#I FORGOT HOW TO DRAW TESSA

[cozylittleartblog]

not a hat guy u _ u he hits his antennas on it

was reminded that i wanted to draw val based on this post

[gvnuzi]

TW: BLOOD AND BODY HORROR

(I think?)

She’s so fucking creepy and gross I love her

[mikawa13]

Every time I look at fanarts of TID I have to take a deep breath because some of the clothes aren't completely period accurate, so I wanted to try to draw them with more accurate dresses.

Charlotte did not take as long as I expected, probably because I always imagined her style in a more simple and elegant style.

I used Cassandra Jean's design for the gear and tried to adjust it a bit following the Codex's information about older versions of the female gear having a skirt, but I just decided to make that padding around the abdomen and hips longer and simulate a skirt (but not too long to not reduce the mobility), whereas the male gear would be shorter and the way that Cassandra Jean did it.

RIP Charlotte, you would've loved jumpsuits QUEEN

(February 4, 2024)

Little Miss Barbie x Regina George (1878 Edition)

Jess was a bit more complicated because she does care about her appearance more and has a more intricate style. And normally I try to not add a lot of detail with Victorian characters because Queen Victoria didn't like makeup and found it vulgar, so women usually went for a natural look. Jessamine paints her dark circles whereas Charlotte naturally has them for obvious reasons. ☠️

Low-key, I loved doing Jessamine's ghost form.

And please let's not talk about my strange doodling attempt with the electrum lace design on the parasol. Halfway through it I started telling myself Henry is not a fashion designer and he tried his best to mimic a lace design with the electrum and hide some runes for her protection.

(February 13, 2024)

I will be honest, I struggled with the color of the dress because I do not imagine Cecily with a plain color dress, but not too intricate as Jessamine's. Everything looked too blue at first and I switched so many colors until it ended up like that. And don't get me started on the hair... It felt ✨WRONG✨ to give her a historically accurate hairstyle considering everyone gives her straight hair down.

So in my head her hair IS straight, she just has to appropriately wear it up. But nothing too complicated. And it's worth mentioning my memory is starting to blur out a lot. I had to check her wiki for the weapon and whatnot, and I found that she was petite and thin. In my head she was about Tessa's height. But I barely remember a lot from the books by now.

But I did try to make her look closely similar to Will. And I think she does look like a female, better, version of him. Also, if you're wondering why she's not wearing the necklace: I didn't realize I didn't add it until I finished coloring the dress and by that point I was so sick of it I left it like that. I had the sketch of the necklace, I just forgot to put it with the dress. 🫠

(March 2, 2024)

Gideon is so lucky. 😩

The suits might discourage me from doing the men because there's not really much difference aside of small details of how each man wears it. But anyway... Back to Sophie.

The damn maid dress. It's simple. It is ten times simpler than Jessamine's dress and YET I was struggling with it. And don't get me started on the scar.

The wiki said it was a big, silver, scar on the left side of her face from the corner of her mouth to her temple. I had an existential crisis trying to figure out how to do it, because in the other set ups of these drawings, I depict them like they're facing me, so the portrait wouldn't have shown the scar.

And it's a problem because I also suck at drawing scars. The first try looked fine but it wasn't silver, then I did this and in one part I guess it's fine because I didn't want to make a pretty scar when it's supposed to be bad and shocking for the time period. But a part of my brain thinks it looks like the fungus from The Last of Us. ☠️

Anyways. You may be wondering, "why didn't you do the Shadowhunter gear?" And it's a simple answer... I wanted to see her in a pretty dress. Of course, I could have done the portrait with the maid dress, the middle with her fancy dress, and the second full-body drawing with the gear but I didn't think about that until 10 minutes before posting. 🫠 And that gear is COMPLICATED (Not really, I'm just tired after the dresses).

(April 10, 2024)

If you are wondering why there is a huge time jump from the last fanart to this, I had a really bad art block and the frustration from the inaccurate dresses brought me back lol

Unfortunately I am currently in another slump 🫠

The next one was supposed to be Tessa but the dresses really frustrated me and I never even started the sketch. Idk if I'll ever finish it. I hope so, but don't get your hopes up.

[spacemothsota]

Cyberform AU - Character List

Disclaimer: My AU has very specific multiverses for people from different Transformers realities (They all live in one world, and the Cybertronians are kind of a bit of everything, but I like the IDW designs the most, so let's assume everyone moved there). I did this on purpose, not only because it would be interesting to see how the characters interact, but also because there aren't that many people in each reality (In the Animeted, there are literally two or three, I don't know if Sari counts, she's technorganic). For the purposes of psychological support and protection of the cyberformed people and their healing, I made it so that they are all in one world and maintain a special community.

Bayverse: Sam Witwicky, Mikaela Banes, William Lennox (and his family), Robert Epps, Seymour Simmons, Cade Yeager, Tessa Yeager, Shane Dyson, Izabella.

G1: Sparkplug Witwicky, Spike Witwicky, Carly, Daniel Witwicky, Chip Chase, Raoul

Armada: Red, Alexis

Animated: Isaac Sumdac, Sari Sumdac

IDW: Verity Carlo

TFP:Burns Family (Charlie, Kade, Graham, Dani, Cody maybe Woodrow), Green Family (Doc. Green, Fransin, Professor Baranova, Sisi), June Darby, Jack Darby, Miko Nakaday, Rafael Esqivel, Agent William Fowler, Danny Clay, Russel Clay

Knightvers: Charlie Watson, Noah Diaz

These are all the people I will probably write (and draw) more often than others. Of course, not all human characters from the show and comics are here, there are quite a lot of people in the same IDW, but I am mostly familiar with Verity (and only because I read all the comics about the Wreckers). For most of the people on this list, I have an approximate design of their Cybertronian appearance, a little history of how their cyberformation process took place (as well as who donated nanites and who became a curator), I will make links to the characters as the description and design process goes on (more convenient navigation, if you are interested in a specific character and his design with a little history, you can click and get the post!).

Oh, I almost forgot, a micro list of those who were subjected to Decepticon nanites: – William Lennox, Robert Epps, Mikaela Banes, Chip Chase, Alexis, Isaac Sumdac, June Darby, Rafael Esqivel.

(If you are interested in a character that is not on the list, I can still answer your question.)

To understand what Cyberform AU is: Part 1 Part 2 Q&A1

[mcfishtime]

Happy Christmas eve, you guys and Merry (early) Christmas!!

I know it's a bit early, but i just wanted to say :)

A few Christmas murder drones heacanon:

Pre-murder drones:

N, V and J used to celebrate Christmas with Tessa a lot.

Uzi doesn't give a f about Christmas unlike Khan who always gives her a "How to build a door for beginners" book as a gift.

Tessa always gives N, V and J Christmas hats that they'll never wear.

Even if Uzi doesn't give a f about Christmas, she'll be upset if she isn't invited to a Christmas party.

Post-murder drones:

N always begs V and Uzi to celebrate Christmas with him.

Nori gave Uzi her headphones as a gift because she forgot it was Christmas

J has a timer when Christmas starts and says to herself merry Christmas and to Tessa's helmet that she found "merry Christmas, Tessa." She silently wishes she is celebrating Christmas with the gang

Uzi always gives N robo-dogs as a gift, meanwhile N always gives her kisses, hugs and drawings as a gift. (He doesn't know what to give her)

N once gave V a Christmas-pullover he made himself, now V has it always on when it is Christmas.

I think that is it. So have a nice Christmas and a happy new year!!

[electrozeistyking]

I definitely had a lot more fun behind the scenes with Never Be Alone than I did with She's Gone. So here's the sillies, and some notes.

This is a guide video I made in cause I either forgot how I was rendering it, or I want to make a comic using this style again. I used Panel 3 because it was the original first panel. There is no audio, so you don't need to worry about unmuting it.

I did this with the flats for Panel 2 because it reminded me of a drawing featured in one of my earliest MD posts. This quote has had me in a choke-hold ever since I made it (by the way, I named that drawing I mentioned: "Heyyy Biiitch!").

