#I LOVE CROSS

[swiftmitsu]

…..

HELP WHAT.

i love this image so much omfg.

[m1lkt00th]

[ID: Digital drawing of multiple characters in christmas outfits. Napyrus is holding Red. Toast is glaring at Hazel. Cross is talking to someone off screen. Cherish is talking with Pepper. Plum is there. /End ID.]

I FORGOT TO POST THIS

Uhhh Pepper and Toast belongs to @beepr84 @blazetale

[heckthis-heckallofthis]

How I think things will change once Squad Leader (King Killer) retires/gets transferred/promoted to a higher position and Cross has to take his place as leader.

He BAWLS his eyes out. What do you MEAN his beloved squad leader won't be with them anymore??? He cries so hard you'd think our King Killer died but in reality he just isn't leading anymore

Once he finishes bawling (he's still sniffling and everything, he's just not crying as hard) he gives him so many gifts and apologizes for so many things.

2145 can probably visit him anytime he wants, maybe he congratulates him? He's okay with it.

Helper T is SO thankful he doesn't have to deal with that gorilla anymore (under a different helper T cell now). He hates that idiot.

HT would probably hand the title to just anyone, as long as he doesn't have to see that gorilla anymore. I think a lot of the seniors in the Squad would definitely vote for Cross to be leader (He loves training, is moderately prepared for scenarios, and also knows a lot of leading things because of how adamant he is to help King Killer)

HT finally gives them a budget. For no reason in particular. King Killer hears about it and he's so annoyed. "So the second I'm out of his hair he decides to give my squad a good budget?!"

Cross is definitely forced to be more mature now. Once he sees how much naive T cells in the squad rely on him he can't mess around anymore.

3033 once tried to start up an argument with him he just stopped in the middle of his sentence (it was calling him an idiot repetitively) and just ended it right there and then. 3033 hates it.

I think just to make him suffer more the other senior T cells are moved out of his squad to others like the Pharynx district (their Squad Leader just got transferred to the stomach and they don't have anyone experienced enough to help) so all the KT cells under him are freshly baked and got no idea how to deal with paperwork/the various conveniences around the station

At first he isn't very used to being called Squad Leader. Forgets for like 3 minutes until he's like "why isn't the squad leader responding? That guy has been calling for him for a while now… wait. IM THE SQUAD LEADER."

He worries so much about them, every time he's not at the station he checks his phone religiously and regularly messages them to see if they're alright. "Everything okay at the station? Nothing's bad happening right?"

This was enhanced 10 fold when the area the squad was tasked with protecting got a viral infection on his off-day but they didn't want to bother their squad leader so they tried dealing with it themselves. Cross head in hands and finally understands why King Killer was so strict with everything especially communication and preparation.

His situation is more or less the same to squad leader except the difference is that Cross has "emotional support" (3033) (he still makes fun of him but they're kinda friends now)

Helper T makes him clean his office and he also finally realizes why Squad leader hated his guts (Helper T doesn't really have an opinion on him, just another subordinate to him)

At first the T cells who have seen what Cross was like before being squad leader never took him that seriously, but the newer T cells are a little intimidated (because of the reputation King killer left behind)

Maybe at some point they brush him off so much he needs to call in help to get them to start taking training seriously because T cells need to be prepared everyday.

He does learn to speak in a scary and commanding tone but the things he says aren't commanding nor scary at all ("UP NAIVE T CELLS, LETS GET TRAINING!!" or "KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, HYDRATE YOURSELVES!!")

Once he finally gets that scary demeanour down it's hard for him to talk to his Naive T cells normally, thinks he's gonna be the scary squad leader like his before

Asks 3033 if he's hard to talk to (while low-key crying)

"Hard to talk to? You're flooding the room with your tears in front of me." (He is a bad person to ask because 3033 has seen him cry, MADE him cry, and seen how stupid he is)

All of King Killer's friends do take him seriously tho. IM1235 is good friends with him and thinks he's super awesome. 2145 doesn't talk to him much but he doesn't mind him at all, he's just glad he's way less awkward than his old squad leader. Eosinophil is still terrified of him, Dendritic cell doesn't trust him enough for his plushies but is willing to help him with anything else. M cell sometimes still treats him younger than he actually is, he's trying his best to remember he's technically his peer, but it's hard when he's seen what he was like as his junior.

