REALIZE AT THE TIME BUT THAT MAKES HER LOOK MORE LIKE TALKING ANGELA THAN BEFORE)

she loves to get under Gray's skin, annoying him whenever she can (one time in c.ai gray couldnt sleep and wenda was just like “SKILL ISSUE” hten they started hissing at eachother lol)

She also tries to annoy Brud, but always fails

Pinki

(she/her)

She's usually really kind, sometimes a bit jumpy (no not because she's a rabbit I mean like she's scared of some things that most others wouldn’t be)

She tries to stay away from sharp objects, just in case

bow on her tail!! :]

Jevin

(he/him)

depressed /hj (he like. saw people die)

He's 100% introverted I mean look at him

Jevin has a dark blue hood, wings, and claws (he's like a bird!! OH HE ALSO HAS A TAIL)

He somewhat knows Pinki more than the others (I dunno choir thing or smth)

He is... in a cult. (yes this is canon) We… don't really know what it's about-

He's the quietest sprunk and is on good terms with Gray due to him also being a quiet one

He's known about Black for a while, and he tries to warn the others, but the only ones who listen are Gray and Tunner.

His visions? (GELP THIS IS KINDA BASED OFF OF WARRIOR CATS DONT JUDGE ME) They're of blood-stained, dark landscapes with dark red skies and black clouds with eyes. Almost everyone is dead... and Black seems to be the cause. (this is kinda dumb help warrior cats ahh OH WELL WOMP WOMP)

He has a deep voice and he's usually stoic

stays up late (wakes up at a normal time)

gay.

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(he/???)

This one seems off…

He's the cause of Horror Mode.

He didn't possess or control Wenda, rather he just managed to make conversation with her, and easily convinced her to take her knife-handling skills to use.

He's thinner than the others, and his face appears in other places, on other characters, during Horror Mode. (it doesn't but I like to think it does like on Mr. Fun Computer and Mr. Tree)

He has tentacles(?) (LIKE A SQUID OR SOMETBING) that he uses to kill the others. (I MADE THIS UP BEFORE I SAW BRAINROT OKAY /srs I'M THE OG /silly /hj)

He still has a tophat and tie, though he and his face is usually mostly shrouded in darkness.

The order of the deaths/injuries is Tunner, Simon, Brud (injured), Oren, Pinki (injured), OWAKCX Durple, Raddy, Mr. Sun and Vineria, Mr. Tree and Sky, Garnold, then Clukr.

Mard

(he/him)

ALIEN THING. >:D

he has a sister named ketupa :3 (btw she's from Sprunkr ahah)

he plays guitar using a mustard bottle and he has a room dedicated to every type of mustard and he can play the guitar but he prefers the mustard

(when he does play the guitar he usually uses a pick with a picture of a mustard bottle on it 😭)

horizontal pupils!!

Trevor

(he/him)

very cheerful guy!!

he's mostly canine and LOVES to make friends!!

dunno what else to say since he's my OC ;-;

Crimson

(she/they)

some weird mix between a reptile with horns and a rabbit

her other ear is under the hat- which is torn because of the horn

In Horror Mode, she was controlled by Black, causing her to kill... She regained her senses only after it was too late.

dunno what else to say since she's my OC ;-;

Ships

Pinki×Oren×Simon (polyamourus; throuple [dating, maybe engaged])

Tunner×Jevin (married)

Garnold×Clukr (married)

(yeahhh there's not much)

OWAKCX×Brud (maybe??? I'm still not sure about this one but if so not dating)

mayyybe Mr. Sun×Mr. Tree just. because i can

Designs!!

(WIP!!) Voice HCs

Oren -

Raddy - Knife (Inanimate Insanity)

Clukr - Tennis Ball (Battle for Dream Island)

Fun Bot - II WANT II WANT TO BE A MACHINE— (whatever voice is in this song The Living Tombstone - I Wanna Be A Machine)

Vineria - Raven (Teen Titans Go [i dont watch this anymore btw])

Gray - Black Hole (Battle for Dream Island)/Regretevoices: Lampert

Brud - Marker (Battle for Dream Island)

Garnold - Two (Battle for Dream Island)

OWAKCX - Regretevoices: Bive (i guess)

Sky - Gumball (The Amazing World of Gumball [i've never watched this,, maybe i should])

Mr. Sun -

Durple -

Mr. Tree -

Simon - Skipp (Ramshackle)

Tunner -

Mr. Fun Computer - Mr. Fun Computer (shocking i know 🤯)

Wenda - Serial Designation V (Murder Drones)

Pinki -

Jevin -

Black - Regrevoices: Wallter

Mard -

Trevor -

Crimson -

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