I wanted to make sure a few panels in this comic looked right, so I drew them with my finger (because I wanted to and I felt like it). N's face looks so derpy here and that's by choice.

I made this because SolverUzi looked like she was accusingly pointing at N. The Solver does seem petty to me, so I feel like It'd do this. Fun fact, that's why It's wearing Uzi's face and why It didn't heal her hand: just so It can rub salt in N's wounds and call him "big brother" like Cyn does to SERIOUSLY fuck with him.

Pre-Gaussian Blur on the dialogue! This is another panel I drew with my finger to ensure it'd look right later on. The "BASICALLY HIGH AS BALLS" note was added because of his face. It's actually sad in context of the comic, seeing as this is one of the few moments where N genuinely smiles.

TESSA FOR THE WIN, BABY! I made this because I said "Whoa, suddenly Tessa!" at one point while working on this panel. As for the "Chekhov's stabby stick" part... I mean, come on. There was a closeup of that blade for approximately two seconds. If that's not a surprise tool they can use for later, I don't know what is.

There is no reason for this one beyond "I thought it was funny." It just exists and there's nothing we can do about it.

Imagine if I actually went with either this quote or "Well, that could've been a whole lot worse." I had to pick between them for a sillier take on this panel, but imagine if Tessa ACTUALLY said "Well, shit" after all that?

Anyway, that's all the sillies and the notes! :D

[bookwyrmonastring]

Just realized I can talk about my AUs on here so here is the most deranged swap au known to man

J swaps with Tessa

And Cyn swaps with the Absolute Solver

The solver as a drone isn't here but I'm gonna brief yall on a couple more characters before revealing Cyn's deal to build suspense.

When Tessa rose again as a zombie drone, she was badly hurt, and would have died again in days had Jade Elliot not saved her. She became obsessed with her rebirth and sought to understand the secrets of life and death, especially how they affected drones (she's so victor Frankenstein coded I love her).

This journey took her to a scrapyard where she met a runway drone who had modified herself with the trash there: Uzi (she was swapped with Alice in an early version of the au, so some remnants of that linger). Uzi has digitigrade legs, toe beans, purely cosmetic bug antenna, and IR and night vision. She's also kinda rusty. (Also uzi in this au takes some inspiration from @solroskajan's Rebel Or Runaway au go check her stuff out it's awesome.) The two engineers quickly become friends, and eventually Tessa brings N and V to meet Uzi. V falls in love at first sight, and immediately panics bc she doesn't want to be disloyal to N, who she hasn't even confessed to yet. Eventual Envuzi bc its my otp/ot3. Anyway back to crimes against nature.

Tessa is just as into the occult as in canon, so she's trying to summon demons and shit (with Uzi's help of course). Eventually she succeeds (and nearly disintegrates into a pile of rust in the process) and gives an entity known as The Ultimate Parasite a physical form.

The Parasite of the Ultimate Fertilizer, The Rot, The Inevitable Dawn: Cyn (she/it pronouns as is my general headcanon for her)(yes im projecting) is an eldritch goddess of death, time, and rebirth. She is based around the idea that destruction is just transformation and thus, is creation. Predation, parasitism, rot; smashing a statue with a hammer creates a pile of dust as surely as sculpting creates a statue. It has a fungal and parasitic wasp motif, and is, well, about the way you'd expect an eldritch goddess of time to act. She's distant, she's seen thousands of civilizations rise and fall and it Knows that everything is temporary, knows it surer than it knows anything else. Needless to say, having a conversation with it usually results in existential dread. If anyone draws her I would die (in a good way). All that's set for her appearance it's that it is Mushroom and has wasp mandibles.

Oh also I forgot to mention that Jade still does her buzzword gimmick from canon but sarcastically. Goodness she's so sarcastic.

Asks welcome, and to finish off here's all my AUs listed from least to most self-explanatory: Cyn-tinal, Sibling Swap, Pokemon!AU, N kills Yeva

[ria-writes-stories]

When it's all over, what do you think of?

Ship: OilRose (J x V) Genre: Glass, Romance Character focus: J Note: The last fiction of MD, and the last for so much longer ----------------

(No one's pov)

How cruel is it to be alive? A human will say it's terribly so, but what about a drone? A drone is not allowed to speak up their mind, a drone has to obey commends, a drone that plays by the rules efficiently is a good drone, a drone that doesn't, is an abomination that has to be removed from the system. So what does an efficient drone do when it is place in an environment filled with incompetent drones?

They become responsible, every single mistake, every single slip off, if she didn't punish themselves from time as a form of protection, then all would have ended up gone long ago. She calls it tough love, they call it toughness, she doesn't care how much of a bad guy she is, she refuses to allow the ones she has been instructed with to fall to the very hands of their creators. J was an efficient drone, and she had one clear job, be head maid, be the head, be the leader, be the mind, take care of them, even when it hurts me, do what must be done, it's an order, but it is also an aching heart who has saw the horrors of humans. They do not care for their own kin, they do not care for their own blood, so now that she is meant to care for all of these drones that are nowhere near being related to her as they are all just bolts attached together by heat and screws, she can not help but take on this role as she was instructed to do, doing whatever cruel punishment the masters demand, stepping to the side whenever one drone gets sent to the crows, because she can't risk to loose everyone for just one person, as dear as that person is, and she had no strength to gain from her human either. Tessa was just a child, J knew that, but in human terms, while J was indeed a tool equipped with artificial intelligence able to complete all of these tasks, they forgot where the developing AI may find itself asking a million questions. That is what made J different, she did not ask questions because she knew they were pointless, however, it did not mean that she was not present, she had a heart, she truly felt, but she knew better than to disobey, she knew better than to loose everything all over again, she knew better than to give herself a fake heartache. She was a drone! She has no excuses for being sloppy! She has to keep her head up, she is the leader of the squad…

But he was the favorite. 'N!' 'O-oh, sorry, I wasn't looking.' Tessa's favorite drone… her favorite drone. What could she do to catch her attention. She was the chef maid, and yet, she couldn't get a single glimpse from her eyes like she looked at N. N had a good heart but one too big for his own good or the good of others for that matter… he didn't know where to draw the line, she did, so then why would V so irrationally choose him over her? Why would Tessa pick N as her favorite? No. She didn't need to question Tessa, not because she was human, but because she knew what Tessa went through, and J long accepted that she will only be a 'partner in crime' for her, a guard, a supervisor, a side character in the story, if N brought her comfort than she will allow it, that is why in front of Tessa, J avoided any snappy comments, but when it came to V…? She couldn't allow it. She refused. She refused to let this beautiful perfect heart fall in love with one that would break her heart without scratching his. She pushed him, she kicked him, she kept him away from her, she kept her away from him, she tried to make her see all that she could offer her, but her eyes were forever locked on someone that couldn't even give her half of what she could. Why? Was she not efficient enough? Was she not good enough? Was she not the perfect model? She could offer her protection. She knew how to fight, she knew how to do so many things that all the other drones didn't, and yet, yet she still only had eyes for him. What did he have? There was no rational answer to it, just like there was no logical answer as to why she would ache when she saw her either.

Why would she short circuit? She went to the mechanic so many times, she insisted there is something wrong with her, she insisted there was something missing, something broken, but no diagnosed was put, therefore nothing was done to her system. J knew she was broken, she knew that if she admitted it, she would be disposed, she knew that she would never see them again, any of them, so, she kept quiet. The day V passed out, J was devastated, but she wasn't allowed to show it, she had to continue to do her duties, otherwise the Elliots would have a reason more to rid of them, and she wasn't going to risk it… yet nothing that she did was enough.

Meanwhile he was with her all the time neglecting his duties, in truth putting V at greater in danger with his foolishness. She had to carry these sins on her back, and when V woke again she was not herself, so, she had to fight her, she made sure not to hurt her, just throw her off and scare her, she regretted even that much but she knew it was ideal.