[zuzuelectricbugaloo]

Cross is stoic yes but mans also has crippling anxiety xD He may look calm/grumpy on the outside but on the inside everything is on fire and he’s curled up in the fetal position crying

Cross, like many other fandom characters, has problems with incorrect characterization. Here’s my input.

@jakei95 @xtaleunderverse

[knifebutterflies]

am i shipping Val with Cross? yes. why? idk, i think they'd be cute.

[nnobodoodles]

Huh.

So I randomly remembered Croc is pretty much Italian.

[lunarwednesday]

Kindly Miquella... I see you've thrown away... Something you should not have... Under any circumstances.

[hinamie]

long way home

[ewe-why]

Do not separate.

Also there is this extra:

[vmpyrgal]

Animal crossing cds and dvds ~ 🤍

[deep-space-lines]

IT'S FINALLY FUCKING DONE. I'M FINALLY FREE

UNTIL FRAUD COMES OUT

Tumblr shrinks it down pretty bad so please. please. I am begging you. look at the full sized image and zoom in. This art piece made my friends worried for my mental health I need someone to witness the amount of detail and effort I put into this

also the original sketch under the cut bc I think comparing them is really funny

[ruporas]

need to exist in your warmth (id in alt)

[m1lkt00th]

im kind of hoping cross’ whole “killed his family and friends” thing gets explored more ngl.

my memory might be failing me but cross hasnt seen his family up to this point outside of nightmare shapeshifting and his own memories in episode what ? 6 ? which was honestly, really cool and i liked it. cross is obviously still processing what he did and how his entire life up to that point was some weird “this is your destiny and this is your role” kind of thing even if he isnt aware that xgaster was having prophetic visions ???? did that ever get explained actually ? xgaster has a purple monster soul that allows him to overwrite the very make up of a universe and also has future vision

i’ve read stories where cross’ past is brushed aside in a “well, THAT happened 😹😹” kind of way where the murder time trio just make fun of him for having less LV or something. there is also the other side where it’s talked about A LOT but those are mainly shown in what i like to call, “Cross Bullying” fics (which are also usually vent fics, ironically (?) enough) so it makes sense.

thinking about, in comparison to the murder time trio (and depending on the multiverse but thats not what im looking at rn) cross killed his family because he THOUGHT he could bring them back, which is horrifying. just “i’ll hurt you now to help you later” kind of thing. dust is.. interesting. he still has a ‘piece’ of his brother with him at all times. horror’s brother is still ALIVE 😭😭 and killer appears to have disconnected theirself from their original ‘persona’ so to speak. they dont even have anything on them to indicate “my brother” theyre just separate. nightmare is an entire essay on his own but they still see their brother sometimes (even if it’s only fighting)

JUST ??? CROSS. MAN IDK cross was in a weird position during the final episode of xtale like what else could he have done really </3

[jollymalt]

animal crossing drawings part 2!

[cyborgrhodey]

regina spektor is a violent zionist, but i don't think it's constructive or honest at all for people to be like "well her art was always bad anyway." some terrible people have made great art. This idea that artists with unsavory morals can't make good art (1) only feeds into some people's mindset that if they dislike something, that MUST mean there is something ideologically wrong with it, and (2) some people then take longer to realize the true colors of their favorite artists because... good artists can't be ethically bad right?? and so they hang on to their faves and pretend they are so righteous and defend their every move when sometimes. sometimes you just gotta accept that your favorite art was made by somebody you don't agree with, and you have to identify how much you are willing to support someone like that and what lines you have that can't be crossed

[ediblehype]

Cross Marian. The Dazai before Dazai.

I don’t know. They’re so similar. Genius level jerks, seductors, men who close off themselves but manipulate the people around them into showing themselves completely, control freaks, mentors, sexy, doomed to know more than anyone else and never be able to say it, hypocrites, idiots, sexy idiots, and most importantly:

A white haired protege who’s the main protag despite being less impressive than they are.