#Inbox chatter

[aeriona]

Do you have tips for drawing/designing Xeno styled inkfish? They’re so shaped

of course!

Generally when I draw xenos, I try to emphasise non-human traits as much as possible by incorporating in real-life cephalopod biology. Basically I try to make it extremely obvious that what you're looking at isn't human, but actually something else entirely.

A good start is to do away with joints/bones entirely, and to add spots/patterns to the skin to make it appear less mammalian. Suckers on the fingers and faintly-pigmented skin also help as well.

The eyes are also another important thing! Most pelagic squids have round pupils in real life, but I tend to draw inklings with horizontal pupils anyway as it helps achieve that creaturely effect I'm going for.

Of course everyone has their own unique approach to xeno inkfish, these are merely suggestions and not a ruleset or anything haha. It’s taken me a while to find a style I’ve found most comfortable, and even then I regularly change stuff as I learn more about cephalopods. The beauty of xeno designs is that it's entirely up to you where you decide to go with it. You don’t even have to be realistic, literally the only baseline is creature!

I hope this was helpful to you!

[deerspherestudios]

Heads up queue in the foreseeable future will be 6 posts a day consisting of asks, fanart and donation links to Gaza campaigns <3

[unriding]

( now closed ) hello friends! if you are comfortable with me stopping by your inbox around christmas day (the ask will not be christmas related since not everyone celebrates), could you interact with this post? 🤍 you don’t have to be a mootie either! as long as you are 18+ of course :]

edit : throughout the month* ill drop by! my specific ask will be marked with a little 🎁 hehe

[barrenclan]

I had a dream that you were so fed up with the music asks for some reason that you made a spreadsheet and then told us to leave you alone

Not gonna lie every day I get closer to this being a reality

[hearts4hughes]

I know you’re probably used to having people ask for fic recs from other blogs, buuuttt could you give me recs from your own writings? I love your blog and I want to read all of your writings, but I don’t know where to begin 😭

i’ve never been asked this before, but of course. i’ll list below my favorite writings that i’ve done. thank you so much for supporting my blog and even sending me this message. it’s incredibly motivating to see things like this 🫶🏻😘

i wish you would - trevor zegras

looking at the stars, admiring from afar - jack hughes

fake dating - quinn hughes

lacy - mark estapa

so it goes - jack hughes

i’ll always be there for you - luke hughes

hits different - trevor zegras

the fight - jack hughes

wanna be yours - jack hughes

[theforgottencrow]

Trick or treat

eeeee sorry for this being late!

But here you go have a treat!!

You get Slay The Princess Cross doodles bc ik you like em :3

@notagamerlol <- tagging just in case bc tumblr sometimes doesn’t notify the person if their ask gets answered

(Tumblr killed the quality ugh…)

STP!Cross belongs to @neverniko101

[doyouknowthischaracter]

I don’t know why this is funny. No, I don’t know this character and I wanna keep it that way!!!

[where-is-smallishbeans]

they put joel in the salt shaker :(

anyone! save him! its far too bright in there amongst the salt!

[m1d-45]

-Pari Anon

Pari!Reader gets sad when their leaf mask gets torn. Whether they were playing too rough or Wei (the cat in the inn lobby) tore it, they lost their mask. They have those sad anime eyes (the cutely exaggerated ones). They want to fix it, but no one else knew about that leaf mask.

They stay gloomy for the rest of the day until Xiao comes back.

The next day, they see a little replica of Xiao’s mask made from wood. It was sitting near their nest. When they tried it in, it was light but sturdy. Who could have gotten it for them? How was it so detailed? Who could have known? Oh well. Time to play, little Pari thinks.

Xiao didn’t have the heart to just leave them after he heard them crying when the leaf mask was ripped. He might have put a charm on this one so it wouldn’t break as easily.