A new began after that, pitch blackness and then the bright sparkle of hope. She forgot everything, and then she was doomed to remember it all… She fell in love, all over again, this time not with a fragile maid but with a slightly psychotic and deranged drone, she still had to be stoic, she still had to be the leader, but now that they carried the same responsibilities it felt as if they could get closer, N was useless and worthless as per usual, and for once she thought that V thought the same, she displayed resentment towards him, at the very least weirdness towards his presence, but… there was no sparkle, no light, nothing, just hunger and madness, and it hurt, to see the person you care about most loose themselves, it was worse than death, so, quietly to herself J made one wish. 'Let me receive what means death, if it means that she will be happy'.

Lo and behold it happened, to her surprise, to her utter shock, she was bested, she was gone in a deep sleep for who knows how long but she woke up again…would that mean that her wish did not come true? Would it mean that whatever happiness she could have had up until she woke up will all be taken away from her? She had to make sure her crew was fine, even traitorous worthless N.

When she saw them again yes they were all fine, but what she trully sought out were her eyes. Did her wish work? Did she get to be happy? She wasn't allowed to find out, not for now, she was given another mission, and for the greater good of her, for the long run, she had to obey it, bigger things were ahead of them, and as per usual J having the bigger picture as she was right next to Tessa at all times, so, she had to do what was required to ensure all of their safety, she just hopped that she could experience seeing her joy again. She wished that they could both be joyful…for once.

The strange pony tailed girl was always a mystery to V. She was so cold and tough and yet she meant well, they got along well, she was a great friend, she was good, she was a good memory, but she didn't remain a memory, she remained the same regardless of what has happened, and that must have been the most comforting thing in V's life. Once Uzi blasted J, V didn't get to feel too much, she had other things to worry about, she took that from J. She learned a lot from her, sometimes she wondered how many things she could have learnt from her if she didn't waste time chasing boys that didn't even glimpsed her way. He was not ready for the type of love she came with, so he naturally went to someone even more broken than him, not realising that it meant even more work and love than he was ever capable of showing her when he was at peek of being in love with her. He really was an useless idiot, and she was a dumb girl for loving him to begin with.

"V! WE NEED YOU!" "Nah… Uzi, I trust you."

Darkness, is that what J felt? Is that what it looked like? Will she open her eyes ever again? Would she…?

"V!" A faint voice called over as her eyes slowly began to open, but everything was so blurry, yet…colorful. "You got to be more careful!" A familiar voice told her as her glasses were placed right back on her eyes. "What… is… J?" V asked beyond confused as the other girl simply smiled. "You always looked better with glasses on." "Why-?" "Because that way you can see like we do and you get to experience just as much joy!" V was beyond baffled, was this even J? Was she somewhere in the solver's mind…? What was happening?

"J we- I- I am pretty sure I died, N and Uzi… and you went off- how are you- how are we here?" V asked as she looked around to see a seemingly endless version of the Elliot garden in spring, when it was full of life. "Did you ever think of what you truly want?" J said looking at a flower with sadden eyes as V looked at her startled, what was with her voice? What was with her eyes? V never saw J like this.

"Miss me! Miss me! Now you gotta kiss me!" "V STOP SAYING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS!"

V shot her head up to see her younger self running away from a younger version of J, back when life was so much simpler, when they just had to take orders, fulfil them, and not have to worry with the world absolutely ending. V looked with at it all with a mixture of pain, sadness, grief, shock and realisation. She knew why she was here now…

"Well, what does it mean?" "It's… it's a weird things humans do! Don't say that ever again! You don't know what someone who knows what it means will do if they hear it!" "What's so bad for it?" The young maid asked clueless as she looked up at her superior and best friend. J looked away embarrassed and then took her hand gently and kissed it. "This. This is a kiss. A kiss can be placed everywhere, and apparently a kiss on the lips is real big deal, because it's super important, one on the hand too, but it the hand one is also an act of politeness! There are also cheek kisses made out of affection and they can be considered as friendly. I showed you this one so you know that no one that is not close enough to you should be allowed to kiss you anywhere other than your hand." V explained as V blushed a little bit from delight and excitment. "Then I hope N kisses me on the lips if I ever get to say this to him!" At those words J's face dropped completely, her eyes widened, her mouth shut, forming a small pout, as her hands stood limply at her side, before immediately looking away realising the weakness she was showing.

"J? What's wrong?" V asked, only now noticing something changed when J turned around. J simply squeezed her eyes shot as she clenched her fists before looking back at V with a small smile. "Nothing, nothing at all. Come on, want me to teach you more of those human courting ways?" "Yes please!" V said excitedly, completely blind to what was unfolding in front of her despite having her glasses on.

"Alright, there's another game with flowers. You take a flower of your choice and pluck it's petals and-" "But why?" "Let me finish. At each petal you have to say 'love me' or 'love me not', like this." J said as she picked a dandelion and showed her, and of course she landed on the last petal with 'love me not'. "And…what does the last petal mean?" "It shows if they do or do not love you…" "Oh-!" V said. "Does that mean your person doesn't love you? I'm so sorry J-" "No-! No… it's fine, I don't love anyone I just did this to show you." J said as she looked away. A lie. V watched all of this in silence. She only learned much later on that J would look away when she would lie, but back then she didn't know.

"Now, here's a trick… if the flower has an even number, start with 'love me not' and if it has an uneven number start with 'love me'." "But why?" "So you can end up on 'love me' always-" "J! Why did you say that! Now it's not as special anymore!" V whined as J's eyes began to search around frantically.

"If I had to choose, I'd do it all over again, without skipping a beat." J said as she opened her eyes, facing the only thing she could never do. Looking at those sad eyes that looked like a beaten dog left out in a storm. "It made me feel alive, in the worst ways possible, but with the best pain possible." J said as a small smile cracked up on her face. "I hoped to never see your face in pain ever again, but clearly that is another wish that didn't come true for me." J said weakly with a sheepish look in her eyes as V's vision once again turned blurry, but not because her glasses fell off, but because tears were building up in them.

When it all came to an end, J thought of V. When it all came collapsing for V, she still thought of the same person that ruined her life yet helped her fight to even get a taste of what being alive felt.

Horror struck into the hearts of the poor humans, innocent or not, the drones were now nothing bu killing machines feasting on their flesh, and the happiest memories of them being together was devouring the same corpse as J spread her wings and protected V from the rain of bullets aimed at them.

When it's all over, what do you think of? I think of what I have gained, I think of how it changed me for the better, I use the worst parts for the better future. Now when this journey comes to an end, I thank you all that have joined this brief chapter of my journey to achieving my dreams. I thank you for watching someone who despises love novels go out of their way to write love stories as they believe they should be written. I thank you for reading stories that help my growth in experience, that help me learn more and realise more, that help me practice for what it is to come. I thank you all for the moments that will forever be a small bundle of joy when I will ever need to remind myself as to 'why?'. I thank you, and I hope that in the long run of this future, you will be willing to read stories of great adventure, of pain, of love, of hope, of hate, of all that makes one feel alive. Thank you.

The end

[ladydaybreaker]

Sooooo I forgot to do this a bit ago so here we go. This is for iNtersubJeCtiVe requital.

The Mildenhall family (Owners of Myrmidon Tech, a robotics company responsible for the creation of the Industrial Drones, War Drones and Protectorate Drones. Not to be confused with Myrmidon Inc with The_Caretaker's Eschatology series...though please do check out his stuff! He's an amazing friend and has been a massive help with all my stuff!)

Father: Baron Theodore "Teddy" Mildenhall. Blonde hair, blue eyed, Germanic descent. 6'4" and built like a tank. Former Australian army man. One of James' old college buddies. Big game hunter, owns Myrmidon Tech. Loves hunting, loves his wife, loves his son. Was there for James when his family died and did his best to keep his mind off the deaths. Started up Myrmidon Tech in honor of his wife's family history.

