#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

[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

[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

[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

[painpuppie]

good puppies always follow directions so you can tell me how badly you want to hurt me and ruin me to the point that i’m genuinely frightened but i’ll cum to your threats and fantasies if you tell me to and i’ll thank you afterwards.

good puppies always follow directions so you can tell me to keep rubbing even though i’m overstimulated and my tdick is painfully swollen and i’ll whine and buck my hips but i’ll keep going and leak all over your cock while you pound into my wet cunt.

good puppies always follow directions so i’ll grind against your boot as you degrade me and hit me for making a mess and even though it’s humiliating and you’re laughing at me, i’ll cum when you tell me to and clean your boot with my tongue while you tell me only sluts get off from humping.

good puppies always follow directions so i’ll hold my vibe to my tdick as another message comes in from you telling me to add five minutes to my timer and i’ve lost track of how many times i’ve come and my legs are shaking and cramping and it’s more pain than pleasure at this point but i’ll turn up my vibe and take it until i pass out.

good puppies always follow directions so you can sit me on your lap and spread my legs and make me cum over and over to violent porn that makes my skin crawl and while the screams from the screen get louder and more intense, you can choke me and feel my pulse quicken as i clench around your fingers.

i’m so easy to violate because good puppies always follow directions

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Tf2 mercs in crutches and mobility aids, save me.... . ..

[aeriona]

There is a question that's been on my head for a little while..

Does your xeno inklings only have rectangular pupils? Or does it variates with species?

But also, why is it recutangular? Considering most squids have round shaped pupils

A couple reasons, actually!

It definitely varies quite a lot, there's all sorts of different pupil and eye shapes not only dependent on species but on mutations too!

Here’s an example I threw together from a drawing I had on hand.

For most “typical” inkling species (common, flying, shortfin, firefly) the pupil is a roundish-oval shape or completely circular. But once you get to the reef, pygmy or bobtail squid species things start to get a little funky.

the “star-shaped” pupil is also a pretty common mutation, you tend to see it more in Myopsid squids (common, reef and pencil squids), but it’s not entirely impossible for others to have it. In a lot of places the shape is considered trendy as many idols have it.

Also keep in mind the pupil can dilate when it’s dark out, or as an aggressive display. Inklings actually have remarkable night vision!

The main reason I gave inklings horizontal pupils is mainly because I thought it looked cool lmao. horizontal pupils more effectively get across the "non-human" aspect of their appearance that I was looking for when I initially got into making xeno designs. I’ve been doing it for so long that round pupils in my art look odd to me haha.

[brian-in-finance]

Have you seen the nasty attacks on Cait from Sam's fans after she won The Saturn Award while he didn't? What's your opinion on this?

Thanks for asking for my opinion, Anon. 😃

Wait a minute… nasty attacks? That makes NO sense.

Why would anyone attack Caitríona for winning the 2024 Saturn Award for Best Actress in a Television Series? She won the same award in 2021, and in 2015 and 2016, she won Best Actress on Television, and was nominated for best actress four other times.

Sam was nominated for the 2024 Best Actor in a Television Series award. He’s been nominated eight times, winning in 2019. Interestingly, he was nominated as a supporting actor in 2015.

All their combined 16 nominations were for Outlander. The show itself won 2024’s Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Television Series, one of the eight “show” categories.

The 2024 Saturn Awards offered 11 acting awards: five for film, six for television (Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Younger Performer, and only in the TV category, Featured Guest Star).

Neither Caitríona nor Sam would qualify as supporting, younger, or guest star. Caitríona would not qualify for actor; Sam would not qualify for actress. Duh.

So why would anyone attack Caitríona for winning an award for which Sam could not, would not qualify?

Are you thinking I missed your point, Anon? 😂 I didn’t.

Yes, I saw chatter and whingeing on Tumblr and other sites. I’m aware some people said nasty things. I’m reminded of a child’s birthday party where a non-birthday sibling throws a tantrum when the birthday sibling opens a particular gift.

“Why does she get Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes LEGO and I get nothing?! 😫”

I think comparing apples to oranges never makes sense. I think both nominations and wins deserve recognition. I think tearing down one person to build up another person is childish and shortsighted.

I think the people involved in these conversations care a lot more about the Saturn Awards than either Caitríona or Sam does.

Remember… I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. — Jack Benny

[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 😭😭

[squishosaur]

May I, a humble ink monster, offer you a treat in these trying times?

woagh... i didn't expext to get anyhing... here u go,, let's tradesies 🦭

[theforgottencrow]

WAIT YOU'RE AN ANGEL HARE FAN??? ... favorite character and season?

Seriously I am so happy, fellow Angel Hare Fan SPOTTED!

Yes!!! Yes I am!! I love Angel hare it’s sort of like a comfort show for me? I dunno how to explain it well sorry- BUT YEAH BIG FAN!!!

Favorite character? I’d have to say it’s tied between Cammy and Zaggy!! I absolutely adore Gabby aswell, she’s more or less my main comfort character from that series.

As for why Cammy is my favorite, I relate to them a bit. What they were trying to achieve and the fact that they were slowly destroying themselves over trying to be perfect in their attempt to help Segen; I know that feeling and that experience so I kinda kin them in a way lol…

And for Zaggy I like how his character was used within the story! How he was written and portrayed as someone the watcher should not fully trust due to his behavior and how he withheld information from Jonah when searching for Gabby. As well as just his overall demeanor and how he progressed the story in season 2.

Now as for favorite season? Gosh that’s hard because both season 1 & 3 hold a special place in my heart <:3

Season one is relatable for me because of the things going on with Jonah and how I relate to those themes with stuff that happened to me as a kid; and It’s especially where Gabby is my comfort character the most TvT

Season 3 is obviously where Cammy is most shown which is one factor of it and the other being just the overall writing of it. How it portrays just how much Cammy was affected by what Jonah did and the aftermath with Segen really just hits different.

sorry for the long ramble :”3

I haven’t been able to talk with anyone about my interest in Angel Hare at all since I joined the fandom quite a while back lol…..

But yeah seeing a fellow Angel hare enjoyer really is exciting!!! If you ever wanna talk more abt it with me weither in DMs or simple Inbox thingys I’d be glad to do so!!!

@a-person-on-the-internet

(tagging u just in case bc sometimes inbox answers don’t notify the person)