#I’m sorry it took a bit to answer

[hers-underwraps]

Kwazii x Paani Kwazini Plsss

KWAZINI

Look, I get the appeal of shipping them but to me I really just like them better as friends.

Also admittedly I’ve only seen like half of above and beyond so my opinion on this ship might not be as valid but I prefer them platonically

(I’m really sorry like I know a lot of you guys ship it but idk man buddies all the way)

I also don’t have any ideas for paani’s human design yet so I’ll just do a critter drawing

Thanks for the ask!!

[aghostnamedcalamity]

Hi calamity. Do you think that Joey would continue to be a part of Benjamin's life even when Benjamin is an adult?

Hello! I think he will, but probably not nearly as active like in his childhood. But he’ll be there! Joey did work as an emotional translator of sorts between Mordecai and Benjamin during the times they were clashing the most and, even though Mordecai then strived to be better in that aspect, still is a good shoulder to lean on when Benjamin needs some mental support :)

[serial-serializednovelreader]

What do you think about Mina so far?

Well, anon, hehe, I have already read Dracula before (and I will say Mina is in my top three favorite characters — I LOVE HER), *but* let’s pretend I haven’t read it and I‘ll catalogue the traits I’ve noticed about her from the entries we have so far…

From the first letter, I picked up on the fact that she’s hardworking, cares about her fiancé and friend, and has a bit of a silly streak.

“I have been working very hard lately, because I want to keep up with Jonathan's studies, and I have been practising shorthand very assiduously. When we are married I shall be able to be useful to Jonathan, and if I can stenograph well enough I can take down what he wants to say in this way and write it out for him on the typewriter, at which also I am practising very hard.”

“When I am with you I shall keep a diary in the same way. I don't mean one of those two-pages-to-the-week-with-Sunday-squeezed-in-a-corner diaries, but a sort of journal which I can write in whenever I feel inclined.”

“Tell me all the news when you write. You have not told me anything for a long time. I hear rumours, and especially of a tall, handsome, curly-haired man???”

I can also see her care for Jonathan from his own perspective on the May 5th entry. This passage shows how she is making him more confident in himself.

“Solicitor's clerk! Mina would not like that. Solicitor—for just before leaving London I got word that my examination was successful; and I am now a full-blown solicitor!”

The next passage from Mina shows me her more carefree and extroverted side. I get to see how she is as a journalist, describing the world around her and how she sees it. From what I can see, she sees the world through an unconventional lens — what others see as creepy, she sees as beautiful.

“The valley is beautifully green, and it is so steep that when you are on the high land on either side you look right across it, unless you are near enough to see down. The houses of the old town—the side away from us—are all red-roofed, and seem piled up one over the other anyhow, like the pictures we see of Nuremberg. Right over the town is the ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which is the scene of part of "Marmion," where the girl was built up in the wall. It is a most noble ruin, of immense size, and full of beautiful and romantic bits; there is a legend that a white lady is seen in one of the windows.”

“Between it and the town there is another church, the parish one, round which is a big graveyard, all full of tombstones. This is to my mind the nicest spot in Whitby, for it lies right over the town, and has a full view of the harbour and all up the bay to where the headland called Kettleness stretches out into the sea.”

“They have a legend here that when a ship is lost bells are heard out at sea. I must ask the old man about this; he is coming this way....”

“I thought he would be a good person to learn interesting things from, so I asked him if he would mind telling me something about the whale-fishing in the old days.”

Then, July 26 happens and Mina opens up in a new way. She is anxious, yes, but everyone gets that way from time to time. What I really get from this is how good of a friend she is to Lucy, sympathizing with her worries about Arthur and planning for a marriage, not to mention the sleepwalking. She also has some kind words about Mr. Hawkins.

“I had not heard from Jonathan for some time, and was very concerned; but yesterday dear Mr. Hawkins, who is always so kind, sent me a letter from him.”

“Then, too, Lucy, although she is so well, has lately taken to her old habit of walking in her sleep. Her mother has spoken to me about it, and we have decided that I am to lock the door of our room every night.”

“Lucy is to be married in the autumn, and she is already planning out her dresses and how her house is to be arranged. I sympathise with her, for I do the same, only Jonathan and I will start in life in a very simple way, and shall have to try to make both ends meet.”