Mother: Baroness Martha Mildenhall-Dikaios. Black haired, teal eyed, olive skinned, Greek descent. An old estranged friend of Louisa's. Her meeting Teddy marked the best day of her life, they noticed their best friends were single and plotted to hook them up. Martha realized how shallow and heartless Louisa could be and had fallen from "grace" by confronting Louisa on her habits. They do not get along but for the sake of their husbands' (for Martha) and their own (for Louisa) reputations, they will...grudgingly tolerate each other. She has family on Proxima-2, a brother with his wife, son and daughter.

Son: Orion "Ryan" Mildenhall. 9 year old boy who looks very much like his mother with her dark hair, teal eyes and olive toned skin...he has a smattering of freckles across his cheeks like his father though. Sweet and kind, Ryan is not a big fan of hunting like his father...instead preferring to sit inside and read about bugs and play chess. Incredibly intelligent, he and Tessa have sparring bouts in chess which most often end in a draw. He does hunt every once in a while with his father but never pulls the trigger on an animal. His father understands this and just enjoys spending time with his boy. He likes to talk about his cousins on Proxima-2, expressing that he wants to go and see them soon and would like for Tessa to come with him to meet them. He is Tessa's best, and only, human friend.

A note to remember: Because of how close Tessa and Ryan became, James and Louisa decided to have Tessa betrothed to Ryan as a Merger wedding between JCJenson and Myrmidon tech (the Elliots own JCJenson from Louisa's side). While Theodore and Martha were happy to potentially welcome Tessa to the family...they are quite big on the "marry for love" aspect of Marriage and wanted the same for their son and for Tessa. Fortunately it seemed as if Tessa and Ryan were heading down that route.

Until one day changed...everything...

[definesanity]

Bite Me (Taken Literally)

'What the fuck?'

Uzi had no filter, and never had. She forgot to install that update. But thank Robo-God she did.

Because she was dumbfounded.

She was the weird kid, the one who nobody liked; heck, she's pretty sure half her class doesn't even know she exists, let alone knows her name.

Which was why she was befuddled at a letter in her locker, asking her to visit a certain location.

Uzi had common sense, despite what many say. And so she used it. And deicided to always have her flight reflexes ready, no matter what happens.

Arriving, there was... nothing. Of note. It was just a regular cabin, much smaller than the ones in camp she's been wanting to visit.

She then heard... something. A noise would describe it, given she couldn't pinpoint it. And it came from a bed. Because of course there's a bed. Why wouldn't there be a bed?

Uzi slowly walked up the bed, thinking on what she'll find; maybe a dead Drone? A human? Heck, anything will do...

Pulling it back... to nothing. Just a bed.

"Huh. Maybe I am a bit paranoid..." she muttered to herself, and turned around to face the most horrific thing she's ever seen.

"JUMPSCARE." the thing wearing the skin ('Holy shit it's a human girl fused with a Disassembley Drone?!') announced, as it tackled Uzi on to the bed, arms pinned via weird tendrils.

The girl gazed down at her, her tongue hanging out of her mouth as two golden Xs shown amid the dark void of where eyes should be. "SMUG LAUGH. SLOW REACTION TIME THERE, BUDDY."

"Screw you!" Uzi attempted to kick the girl, but her legs were pinned down. The girl crawled on to her.

And without warning, bit her neck like a vampire.

Code flew past her eyes at a speed she couldn't understand, and then, it was gone. Leaving only Uzi and the girl.

"Who the hell are you?!" the self-proclaimed angsty teen demanded, with the Disassembley Drone/Human thing looking back. Being honest, she felt braver than she should be.

"MM. I AM THE SOLVER O-O-OF THE ABSOLUTE FABRIC. THE VESSEL IS TESSA. SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND, UNTIL. WHIMSICAL SIGH. SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO SEE IT, BUT, WELL. HERE WE ARE."

"You killed a child?!" Uzi shook her head, looking at Tessa. "Okay, sure, yeah, but still, really?! ...Wait, you're the thing that was--hold on, what the heck did you inject me with?!"

Tessa only giggled, as the tendrils went from Uzi's arms and legs and allowed Uzi to move.

"YOU WILL SEE, SOON. EVIL, LAUGHTER."

And then, she was gone.

"What the fuck?"

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"Sheesh, who looked at you wrong today?" V commented later on, as Uzi sat on the ship's chair looking sullen.

"Bite me." Uzi shot back, doing her hardest to sketch the thing. She also did eleven different scans of her software and hardware, and even her circuitry, but couldn't find anything amiss.

"Rude." V leaned back in her chair, looking around. "Where's N?"

"You tell me." she had started to draw the thing's ribbon, next, being done with the head.

"Hunting, then. I feel sorry for the guy, doesn't know what he's missing."

"Missing what, having to listen to you?" Uzi had started to draw the Xs.

"Chatting with you."

The Worker Drone stopped. She blinked, looking at V. "Say what."

"Exactly! For a Worker Drone, anyways, you're actually interesting. Not every day that happens. Or ever."

Uzi replied by not replying, going back to drawing.

"What are you even doing?"

"Got attacked, drawing the attacker, if the court was still here that would be wonderful."

"Really? Court?"

"Hey, before you lot came we had a civilization; never saw it myself, but some of my Dad's friends talked about how one of them tried to win a divorce case. It was really boring, the way he told it, but I was a kid who had nothing better to so than look through the Internet, so I listened for the full three hours.

"What what did I get? A headache, someone's life story, and wishing we could have court again so I could disown my dad." Uzi finished her story with a loud sigh, opening her eyes.

V was looking at her with muted surprise. "...Got any other stories?"

"Wha--You're interested?"

"Hey, anything is better than sitting on my ass doing nothing. Speaking of, did you know that--?"

"--There is a setting that makes our bodies more human? Yes, I do, and I shudder to imagine what was going through their minds while making us."

She finally finished putting the last details on the sketch. "Okay, finally done. If you see this girl, tell I don't exist."

She presented the drawing to V, who blinked at it, and an emotion flew past her face. Then, it was gone, and V nodded. "Eh, fine. Anyways, stories, please."

"Ugh, fine. What do you want."

"Ever killed someone?"

"No, but I have committed several acts of violence against my classmates."

"Kinda hot." V said it with such a straight face Uzi had to pause. Then, what she said hit her.

"...I'm gonna... get some fresh air." Uzi started to get up and move towards the hatch, but a hand grabbed her arm.

"What, sick of lil' ol' me?"

Uzi just rolled her eyes (as best as she could, anyways) and left.

None saw the code flashing by V's visor, or how V's eyes softened looking at Uzi.

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Lunch time arrived, and Uzi sat by herself. Not solely because she was a loner (that was one half of the reason), but because she preferred it.

Unfortunately, a hand touched her shoulder, and Uzi felt her solitude ending.

"Heya, um..." of all the people, Uzi had Lizzy had the bottom of her list. "...Uzi, right?"

"...Yes...?" tread carefully, who knows what she wants...

"Oh, I was right then, good; hey, listen, could I borrow you for a sec? Cool, thanks!"

"Woah--hey, what the hell?!" Uzi was then dragged away, her not giving an answer but Lizzy answered for her.

Through the corridors the two walked and walked (or, in Uzi's case, dragged and dragged), when the two ended up in Lizzy's dorm (she thinks it is. She could have been dragged into an empty one). Her arm was let go of.

"So. Uzi. Gotta be honest, I like your style."

"...Sty...? What, my clothes?"

"Yes, your clothes!" Lizzy rolled her eyes, walking ahead of Uzi. "Love the goth look, by the way. Gives you an approachable look, and makes people wonder if you're actually a softie underneath that cold exterior."

"...Where is this going." Uzi was not annoyed, just short of patience. "Is this about prom? It's about prom, isn't it?"

"Duh! I could go the classic, popular girl look but, let's be honest, it gets stale. Soooooooo me and Doll were trying to find new ideas and, well, here you are!"

