#Mono thinks

[monolite001]

I had parents who were very strict about internet usage

I never got allowed to read web comics or play mobile games so I could only get to text-heavy websites

Which led me to spending time reading Korean equivalent of Wikipedia

One day in 2016 on tis website I read an article about a trending, award-winning video game called "Undertale". I was 14.

Something about this game appealed to me immediately. I bought it on Steam. That was the first time I ever purchased a video game.

Needed a language patch because I wasn't fluent in English back then. Became a member of a video game community just to have the language patch. That was my first time I ever got into an online community.

Finished the game without searching anything up. Finished every route. I loved the game. I started to look for more secrets and info from the community mentioned above.

People posted fan arts and fan fics there. I read them. I loved them. That was my first ever exposure to a fandom.

I watched the fandom grow. AUs started to develop. I liked them. Got interested in reading the original contents for the AUs, which were mostly in English.

And that just HAPPENED to be around the time I came to America and my English started to improve

I could read so many comics. I looked at so many different Tumblr blogs. Then I learned AO3 was a thing. That was a huge different world full of fan fictions.

I found that Error was my favorite. If it involved Error, I gave it a try. Mostly oneshots tho, because English still wasn't my first language and I was the world's slowest reader.

Then one day I came across a 25 chapter, 140k-word-long fic. The prologue already was half an hour of reading for me.

And I somehow decided to keep reading it. Knowing fully well it would take me at least a month with my normal reading speed. I just felt like I would like this fic.

And that was The Council of the Inevitable. I read all of it in 3 days, from start to finish, doing nothing else during those days.

That story was breathtaking. Literally. I never felt so absorbed into anything ever before. I ranted about it in my personal notes. I ranted about how much I loved the author wrote the characters just so perfectly and how brilliant the plot was. I also started writing my own little analysis and theories amd predictions.

I re read the fic. And I re re read it. I wrote more notes. I did that for 3 years, from 2020 to 2023. I wrote over 200 notes about it.

And I decided that it was physically unberable to keep that level of excietment and passion just to myself. I wrote an ask to the author's Tumblr blog I had found, including a fanart and a message about how much I loved her fic.

And she replied. She followed me back. I posted a couple more fan arts I had made and she liked them too.

And she had a Discord server. I looked at it and thought, maybe in there are people who love this story just as much as I do. I downloaded Discord created an account. I joined the server.

And I was right. And I never knew how much fun it was to have people who love the same thing as I do. Someone to share my excitement with.

So I'm really not exaggerating when I say everything regarding TCOTI was a miracle.

If any of the things listed above didn't happen I wouldn't have been here right now. What are the odds, really?

So if THIS happened, who's to say something as good as this wouldn't happen again?

TL;DR: My parents were strict. This led me to shipping copies of the same skeleton falling in love with each other.

[monolite001]

Imagine my excitement when I discover there's a tumblr blog with a GOLDFISH pfp

and their most recent post is THIS

This must be fate

I am so much cooler than my dad

because goldfish pfp blog thinks so

HERE'S YOUR DAILY REMINDER THAT

AND REMEMBER,

[monotcchi]

a quick halfling senshi for today's warmup (and to better my mood)

[monobmp]

Mr. Dreams of an Absolution himself.... Even in a human form, I can't escape drawing his whack hair

[monolite001]

And THEN Toby Fox himself just appears and hands us that writing

I can't believe that day wasn't a dream

Guess what day it is :D

[staticmono]

contrast.

got shuake on my brain way too often

[shebelongselsewhere]

one for sorrow,

six for gold

[blondeaxolotl]

Random Vil thought after seeing your Pomfiore art, when he's happy/flustered his little wings flap. So imagine Vil and Idia kissing and his wings flap rapidly

That's so cute but unfortunately my immediate thought was the first time that happened Idia thought Vil looked like the goose from untitled goose game (so did Rook and Epel)

Here's also the non gif ver

[monolite001]

Wait omg life goal acquired

Imagine riding a horse with that on New Life Goal!!

cowboy wizard rodeo gang: we love herding spells

[spiritsonic]

When you design characters for Sonic, what is the general rule regarding characters with uni-eyes (like what Charmy, Sonic, and some other characters have)? Is it just an aesthetic choice, or is it limited to select species? I've noticed that the only ones who have it are hedgehogs and a few other characters. Also, are there any characters you think would look better with or without it?

I've gotten a few pointers about mono-eyes vs. separated eyes. First, yes, they are considered a species trait. You won't see a hedgehog with separated eyes, for example. Second, separated eyes are more common than mono-eyes, so save the mono-eyes for special occasions.

ALL THAT SAID, I don't think there are any hard rules about this that have been set. It's based on the aesthetic preferences of Sonic Team's artists. If a design called for it something that broke these rules or just looked way, way better by breaking it, they'd probably be fine with it. Also, they don't police it closely; we have background characters in the comic who break these rules all the time.

If a species doesn't already have established representation through an official cast member, I would take any sort of incidental background characters of that type with a big grain of salt. As for who looks better with or without it-- idk I like mono-eyes, but I'm glad they're not a constant. I don't think there's any characters whose eyes I'd want to change.

[monolite001]

Q. Am I Asexual or am I

Just scared

Just inexperienced

Not old enough yet

Repressing my feelings

Limiting myself

Traumatized

Anxious

Depressed

...Is any of these what I actually wanna ask, though? Or is this that habit of mine, of having to explain myself for everything I ever do?

Do I really have to explain myself for what I am?

[monotone-artist]

[id in alt]

bothering him tuesday + other doodles i dont think i posted? big brother shadow!

bonus under read-more

[grim-faux]

just had this thought about some adult/monsters whatever with a cup trying to get rid of a child nest, the same way people go at wasp nests that are occupied. The adult/monsters are fearful and hesitant, because once they stir up the nest those things will destroy them

And by things, we're referring to the children.

[monothemime]

Thank you for 100 followers!

[wu-does-art]

"can you stop fucking around" six is in my head permanently.