[ previous post ]

xiao was better than this. the last yaksha, conqueror of demons, the bane of all evil himself.. searching the plains of liyue well into the night for a suitable piece of wood to carve. it wasn’t for an offering, it wouldn’t be turned into an incense bowl or statue, it was neither for a critical repair or somehow enchanted to be a danger. no, this wood would be used for a far more frivolous purpose: you.

you, who he’d been watching from the roof as you played on the balcony below. you with your mock spear and wei with his paws, uselessly batting at each other in a play fight. he thought it was ridiculous, really—your thin wings would surely bleed beneath any monster’s claws, better you learn to run away from danger—but had watched. it was harmless fun. you ducked behind the potted bonsai for protection, racing around the trunk and likely making the poor cat dizzy, when a harsh rip echoed into the night. you stopped, looking behind you as the two halves of your ‘mask’ fluttered to the floor, torn by one of the branches of the tree. his only thought was that you weren’t hurt, watching as wei tackled you off the pot and onto the floor, but you squirmed free quickly, floating over to the remains… sadly? wei followed, sniffing the leaves, but you didn’t seem interested in playing anymore. you sat by the leaves for far too long, not even moving when wei curled up beside you.

it was nothing. it was a leaf tied around your head with another’s stem, bound to rot and flake away anyway, but you were sulking the next day. he never thought he’d return to his makeshift room and have you not fly up to him with a cloud of chirps, and he quickly decided he didn’t like it. if you were sad you lost your mask, then he’d just have to get you a new one.

he kicked at the remains of a campfire, stomping out the remaining embers. an abandoned adventurer’s camp of some sort, the air free of any malicious warnings. besides the remains of the campfire were a few stray logs, likely spare firewood. he dug through the measly pile, pulling out a log. there was no rot, water damage, no sign of bugs or anything else that would ruin the wood. without another thought, he tucked it under his arm, turning and vanishing into the wind.

he had left when you were already asleep, so he could go straight to his room, but he made a stop first. yanxiao hardly jumped when he turned from the stove, though he did eye the log in his hands strangely.

“what can i get you?”

“i need to borrow a knife.”

“…” he laughed, propping his hands on the table in front of him, and xiao grit his teeth. an adepti, reduced to this… “what, did you lose your spear?”

“of course i didn’t,” he snapped, “but i’m not foolish enough to think i can use a spear to carve wood.”

yanxiao nodded in understanding, reaching into his pocket for a small flip knife. it was barely as long as one of his fingers, the handle a dark wood. “this should do, i think.” he threw the knife underhand, and xiao caught it with ease. the blade flicked out easily, sharp to the touch. “remember to cut away from you, yeah?”

his grip tightened on the knife, leaving without thanks.

safely in the shadow of his room, xiao finally relaxed. one by one, he removed his guards and charms, quietly setting them in their respective places. you were curled up in your bed as always, none the wiser as he stepped out onto the balcony. he sat facing the moon, setting his mask on the floor beside him. again drawing the small knife, he braced the wood in his lap and began to carve.

yanxiao was many things, but a fool he was not. he had heard from verr about your mask tearing yesterday, about how you sat quietly on xiao’s terrace for the rest of the day in a pout. you were a strange guest, certainly, but you were xiao’s. he kept very limited company, and those he lingered around felt his affections quietly.

when flowers had blown off their tables prior to the reception of an important guest, a mysterious bundle of qingxin had found it’s way onto the reception desk to replace them. when the eccentric xianyun had stopped by for a ‘surprise lunch,’ a small note in familiar writing on his table told him her tastes. when your small, flimsy mask tore in two… well, he couldn’t wait to find out.

he worked as usual, trading guesses with verr as he helped ferry plates back and forth. would he fetch you new leaves in perpetuity? fetch new ones from your home nation of sumeru? find a new toy to distract you? neither of them had ever met a pari before, didn’t know what you wanted or needed to thrive, but they entertained themselves with nonsense speculation nontheless.

xiao showing up in his kitchen without warning was nothing out of the ordinary. yanxiao had learned to pick out the shift in air pressure that signaled his arrival, wiping off his hands and putting the washed vegetables aside. the flat expression on his face was also routine, but the log he held most certainly wasn’t. handcarved offerings weren’t all too uncommon in liyue, especially from an adeptus, but he had a feeling it wasn’t for rex lapis or another adepti.

the next question, of course, was what he would carve. verr suggests a wooden mimic of the leaf mask and he can’t hide the way that makes him laugh, his smile wider than usual as he greets customers.

that night, if you stood just quietly enough beneath the upper balcony and the wind blew the right way, you would hear the quiet scrape of wood and metal. and the next morning, if you were anywhere near the inn, you would likely see a bright pari weaving through the levels, eager to show off their brand new mask carved by the hero of dihua marsh himself.