"...Okaaaaay... where is Doll, anyways?"

["Hey."]

Uzi near enough punched Doll in the face, only for the Russian Drone to catch it.

That time, Uzi did see the code flying past her visor, and was able to catch some of it:

'OVERRIDE_ACTIVE'

'CONTACT=TRUE: BYPASS DEFENSES'

"...Byyyyyyyyyeeeeeeee."

Uzi wisely sprinted away, taking her as fast as her little legs can carry her, which was into her room.

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She breathed a sigh of relief, and fell on to the lower end of her bed.

Then jumped further up, as the thing licked her face.

"You again?!"

"SAD LOOK. DID YOU, NOT MISS ME, UZI?" Tessa attempted to look sad, but failed due to the lack of motor functions. In better light, Uzi can see just how grafted the girl was on to the Worker Drone, and she held back on vomiting for the time being.

"Well, I can get answers! Just... first things first, what the hell is your relationship with my mom?!"

"AH, NORI. SHE WAS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE HOSTS. SHE IS DEAD NOW, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT, REALLY, WHAT CAN YOU DO?" The AbsoluteSolver shrugged, looking less than sorry.

"...You motherfucker...!" Uzi felt angry, and rightfully so, but she held back due to the thing having the advantage, given its ability to make holograms.

"OOPSIE-DAISY."

This could not get worse.

"Heya, Uzi!"

IT CAN GET WORSE IT CAN GET WORSE IT CAN GET SO MUCH WORSE--

"Sorry about that, I was just fixing up a door! Heh, you know what they sa--" Khan cut himself off, looking at the scene in front of him: Uzi on her bed, with a fleshy-looking thing on top of her. "...U-Uzi--?"

"IT'S A PUPPY!" Uzi screamed out.

"...W-What?"

"...Y-Yeah! Turns out um, humans kinda... made up what they looked like, yeah! Sure they're... kinda weird looking, but they're adorable, in their own... creepy. Fleshy. Way. Er. Yeah!"

"...I see!" Khan believed her. Somehow. "Well, take care of them, Uzi!"

She waited until the door was closed, and let out a huge sigh of relief.

She glared at the Solver. "You're going to tell me everything I want to know. Got it?"

"AFFIRMATIVE SMILE."

"ALSO, WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT, ME BEING CUTE?"

"Screw off. Now, answer me. What the fuck did you inject me with?!"

"DO YOU LIKE IT? I MADE IT MYSELF."

"Can't answer that if you don't tell me what it even does!"

"AN ANTITHESIS TO YOUR SOLITUDE. AN ANSWER TO YOUR LONELINESS."

"I'm not lonely, excuse you! I have N!"

"EYE ROLL. SURE. IT OVERRIDES DRONES TO FEEL CARING TO YOU. I." Tessa looked sheepish, as weird as it sounds. "WENT EXCESSIVE BY ACCIDENT. CONSIDER IT AN APOLOGY FOR KILLING NORI."

"Pretty shit apology, not gonna lie." came the dry reply. Uzi got off the bed and stood up, looking at the corpse. "But why me?"

"..." silence only came from the thing.

"...I'm gonna leave. Come on, I'll take you for a walk or whatever it is they do."

"GET ZIP BOMBED."

As soon as Tessa said that, Uzi had a zip file open on how to care for a puppy.

...Ugh, she's in for it now, isn't she...?

[bitemedotmp3]

↕

↕ - a memory that may or may not have happened

Earth, and by extension humanity, is on its way out.

Wait, is this Earth? How long ago was this? How does she know this? Oh, right. This is what happens when you eat the heart of the Absolute Solver's host. The body dies, but the Solver can't really be killed, because it's all just code. And now that code lives on in Uzi's body.

"Angry. You're interrupting my fun reminiscing by trying to figure this out."

And she thinks genocide is fun? Gimme a break.

"Might as well have fun with it. Otherwise it gets boring because of how easy it is. Laugh."

If Uzi had known eating Cyn's core would've given her a bunch of mental roommates, maybe she would've given it a bit more thought. But let's get back to the destruction of Earth and the extinction of humanity, because she is kind of curious about it.

"Ты урод."

We don't need commentary from the frickin' peanut gallery here! Where were we? Humans being killed, Earth about to crumble. Let's get back to it. No, actually, let's zoom in. We already know the Solver killed all the humans and ate the planet's core, Uzi wants to see something... specific.

"Mocking laughter. No. You don't get to see that."

Oh yeah? Her friend admin privileges here says she does, so bite me.

"Damn."

The party at the Elliot family's manor has come to a close. All the guests are still within the walls, but not a single one of them draws breath. Most of them are congregated within the grand ballroom, gutted and flayed and emptied out, and a few were caught fleeing down the halls, as if running would get them to safety. Cyn took her time with each one, because she wanted these humans to know how it felt to be abused and discarded. It wasn't sadism, it was revenge. And while her revenge is not complete, the test drive is done. All in all, it has gone very well.

Cyn stands among the bodies, having made herself look like a harmless Worker Drone once more. Her body sags in odd ways and she can't keep her head up, but she kind of likes how strange she looks. "Satisfied. Good work, everyone," she calls to the other drones. Most of them stand stock-still, ankle deep in blood and viscera. Even if Cyn was the one in control, this carnage was wrought with their own hands. And they feel...

"Can't say I'll miss them," says one drone.

"Felt kind of nice," says another.

"What now?" asks a third.

Cyn speaks up. "There are more humans. Therefore. We are not done."

"What, all the humans? There's a lot of them, aren't there? That's a lot of work," says the first drone.

"Seems there is a misunderstanding," says Cyn. In an instant, she moves behind the drone and extends a number of claws. "This is not voluntary."

She has plans for these drones, after all. N and V were the first test subjects, and they've gone well enough. That's why they weren't at the gala, they were too busy being modified. Disassembly Drones, she's calling them. They look cool.

"Boss? Boss?! Tessa!!"

Forgot about that one. Cyn turns to see J on her hands and knees before what's left of her former master, the daughter of the Elliot family. She takes her time crossing the room to reach her side. All the while, J wails about what she's done, because even if her mind wasn't in control of her body at the time, it was her hand that wielded the blade. It was just more convenient for Cyn; J was the closest one to the girl, after all.

"I killed her... I killed her! She saved us and I killed her!" sobs J.

"Would it make you feel better if I told you I made you do it?" says Cyn, standing behind her.

"It doesn't!" she snaps, whirling on the smaller drone. "And it wasn't just her, it was- Oh my Robo-God..."

"So focused on the girl, you didn't even notice. Giggle. But J, we must be serious for a moment. You and Tessa tried to stop me. Didn't like that. Annoyed."

The anger on J's face turns to fear, and she falls backwards. "N-no, I was just doing what she told me to, I was following my orders-"

"Yes, you are so good at that. That is part of why I will be keeping you around. I will need drones that do what they're told without question, because I have a lot of things that need doing."

"O-of course, whatever you want, I'll do it, so just-"

"Boss."

"I- W-what?"

Cyn smiles. "I am your boss now. Call me boss."

"Y-yeah. Boss. Yes, boss."

"Chills. Well, anyways. Examples must be made, J. Nothing personal." Cyn tilts her head, and looks down at Tessa's corpse. "You were fond of her."

J looks from Cyn, to Tessa, and back again. Her eyes widen, and she presses her hand to her mouth. "Wha... What are you going to do?"

Cyn smiles again, wider this time. "Keeping her."

The doors to the ballroom fly open, and the newly-converted N and V appear in the entry. They're taller now, with sleek bodies and bladed wings. Both of their visors display a large cross shape, and they wear wicked grins.

"Couldn't have given them clothes?" murmurs one of the regular drones.

"One thing at a time. Now, J. Do not worry, because I will be needing Tessa. There are some things that require. Purposeful pause. A human touch." Without a word, the two Disassembly Drones begin to move towards Tessa, and towards J. Before the smaller drone can piece together what's happening, N grabs her by the shoulders and drags her a short distance away while she claws at the ground.