“Mr. Holmwood—he is the Hon. Arthur Holmwood, only son of Lord Godalming—is coming up here very shortly—as soon as he can leave town, for his father is not very well, and I think dear Lucy is counting the moments till he comes.”

There’s even more evidence of this in the next entry! She’s selfless in her concerns about Lucy’s health

“Lucy walks more than ever, and each night I am awakened by her moving about the room. Fortunately, the weather is so hot that she cannot get cold; but still the anxiety and the perpetually being wakened is beginning to tell on me, and I am getting nervous and wakeful myself. Thank God, Lucy's health keeps up.”

“Lucy frets at the postponement of seeing him, but it does not touch her looks; she is a trifle stouter, and her cheeks are a lovely rose-pink. She has lost that anæmic look which she had. I pray it will all last.”

So, if I’m judging all of this from the perspective of a first-time reader, so far she is a multi-faceted character. I have gotten to see her carefree and fun side, as well as her compassionate and anxious side. She’s well-rounded and hardworking. She’s selfless and bold.

There are more entries I could reference, but I believe they all come to the same conclusions I’ve made.

In conclusion…I love her!!! <3333 thanks for asking, anon :))))

[crystallizsch]

Hello! I really like your art and comics with Jamil and your OC. It looks very cute!

I just want your thoughts on this as a Jamil lover. I really like Jamil but Idk why??? I like him so much that I cry whenever I don't get his card or daily greetings at login. He's not usually my type like Izuku or Tanjiro. Just want to know your thoughts since you like Jamil hehe. It's ok if you don't respond!

AAH THANK YOU SO MUCH it means a lot to hear you like them i really appreciate it!! 💖💕💖💕💖

ANYWAYS as a jamil enthusiast i ask myself that question too 🤠;;

dont know what kinda hypnotizing magic he did on me but it worked bc i was incredibly neutral about jamil when i first saw him and now he lives in my head rent-free

okay in all seriousness i ended up rambling about jamil and why i like him personally and it ended up longer than intended so uh proceed with caution under the cut 🧍

(i had to look up the characters you mentioned,,, i know both of the anime but BARELY know the characters so idk how to compare other than they seem to be the benevolent hero/protagonist type???) (so on that note theyre actual opposites??? of jamil 😭)

okay so for me i personally just find jamil’s character really fascinating (and relatable???)

like his character arc drew me in i think, i legit do not recall 100% how i started liking him bc he was NOT my usual type either

i saw him before book 4 and went “okay” 🤷 and moved on 😭

my usual type is kalim actually (the sunshine type with a depressing reason for being all sunshine-y lmao) but. i did not vibe at first with how kalim looks so i didnt really get attached to him either 🤧 (im absolutely fine with him now tho 😭 ive learned to appreciate him more thanks to other kalim enjoyers)

(and tbf a lot of twst characters i didnt think i would like but here we are)

back to jamil. alright maybe it’s his looks. maybe bc he’s a pretty guy idk. but if that’s the case i wouldve been all over vil bc he’s the definition of beautiful gorgeous guy who doesnt fw with gender norms but im NOT. instead it’s JAMIL.

i think it doesn’t help that aladdin is one of my favorite disney movies too 😭 jafar has that two-faced, manipulative disposition with a side of dramatic, and insane and that’s. actually just jamil.

so maybe i guess what drew me in with jamil is that sense of theatrics, the dramatics ;;; that dichotomy of having that level-headed, intelligent front he puts up but then also having this unhinged, unfiltered side that he shows when he is free to be more himself

i’m a sucker for seemingly calm and collected characters on the outside and then their true self being WAY more different and expressive

(i think this would make more sense if you’ve seen aladdin and if you remember how jafar is like in the movie) (i am also choosing to ignore that ONE scene with jafar and jasmine towards the end iykyk) (and the twst characters shouldnt be considered one-to-one with their disney counterparts anyway but i digress)

also scalding sands event my beloved it might be what actually sold me on him bc things like his little sister reveal and his childhood stories wrecked me