[dreamwinged]

talking to artists abt comissioning is so SCARYYYYY WHY IS IT SO SCARY

[specialgradefckr]

Shooting my shot for a beat your heart to death suggestion... Reader gets very desperate... Purposefully staging a whole scenario knowing geto + Gojo are going to want to fuck this girl eventually. You merely speed up the process. Reader stalks this girl hard and has a perfect routine to be a believable look alike. Possibly breaking into her apartment to know exactly what kind of bra's / panties she likes to wear ECT- the boys will want to invite her over for a hookup. But in the dark with the lights off perhaps they do not have the slightest clue who they are really fucking- perhaps even moaning your name 🙈😈 I just really like this set up and would love to hear your take on how you think it could end ^^ love your works :)

First of all, thank you!! I'm glad you love my works, because I love writing them, and it makes me so happy when other people love my brain children (some of them sitting abandoned in drafts for months on end,, my deadbeat parent ass).

Okay so, excellent thoughts BUT I do think realistically there's no way you could get away with the swap without them noticing.

Gojo, the disgusting animal that he is, can 100% identify you by scent alone. He has spent so much time with your panties in his mouth that he knows the exact flavor of your cunt and probably what part of your cycle you're on.

He could pick out which pair of panties you wore in a blind taste/sniff test. He will know instantly. I do think he might not tell Suguru right away though just for fun value.

Geto might have a harder time because he wouldn't be familiar with your mannerisms but I think he'd know your body and body language well enough that he could tell that, too.

Although... I also really like the idea of them picking out girls who resemble you in various ways >.> they would, too, the monsters. They might even be fucked up enough to get her to wear some of your clothes so she smells like you.... fucking FREAKS (i love them).

From a writing perspective though, that's a really good twist! You should be proud, this is actually a really neat concept! I think it would be a satisfying act of deception for Suguru - he wants you to act out, do something crazy, and this fits the bill really well.

Narratively, it would work great from the reader's POV thinking you've fucked them, pining the whole time you fuck them anyways because they think you're another girl... only for one of them to casually slip afterwards that they knew it was you.

Or worse. They don't slip (this would be VERY hard for Satoru skdfhgsfdhg). And they just keep finding girls who look just enough like you that you keep swapping yourself out for them... they get to fuck you without admitting they want to fuck you.

But it's kind of harmless. For Satoru and Suguru, what they really want is like. A love that hurts. They think the realest version of love is one that's painful, visceral, moving. To really feel like you've confessed, they'd want you to do something that hurts.

I actually already have a good draft for part two. But maybe this idea is worth exploring somewhere else? Idk if you have a blog but you kinda cooked here bestie. If you want me to pick it up somewhere else though I can go for that too >.>

[aeriona]

Hey, I noticed that Inklings/Cuttleling/Octolings all have both a Syrinx and a Larynx, what does that means for their voices?

they all garbly like in the games :)

Having two vocal organs (link to that post in case anyone else is confused, it's old but still holds up) allows inkfish access to a much greater vocal range than with just one organ, like humans have.

As a result not only are inkfish languages operating on an additional layer of complexity (i explain that in the post link it's a long story lmao), but the language itself is physically impossible for a human (and many other extant species, sadly) to pronounce.

They are also excellent mimics! bird calls, other people's voices, annoying phone ringtones are all their specialty :).

SO yeah, their voices/language sound just like they do in the games; a distinct, typically high-pitched warble with a bassy, garbled undertone for additional contextual meaning.

[deerspherestudios]

Meant to announce this earlier but I'm closing the askbox for a while because of that post circulating around!

Context 1

Context 2

Context 3 - the TLDR; if you'd like a short one.

Better to be safe than sorry; for now I hope y'all like the queued holiday asks, happy holidays everyone! Stay safe!! 🎁

[unriding]

omg i have drafted the remaining event thingies !! i’m doing everyone’s moodboards + blurbs first, then will go through them and post them as i finish the mc skins since it appears that i work quicker this way !! :]

[slimecicle-quotes]

Christmas is coming. Jack off.

video: I Opened A Holiday Support Hotline (and convinced my callers to DIE) at 28:43

[hearts4hughes]

The people saying the Hughes brothers don’t deserve the nhl 25 cover.. just say you’re jealous of their success without saying it

i know!! they have worked so hard for this, it’s incredible! they deserve everything and more that comes towards them. people will hate no matter what. the cover looks so cool and at the end of the day, it’s only a video game cover 😭😭