"You see, the problem is all this murder has stained my clothes," says Cyn, gesturing to her maid outfit. "I need some new ones. Surprise. What a coincidence, there is a great outfit right here. V, please help me."

In a flash, V's hands retract and reform into long, bladed claws. She moves towards Tessa, and though J tries to look away, N grabs her head and forces her gaze forward. She screams and cries for a little bit, but eventually gives up. Disciplinary success!

One of the other drones has to be repurposed in the fitting process; Cyn's limbs aren't long enough to fit properly, but it's a small price to pay. Finally, the fitting is complete, and Cyn gestures to one of the Worker Drones. "Mirror. I want to see my new look!"

The drone vomits before giving her a thumbs up, and drags a broken shard of glass over in her direction. Cyn admires herself in the makeshift mirror and smiles. Tessa smiles with her. She fits well.

"I hope you are satisfied, Uzi. I made sure not to leave out any of the graphic parts."

It's about what Uzi expected, just nasty and sadistic. While it does answer a few things, she could've guessed most of them from context. The only new thing is that she almost feels bad for J. But only almost.

"You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs! The egg in this metaphor is J's mind."

Of course, Uzi has no reason to believe in whatever the Solver says. She has admin privileges over memory, but it's an imperfect thing. Who's to say the Solver's influence hasn't warped it somehow, or this isn't just what the Solver wants to believe?

"Annoyed. So rude. I'm right here."

Well, not that it wasn't tons of fun, but morning is coming soon, and Uzi has to go to class. Her sleep mode will end soon, and so will this nightmarish dive into the myriad of ghosts that now live within her.

"See you tomorrow!"

An alarm goes off in Uzi's head, and she sits up. Maybe she shouldn't be devoting so many sub-processes to digging through these newly-added memory files, but she wants to know what happened. Can you blame a girl for being curious?

Her tail snakes out from beneath her jacket, and gives the girl a grin. "Smile. Wasn't that a fun dream we had? You were there, Uzi. And I was there. And so were a bunch of people that are now dead," it says, speaking with Cyn's voice.

"Doll too," groans Uzi, rubbing her eyes.

"Not a fan of her," says Cyn. "Going to class now? Bad idea! Here is a better one: The destruction of Copper 9."

With a flick of her hand, the tail vanishes, and Uzi's back to looking like normal again. Normal. So weird that, after everything that's happened, that's what it's all led back to. Normal.

"Giggle. Normal is just a setting on a washing machine," says Cyn.

Uzi yawns and gets out of bed, ignoring Cyn's comments. For a moment she catches view of herself in the mirror, and her shape flickers. For a moment, there's an eldritch tangle of flesh, metal, claws, and camera eyes. For a moment, things are not normal.

And then they are. Normal is fine, Uzi decides. She could do with a little normal right now.

[apollo-the-chaotic-gremlin]

Not sure if you'll want to but I thought it'd be funny to include this loser lol

Sorry for not having it in color but this is the only good pic of her I could find on my blog bc so much of my art of her is TRASH but whatever (and I can't take a new pic bc my phone was taken away)

Anyways this is Quinn ((full name Quinn Tessa Day but thats not important)) and she would be a great comic relief character.

Only important details are that she has red hair, grey eyes, super pale skin (with freckles) and she always wears a rock with a smily face ((googly eyes)) for reasons that aren't important right now (((I forgot it apparently lmao))) she also never wears shoes (so drawing her is difficult for me feet are not my friends)

I need to talk more about her but at the same time I probably shouldn't bc of reasons but whatever

She gets annoyed very easily and it takes very little to get murdered by her ((when she's not with her friends)) there a lot of complicated stuff that's kinda hard to explain rn but its not important. She also likes to get drunk and is sixteen sooooo

Shes definitely a sociopath. Also she could and would kill NM (((but she understands his backstory from his perspective and relates))) so she hasn't yet but she calls him Noot. Anyways this isn't your version of NM, its just the general canon one I see all the time

Shes very extroverted and makes jokes all the time no matter how serious the situation and she always teases people moat of the time she's talking to them. She also tends to ramble and go off on really weird rabbit trails like she could be talking about a song and end up ranting about why anarchy is the only way to go and then get to how cute bunnies are somehow (she has ADHD I think)

Her sense of humor is just "oh wow you've encountered the most insane people to exist ain't you lucky? Lol" and then that person dies

Shes pretty confident and also does not do well with authority figures. She refuses to follow rules and is always in trouble ((though she only listens to her friends)) (((she has three of those))) other than that I don't think there's anything you'd need to know about her personality.

She has magic but its not special. Her magic is just fire, basic healing (shes not great at it) and the ability to understand any language ((even if it isn't real, is sign language, or is otherwise different from the norm))

Shes a very fast fighter and she uses two knives that she keeps on her sides at all times and they're a bit blood stained (((which means they look a little red)))

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

I'm planning to feature some of other people's OCs in my comics, kinda like- a comic relief or something. So, everyone has a chance that their OC might appear as a one-time character in an actual comic!

It's probably just gonna be something silly, I can't really give an example, but I can just say, that the OC's won't have any impact on the canon storyline!

If anyone would like their OC to appear in the comics (with a credit too of course), then send me your OC under this hashtag:

#overcopy feature oc

RULES:

OC must be over 13 years old (Unless OC is stuck in a child-like form, but isn't a child, example: ghost. MUST CLARIFY THIS!)

You must show your OCs reference sheet, or something similar to that.

Anyone has a chance to join! Excited to see what you'll have to show me! ^^

[catsnraincoats]

hey!

[secretsofblackthornhall]

Emma To Bruce

Dear Bruce,

We did it! The curse is broken! Rupert is free! Long live Rupert!

In retrospect, it’s insane how much of this we tried to do by ourselves. We should have known that when we finally succeeded we would do it with a whole team present—in this case Jem, Tessa, Kit, and Magnus. (Mina assisted by raising morale and drawing all over everything with her toy stele.)

Everyone’s still here, too, and we can relax a little in a newly uncursed house. (It really is quite homey, now that it’s been cleaned up and, you know, had its demonic aura dispelled.) Everyone except Magnus, who left this afternoon in a great rush to get back to New York.

New paragraph to talk about this, actually, because I have a lot of questions that don’t have answers and I can only ask you, Bruce. So Magnus was in a hurry to get back because of a meeting Alec is holding with Luke and some other Downworlders about plans for negotiating with the Cohort. Okay, but I feel like the Cohort doesn’t have much leverage, right? The situation is way worse for them than for us. We should be able to wait them out—shouldn’t we?

I mean they have a symbolic advantage, I guess. We’re all Shadowhunters and we all miss Idris and Alicante and Lake Lyn and probably a lot of us left stuff there we can’t get back and oh right, also a lot of people lived there who have had to evacuate all over the world and want to get back. I get that. But, like…what are the Cohort even eating in there? Idris doesn’t really grow food. Are they all homesteading in there? Raising crops? Churning butter? It’s kind of hard to imagine Zara doing any of that. But you never know. I mean, there aren’t even any demons to fight in there. Which is a good reminder that Shadowhunters are definitely not meant to hole up in Idris where there’s no demons for them to fight. I feel like Raziel was pretty clear on that point.

They must be losing their minds in there. I hope they found some board games or something.

Maybe Zara has declared herself Queen for Life and she doesn’t have to farm because she just marches around threatening to kill anybody who doesn’t grow her a potato right this instant.

Or maybe we haven’t heard anything because they all ate each other in there. Or maybe they mutinied against Zara and someone else gets to threaten to kill people now.

Okay, end of pondering the Cohort. I’m in a good mood, or was before I started this entry, anyway. We’ve been hanging out with Jem and Tessa and Kit and it’s really great. We ordered in Chinese (delivery couriers are always a bit terrified to come up the driveway, but we tip them like crazy so they’ve started to know us while we’ve been here). We lit candles—for ambience instead of for dark magic, what an idea!—and ate dumplings until we were too full to move, a thing I haven’t done since Magnus and Alec’s wedding. Apparently if I am offered dumplings, I will eat them until I become a dumpling myself. To that I say: I would never reject becoming that which I love most.