(also also i’m obsessed with his canon dynamic with kalim but that’s another thing altogether)

or maybe it’s not that deep and that i just grew attached for no particular reason 🧍 (and that reasoning in of itself should be completely fine as well if that’s your case! just. like who you like, there really doesnt have to be a reason as long as you enjoy them)

uhhhh in conclusion,,, jamil’s a really complex character tbh i could say so much more about his relatability but i feel like im already exposing myself a lot LMAO and i dont think i can properly articulate with words anyway how deeper his character is beyond my surface level thoughts

[rozugold]

Rozu if I sprinkle flowers in front of you wherever you walk will you give us some random tidbits or facts from DI that we might now know? Maybe things that wouldn't make a full comic or doodle but have been cooking in your brain?

YESS OF COURSE I could never pass up an opportunity to talk ahout DI!!!

I don’t think I made it very clear in the comics but l’mantrio are lowkey starving a bit. They do not have a steady supply of food (no potato farms 😔) so they have to rely on foraging and hunting but that’s not always successful.

It gets frustrating because food isn’t a huge priority to Tommy right now and that makes it harder for all of them. He refuses to kill any animals himself so Tubbo and Wil have to try hunting. While handcuffed together. With a jingly bell that’s good at scaring away animals. And because their base is on a mountain in the savanna biome, they have to travel farther to an oak forest to forage for food since they’re not familiar enough with the savanna to know what’s edible or not.

Some silly moments I wanna draw at some point:

- Wil sneaking food onto Tubbo’s plate, Tubbo sneaking food onto Tommy’s plate and Tommy sneaking his food to Leeroy

- Tubbo having to stop Tommy from accidentally eating a poisonous mushroom while they’re out foraging

- Wil making jokes about eating Leeroy but Tommy doesn’t take it well and gets all angsty about it

Actually fun fact about Leeroy: he was gonna be a hen in the beginning because I’d thought it’d be funny if Tommy just had a habit of purposely naming female animals generic male sounding names. But for there to be conflict about the lack of food I changed him so they couldn’t get chicken eggs. Plus I think it’s really cute that Leeroy is just this tiny, feisty rooster that fights with Wil all the time skdhdj

[tetzoro]

hiya sweet friendz and happy timezones !!! (ㅅ´ ˘ `) i’m feeling so much better than i have all weekend and i’m so very thankful :’) but now i’m preparing to fight off the sunday scaries with silliness !! i hope everyone has had a restful & relaxing weekend !! mwah mwah 🤍

[pealeii]

do you have a favorite rendition of javerts soliloquy/suicide

SHRIEKED with happiness when i got this.

a FAVORITE?? ohh i love so many…

ofc the cast recording ones—terrence mann is one of my favorite javerts (he’s on the obc) philip quast is iconic (in the 10th anniversary concert, he pulls a strand of his hair out it’s SO. OUGH.) and norm lewis (in the 25th anniversary concert) has such a powerful, rich voice.

okay but stewart clarke’s might be inching towards the fav. the way he delivers the opening line!!!!! makes me FERAL. THE DESPERATION??? THE VOICE CRACKS. AND THE WAY THE ORCHESTRA GOES ALL EERIE IN THE LAST VERSE?? GNAWING AT THE BARS OF MY ENCLOSURE.

if you were to listen to any of these it would be this one

oh and also will swenson’s version cuz i love will swenson lolololol

(soliloquy starts at about 22:40)

also i know you technically showed me this one but michael ball’s version!! i really need to watch the 2019 staged concert. i love javerts that are just TOTALLY broken in this song. i LIVE for the desperate, pathetic deliveries.

[alrunaaa]

HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY!!! 🥳🎂 I hope it's an amazing day!!!~

hi omg!!!! 😭😭😭😭🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵 tysm for the message!!! I definitely did! I got to watch knights battle to the death with my partner and friends so HONESTLY A REALLY GOOD TIME‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[appreciatingtokrev]

hey guys do y’all remrmber me ..... i am alive and doing well 👍👍

[spinetacks]

Hey my fellow Darby enthusiast!

drop this sunflower🌻into the inboxes of the blogs that make you happy! lets spread a little sunshine ☀️💖💖🫂

wah thank you so much !! ☺️🌻💕

[welcome-to-green-hills]

My favorite Christmas classic is "A Christmas Carol".