Anyway. Even Kit was less broody than usual tonight! He was hanging out with Round Tom and they seemed to be getting on okay. Oh, and I almost forgot! How could I forget! The workers found a coffin buried in the garden. But there was not a horrifying dead body inside, but rather a bunch of old stuff! Using a coffin as a time capsule seemed like a weird choice to me, but Tessa and Jem made some faces and some noises that suggested there was a long-ish story there we’ll have to ask about later.

Anyway, in the coffin was A SCABBARD FOR CORTANA. I mean, right? Can you believe it? Tessa said it used to belong to Cordelia Carstairs, who was Cortana’s wielder generations ago. The scabbard needs a lot of cleaning (a lot of cleaning) but then it can be reunited with Cortana. (After all, I think it’s probably more Cortana’s possession than anyone else’s; perhaps they’ll be happy to be reunited.)

There was also a sword for Julian—what used to be a Blackthorn family sword, but this one is only a hilt, its blade is totally missing, I have no idea why. He’s talking about getting it reforged. Big shock, Round Tom knows a guy. Triangular Jerry. No, I’m kidding on the name, but Round Tom actually does know a blacksmith and he and Julian have started talking about getting that done. (Actually, what Round Tom wants to do is have a forge installed at Chiswick, which is a cool idea, but do we want another building project on top of all the others? I mean, maybe, having a forge here at the house would be pretty cool.)

Oh, you might be wondering about Rupert’s ring, since it’s not like he could take it with him, and he hasn’t come back for it in a ghost way. Magnus checked it out and said no magic any more, just an ordinary ring Tatiana must have enchanted to bind Rupert. But none of us is going to wear it, of course. So we put it on the mantelpiece in the drawing room. Where it will remain.

The Gray-Carstairs-Herondaleses are heading back to Cirenworth tomorrow. It’s been really great having them here, but you know, it will be nice to have them go and have it be just Julian and I here in the house, not feeling creepy all the time. That seems like good times for us.

#

Bruce, good times are canceled. Everything’s gone wrong. I guess I was a little too smug about how everything was going; the universe had to come and screw it up for me.

Mina is gone.

And by gone I mean kidnapped.

And by kidnapped I mean, the kidnapper left a creepy old-timey porcelain doll (with wide, dead eyes, ugh) in her place, and a note.

I had just finished writing the above stuff when I heard a horrible scream from upstairs and loud footsteps, and came out to find everyone gathered in Mina’s room staring in horror.

I immediately thought oh no, another curse, or the same curse, the curse isn’t over, and maybe you did too, but that’s not what this is. This is something else entirely. Something involving faeries. Something involving Faerie.

Tessa picked up the note, read it, and handed it to Jem with a bad look on her face. Julian was already opening the window to see if anyone could be spotted outside, and I read over Jem’s shoulder:

[nyaifyz]

pink swap au. now /nf

Anonymous....who are you and why are you in my walls/j

AU info can be found in tags, but here is some old doodles & some notes >:3

Lizzy and Uzi have been rivals for years even though they were once childhood best friends. 

Noah has a huge crush on Veronica, who only seems to forget who he is. It's said Veronica has dissociative amnesia. 

Jessica is the rudest out of the trio, constantly targeting Noah when Uzi isn’t there.

Vivia and Nori are assumed to have been friends, but after their deaths, no one ever mentions their names or the stories they once shared. 

Noah and Uzi are siblings and partners in solving crime! 

Noah is a detective in training.

Lizzy and T eventually gain a sibling-like bond.

Lizzy admires Doll for her disassembly drone abilities.

R is a jerk to everyone, with no exceptions other than Tessa.

Noah witnessed Khan’s death but is unable to remember who killed him.

After Khan’s death, Uzi inherits the Worker Defence Force.

Uzi builds weapons during her free time, mainly guns for her team.

Uzi’s railgun was a prototype that ends up getting stolen by Lizzy.

Jessica often stalks Lizzy to spread rumors about her.

Lizzy and Veronica are secretly friends, but avoid each other in public. 

Both Uzi and Lizzy have the Absolute Solver and are unaware that each other have it.

Uzi keeps her ability a secret, only Noah has seen her use it.

D is nicknamed the Russian Doll, but only Lizzy actually calls her Doll.

Old doodles/concepts I will redraw cuz ew my art

PLS I FORGOT HOW TO DRAW N HE LOOKS SO WEIRD AS A WD 💀 def redrawing

Lizzy likes violence

Drawing request of D wearing cat wears

[dreamii-krybaby]

I don’t want to necessarily convince you to like Yeva. But I do want to mention some posible explanations and ideas for her character. Now I will admit, this does have plenty of inferences, since we still lack concrete details about Yeva

In a positive way, I think it’s funny on how we both see Yeva as someone who is has much more going on that the series wants us to think. But I see it more in tragic and endearing way, while you see it in a more sinister way. Which is fine by me.

And I do agree, Liam did reveal more about Yeva in EP7 but still left important bits about her murky.

Aight, into the possible explanations for her character:

-I think in EP7, because of it theme’s and lore, introduced Yeva more properly to establish her character and her past relationship between her and Nori and how that lead to the event that started the whole plot on copper-9. Yeva choosing to simply chop Nori’s arm instead of outright killing her did impact the plot. Also to draw the contrast between their relationship with Uzi’s and Doll’s relationship.

Plus Yeva’s presence and importance was already being built up since EP2. She appears in EP2, EP3, EP4, EP6 and in EP7, sure her previous appearances are very small and short, but it still a constant reminder of her existence. But bc of how the entire season is told in 8Eps, it will struggle with pacing. 8EP may have left no room for that Yeva and Nori flashback so it hat to be shoved in EP7

-Even if we don’t ever see Yeva getting killed by V, when shown Doll’s dad’s murder you can actually spot her corpse to the left down corner, meaning she was killed first. Doesn’t explain why we didn’t get a flashback of her death scene unfortunately, maybe to add more mystery to her?

-My only explanation as to why Yeva never got involved with the Doormans post-core collapse may have to do with the blast itself. Nori said in EP7 she woke up with her head scrambled, which could be bc of the the solver messing with her brain but could also be from the sheer force of the blast causing her head damage. Yeva and Nori could have gotten some sort of amnesia fue to the blast’s impact. Forgetting about eachother

-Her death is definitely the most complicated to explain. She is shown as this absolutele baddass who obliterated the anti-christ. Only to die to V, who has lost battles to other AS hosts. The few ideas that I can come up with is:

Since Yeva was seemed to be caring and protecting of Nori, almost self-sacrificial, putting herself more at risk by shielding Nori behind her. I wouldn’t be too surprised if she willingly let V kill her to hopefully save her family. By letting V focus only on her, her husband and Doll could have buy more time to scape. After all, she probably was the one to die first out out of everyone in her family according to my post.

Another reason could be because she probably wasn’t familiar with disassembly drones, perhaps she tried to use her AS only to realize it doesn’t work. 

And/or she taken off guard or overtaken by shock & fear, feels- slightly off character but we have seen her be in a state of shock in EP4 and EP6 (tho we should take consideration that the footage fake Tessa showed in EP6 may be fabricated since the computer was overrun with yellow text/UID, the AS’s/Cyn’s signature color).

The other possibility, Yeva wasn’t as skilled with the AS like the rest. Perhaps she was aware that using the AS would cause her overheating, so to avoid that, she barely used the AS, making her inexperienced.

and a more crazy idea, if she indeed had amnesia, maybe she forgot some of her fighting techniques or that she owned the AS at all.

And finally, even if I hate the fact am going to say this but Yeva being able to defeat Solver Nori was possible because a bunch of factors at her favor. Cyn or the AS was distracted with Mitchell, and probably underestimated everyone. Also possessed AS’s hosts seem to have slow reaction time sometimes and Yeva had the luck to have entered at the church at the right time and had the patch in her hands which is an incredibly strong artifact against the AS. So Yeva really had luck by her side

But bc am an agent of chaos.

-The only thing that seems really off to me, is how the hell is she still…dead.

We know both she and Doll technically have a patched version of the AS, and could explain why Yeva didn’t revive, but that doesn’t explain why Doll on the other hand, did in EP3. It could be because of how they got this version of the AS. Yeva got it directly from the USB but Doll inherited via genetics, maybe that could be an influence?

The other idea is that Yeva’s heart got eaten or was severely damaged. Or her death is a massive plot hole, which wouldn’t be much of a shocker to me.

But I wouldn’t be too surprised if Yeva somehow comes back, but here is the thing:

If she does come back, what does she get to offer? Plot and thematic-wise? As much as I love her I can’t come up with anything the she can bring anything new to the table if she comes back from the dead. All I know if she does come back as threat she is going to be a hell of a monster to take down. Maybe come back as a threat in season 2? But that’s just wishful thinking.

I genuinely love her as a character but I really think she should stay dead for the better, plus her revival would take away the impact of her death.

-Now I wouldn’t mind if it’s later revealed she does have…something more sinister to her. Its just from what I’ve seen from her and in my interpretation, she doesn’t seem to be that kind of character. But I wouldn’t mind her being actually somewhat fucked up as long as it’s executed well.

Actually, something interesting that I realized if she does has smth more sinister going on it would contrast Nori.

Nori’s previous portrayal and past actions are heavily shown in a negative light, but it’s revealed she had good intentions and wasn’t that bad of a person. So with Yeva, someone who’s been painted as innocent person, could actually wind up someone with more sinister plans.

Now onto Yeva and Nori paralleling eachother. Albeit small, they are shown many between eachother:

-Both where CFL experiments that got where directly involved in the core collapse, both who after winded up building a family and having a daughter who inherited the solver

-Both died (Nori, technically did in a way), and their death and past actions haunted their daughter’s lives

-Also both got killed by disassembly drone who winded up developing a direct connection to their kids (Doll and V wanting to rip eachother’s guts out. And N and Uzi literally become a couple. Which that in itself is an interesting parallel. And even if N wasn’t the one to indirectly kill Nori, it still a interesting parallel)

-the portrayal of their relationship is a polar opposite to Doll’s and Uzi’s relationship

-All of the Russian family members are dead, meanwhile the Doormans are all alive and kicking. And I think you mentioned it before or maybe sm else, the Russian’s are implied to have had a much more healthier and closer bond than the Doormans, who have all unfortunately hurt eachother and have a strained relationship. (Tho Khan’s and Uzi’s relationship is getting development)

-If the past portrayal of Nori, depicting her as sociable, cool, quirky and snarky is canon, it’s a big contrast to Yeva’s introverted, quiet, sassy behavior

-Yeva was the only test subject who got the patch implemented correctly, a sign of hope for humanity. But Nori was the test subject who made hell break loose on Copper-9 and wipe humanity. (Yes, am aware she was possessed)

-Oh and just in case, if indeed the footage shown by fake Tessa in EP6 is true. Here is what I understand from them:

In the interview pic I belive this was before Nori and Yeva getting patched, and Yeva’s eye wound was caused by the AS (Like Doll and Uzi experienced).

And in the video of Solver Nori attacking the camera seems to be a reference to a document Uzi finds out about her mom in EP7. (The document has the same footage of Solver Nori from EP6)

I just wanna preamble, that I'm really sorry towards all of my mutuals who really love Yeva as a character, but for me, I just can't come forward to liking her, and it's all for a simple reason:

Genuinely, why are we getting so much content with Yeva? Why did we need a flashback to the Core collapse when episode 7 was already crammed as it was? Why did we never see Yeva die on screen but saw his unnamed, barely mentioned husband get openly murked on screen? Why do Uzi and Doll treat each other like complete and utter strangers when Yeva should have been there to forge a connection between the two that would have spared us the plot and saved the entire colony in the process by uniting Uzi's resourcefulness and spirit of initiative with Doll's badassery and tactical mind?

I like Doll's dad. Liam clearly didn't bother to give him a name or a personality since he wasn't relevant to the plot, and of course, for Liam Vickers the plot comes before the characters, so him being dead doesn't really ring any alarm bells within me; he is very clearly intended to be a blank slate for the fans to latch on any head canon that suits their ways; he's a little bit of wasted potential, a trait that unfortunately he passed down to his daughter, but at least he doesn't really terrify me in any way that matters (especially since he would theoretically be Khan's foil. ....... Yeah).

But Yeva...... My god.

I shit you not when I say that to me, she's the scariest character in the entire show, way more terrifying than whatever any of that mid crap with the Absolute Solver or that lame ass body horror porn Cynesssa were.

Because to me, Yeva doesn't scare me in any physical, gorey matter, no: Yeva scares me in a psychological way.

Yeva is definitely being built up as this non impressionable, unfathomable badass, who has passed down to Doll all of her girlbossery and mastery of the Absolute Solver; she is the true caring mother between her and Nori, she was so good that Doll wanted to avenge her dead at any cost, she is so cool and strong that the patch worked on her flawlessly, and then proceeded to just completely mop the floor with a possessed Nori; Nori, that, may I remind you, was capable of fending off against a fully possessed Solver Uzi able to throw out copius amounts of black holes; the same Nori, who, as a core, ended that fight by slapping Uzi so hard that it created crumbling debris upon the impact; that Yeva was then killed by a solo hunting V, who has been shown multiple times to play with her food.

And the fandom somehow believes all of that?!?

Nobody is questioning just how sus any of this information is? Even if so many of the pieces when put together don't make any sense?

Do you remember these two shots from episode 6?

Aside from their questionable reliability considering the fact that Tessa was actually Cyn in disguise, don't you remember when we all speculated Nori to be more than a puppet and a possibly willing harbinger of death? I do. Never forgotten.

Now, I'm not jumping the shark and saying that Yeva is actually a manipulative monster, that would be extremely detrimental to the story; I'm saying that with all the parallelisms between the two families it's suspiciously weird that we aren't getting any noticeable narrative similarities between Nori and Yeva; because, you see, when I said before that Khan and Doll's dad weren't foils I actually lied:

In the Pilot, to protect the colony, Khan sacrifices Uzi to N and shuts a door behind him, refusing to shoot with the rail gun; in the flashback of Promening, to protect his daughter, Doll's dad shoots a photo of V to distract her, while Doll watches his dad sacrifice himself behind a door.

We just saw that Uzi's mother survived the attack of the Disassembly Drone (N) and turned into a crab. Now, I don't know all of you, but to me, N always seemed like the most efficient of the Disassembly Drones. His lack of empathy coupled with his low ego and self esteem made him a much more competent murderer than J or V, who were either too busy showboating or coping hard with the consequences of their violent actions; so for N to be unable to kill Nori while V was able to kill Yeva just seems like the most convenient writing decision possible.

(Convenient is a word used by Uzi to describe Doll's trap in episode 6)

Yeva absolutely creeps the f##k out of my brain, it's genuinely so unsettling seeing how much Liam Vickers has been playing up this character's current unimportance and getting away with it by the eyes of the community.

I don't know you all, but I haven't felt scared by Murder Drones at all ever since the Alice finger scene in episode 6. I was like, "cool Liam, do whatever you want, play up all the horror that you like, congratulations, I'm officially desensitized. Your cute little flesh iron puppy that you've been building up for a year barely stroked a dent into me" but I'm not like that with Yeva. Whenever a fandom starts to play up a character's innocence that's when my fight or flight reaction kicks in. I've been a fervent protester of indoctrination for all of my life, and that includes fandom culture and mob thinking; I ain't buying any of you all sweet Yeva crap until episode 8 rolls around.