Would it be cool if there is a Sonic Christmas Carol? Shadow would be perfect for the role of Scrooge. Like "Bah Humduck! A looney tunes Christmas." Daffy Duck took the role of Scrooge.

Instead of being greedy, Shadow is a lonely grump who doesn't have time for friends or fun on Christmas. In fact, he doesn't have someone to spend time and to celebrate Christmas with.

Aw poor baby🥺🥺🥺

Oh, oh, oh! Before I forget, Sonic Team did something like this a while ago. But instead of Shadow, they used Dr. Eggman. You can find the video HERE if you’re interested!

Also, I’ve wanted to say that I’ve found some of your art on your blog. It’s freaking precious! Please make more❤️✨

[t3mpest98]

Hiii, I bring thee some enrichment 😌 Emoji asks for Spade, Noir and Cyra (bc they're new and must get used to their enclosures):

💥 COLLISON - what emotions do they have trouble dealing with? 🍩 DONUT - favourite sweet treat? 🌙 MOON - what is your oc's greatest wish? how far are they willing to go for it? 🪤 MOUSE TRAP - what will always lure them into certain danger? a loved one in danger? a promise of something they are always searching for? 🚆 TRAIN - what is their answer to the trolley problem?

Drink water :D

!!!!!! YESSS (also does it count if I have a lot of sweet tea? It’s vry good sweet tea)

💥 COLLISON - what emotions do they have trouble dealing with?

Spade

Allllll of them. He is very emotionally constipated and tries to bury any strong feeling somewhere deep down inside so it can’t hurt him or interfere with his job

Noir

Ones like empathy or compassion because no matter how much he may want to show it (he’s long since stuffed that down in a box locked tight and it rarely peaks out) it could cloud his judgement or get someone he cares about killed because one minute you think you’re dealing with someone who needs help and the next they’re taking advantage of you or are able to kill you

Cyra

Things like anger or frustration come so easy that when she feels peace or even happy it feels like something is off or that she’s letting her guard down. And the last time she felt or did that well, she gets the friendly reminder in the way of phantom pains

🍩 DONUT - favourite sweet treat?

Spade

Ice cream but the simple flavors, nothing to extrapolate or something with to many different flavors. Just seems over complicated and he can’t focus on the one specific flavor he likes

Noir

Donuts, glazed or powdered (can have cinnamon or not doesn’t matter he’ll eat it) ABSOLUTELY no sprinkles he hates them

Cyra

She reeeeally likes pastries but she’s not had one for years now. There isn’t exactly a bakery down in the lower levels of Coruscant

🌙 MOON - what is your oc's greatest wish? how far are they willing to go for it?

Spade

He doesn’t know, he’s never let himself think about anything beyond what was the next clear step. If he had to say anything it would simply be that he wished his brother would stop almost dying on him cause he may start going grey if Noir doesn’t.

Noir

For the love of everything good and holy he would wish that he could stop being in constant pain all. The. Time. So that maybe he could do more and be more useful than he thinks he is (he doesn’t even think about getting a way out of what they do now, since he’s been doing it for so long) But as to actually getting the problem solved (or at least lessened since there’s not really a cure for osteoarthritis) he can’t go far unless their medic can get the supplies they need

Cyra

To please just see the sky one more freaking time before she dies at least, even if it’s through a window or for just a few seconds. She would do near anything but she can’t without being killed

🪤 MOUSE TRAP - what will always lure them into certain danger? a loved one in danger? a promise of something they are always searching for?

(Akkdkfkgkgkg apologies these seem very similar but like, they’re all they really have and are rude or die for each other)

Spade

Well given the fact that it has happened before, Noir, Thire, or even Cyra would be reason enough for him to go in guns blazing. It if he was told that this one more mission and he wouldn’t have to watch his vod’ike starve and die down in the lower levels.

Noir

Pretty much the same as Spade except the promise, if he had the promise to go after every single person who’s ever hurt him, his brother, and Cyra without repercussions than he’s game

Cyra

There are two people she even remotely still cares about left and she’s not keen on letting anyone hurt or kill them anytime soon so the twins. But if someone were to offer her a way off Coruscant and a way to make sure no one would ever be able to track her down she would take it

🚆 TRAIN - what is their answer to the trolley problem?

Spade

It really depends on who is on the tracks but he’s probably go for the track with one person on it then try to get them off it before the train got there. Now if he did see some of the really bad people he’s met then he’d let them get run over without a care

Noir

Not sure if he could find it within himself to care much anymore, he tends to see the worst in everyone so he doesn’t care who dies as long as it’s not someone he cares about. He knows that sound cold and heartless but you do what you have to do to survive

Cyra

This one is complicated because Kassai would have tried to save as many as she could but Cyra tries look away and not care at all

[that-was-anticlimactic]

hi beloved i had a dream last night that i ate a tomato like an apple and my dream self was like omg i must tell corey that this slaps <3?

JOOOOOOO omg ilyyyyy thank you for sharing it DOES slap!!!

[tiny-stack-of-knights]

With the new stuff in return to dreamland deluxe, is there any updates for crowned and knighted? :)

Oh yeah, @detonatethegemapples and I have been scheming on lots of fun new Crowned and Knighted stuff… I can’t get too crazy into it here since a lot of it is still being worked on, but we are working on a master post/ timeline documenting the major events of the AU, as well as a fun little sequence involving a masquerade ball, in which Kirby and crew sneak in and chaos ensues so. Very exciting stuff :)

Here’s a little sneak preview at what Meta’s masquerade outfit may look like.. still very much a WIP but I think he looks pretty…

[erexart]

IF YOU DON’T POST YOUR WRITING FOR REAL REAL, I’m going to make sure your pillow is never cold ever, ever again. 😤😤😤 /teasing

Srsly tho, YOU ARE A CREATIVE GENIUS; you’re making me want to learn Japanese, and I’m already learning Spanish lol. 😭❤️‍🔥

You don’t have to get into writing. You can post a single fanfic and not post any other writing. Or you can get into writing and be a double threat writer and visual artist. 😉 Either way/point is, there’s no pressure to write and continue writing. You’ve written something beautiful that would be lovely to share w/ a greater audience, but you’re by no means under obligation to now become a writer.

Lmao I’m struggling to properly word this. 🥲 ALL I’M TRYING TO SAY IS don’t let fear of reception/fear of pressure stop you from gifting your creativity and stories to the world. If you want to write, then write! If you want to write only once, then write only once! If you want to publish your writing, then publish it! I think the weight of expectation is very relevant and difficult to navigate (and it can be quite easy to get swept away by initial praise and enthusiasm — which unfortunately, per my own experience, tends to level off/fade). BUT, you can in fact try something just one time; you can also try it, decide you really like it, and do it even more❣️

Hehe, I wrote this when I was still trying to learn (i stopped because i was getting stuck on learning kanji and also uni 😂 but trying to pick it up again! Spanish sounds cool! Might add that to my list)

There is a lot of pressure when it comes to trying new creative outlets for the first time, especially with that nagging voice in your head that says “i have to be good or i’ll quit” and it shouldn’t be that way. I do want to try and adapt that mentality of “trying things and fuck up then try again”. Hearing you and V say that you guys like it is like a big motivator to that attitude. I love how you, V, and Tay write so your input is INVALUABLE haha. Writing that was fun and I have no issue to try and write again thanks to you and V’s nice comment :)

However posting that is still another beast I’m trying to conquer 💀 I’m still on that journey of trying to be okay with the things I make, and having fun. But I’m slowly trying to get over that, with both art and other things too. To not be so rigid and treat this blog as if it’s a portfolio/ resume. AND be okay if things don’t get more than 30 notes or something. Whether it is art or writing or any other creative endeavour. That requires a bit more bravery that I’m starting to pick up bit by bit :)

So I’ll probably post that fic? (HAHA PLEASE DON’T BE MAD IF I DON’T) perhaps I’ll draw something for it, just a panel and actually become a double threat >:3, even if it’s this once. Only future can tell.

-e💗

[rozugold]

do you have any songs that remind you of c!clingyduo?

Messy by Emily the band and At My Back by Madds Buckley :]

Oh and Hoping on Another Life is a good exile one for both of them :(