#More art and lore of him will be dropped in the future

[wrraiith]

Heelloo first sketches of Dread in the Dark Viktor (and Salem)

[cup-o-stars]

Relativity Falls Lore Concept- The Oracle and Bill

The Oracle:

I was initially inspired by the Twitter user @SUwu159's depiction of the Oracle in their take on Relativity Falls, and made my own adaptation as I learned about her in canon.

(Assume she can change colors because I couldn't pick what I liked most)

This version of The Oracle isn't malicious per se, and does not desire the same conquest or chaos sought out by Bill. But she likes universes to be organized and quaint (or answers to another high power that demands it), and finds fulfillment in achieving these goals through any means necessary.

The Oracle and Dipper:

(Sorry if this dialogue tastes like a corndog in your mouth. I just needed to write a semi-resolution to Dipper's side of the relationship, ha.)

Getting into the real struggle with the Pines family. Dipper and Mabel don't fight and hold grudges like the Stans (that we've seen of), so my opinion is that they drifted apart in their late teens and twenties, both feeling pressured to be less attached at the hip. My current belief (though I'm very willing to rewrite this section) is that Mabel and Dipper both poured a lot of energy into pretty niche fields, and being very busy meant very short and rare windows to reach out. Both assumed the other was doing bigger and better things and felt self conscious / childish for wanting eachother's company.

I'm still considering Mabel's backstory, since I think she probably hit lower points than Dipper. You know. Starving artist, lol. But Dipper entered into paranormal investigation, pest control, etc. before his ghost + monster catching went far enough for his name to gain some notoriety. Hell, maybe Pacifica's family reached out to him to take care of "rats" that were actually ghosts, cementing his interest in Gravity Falls and giving him a window inter supernatural work.

Dipper was taken on as something of an apprentice to the Oracle 30ish years before canon as word of his good and dangerous deeds spread. However, what was at first a personal dream come true (saving lives with nerd magic) soon became a personal hell as the Oracle began to overwhelm Dipper with knowledge of various futures and universes where everything he cared about could be destroyed. He's always been over prepared and incredibly paranoid, and became obsessed with protecting the world by acting as a partner to the Oracle.

He ends up doing- or not doing- a lot of morally ambiguous things and gaining a lot of enemies. He is too ashamed to face his family- especially Mabel- with what he's done and burden them, giving the Oracle more to use against him to keep him working for her. Basically "you've already done all this and risked it all, there's nowhere to go if you stop now." Eventually this ends in her seeing him fit for her work and convincing him to hide out in and save other universes, which he gets trapped doing for the next three decades.

Little throw away idea: Pacifica could have been an investor or partner, but left as they uncovered secrets about the Northwest family. Maybe she wanted to undo something (debating making any of the Oracle's powers time related just because I hate time travel) or stop a current show of corruption, but Dipper had to stop her for the "greater good."

In the main universe, Mabel goes to Gravity Falls upon news of her brother's disappearance, searching for any loose end to trace back to him.

I love that in canon, Dipper is willing to do anything for Mabel, and Mabel gives it back. Dipper here spends all of his life keeping as many versions of her as safe as he can, and she spends all her life trying go seek him out- maybe even dropping a larger opportunity outside of Gravity Falls for her art and settling on business at the shack. Dipper wants Mabel alive, Mabel wants them both happy. I like the idea that it's Dipper and Mable vs. The Future but the future is a demon, alien thing.

Which leads me to...

Bill Cipher:

I'm actually gonna cover a couple versions of Bill I think are fitting for this AU, because I initially wasn't sure if I wanted him here at all.

Child Bill:

Pretty straight forward. Bill as a baby, child thing is tempting and this is the au where he'd exist. Personally though, I think Ford's friendship with Fidds would be more enriching to his growth, and Bill's personality is so close to Stan's they would likely be competing to fill very similiar roles. (If Bill behaves differenty as kid, I don't know about it.) Honestly, Bill is super similiar to Ford and Stan, and works better as a kind of foil or antagonist because of that (imo). I do find the mental image of Ford carrying Bill around funny. I do not enjoy human bill like, conceptually, so I'm probably never gonna design one as an adult or child, lol.

It would be cool to see a world where Bill didn't accidentally kill his parents though.

Bill - Reincarnated Original

Technically I guess they could all be reincarneted (especially baby Bill), but this version of Bill experienced and holds memories of the original canon events in GF. Beings like Bill and the Oracle can remember recent/soon approaching lives, and catch glimpses of more distant cycles as well.

What I like about Bill's recent role as an antagonist to Ford and Stan is that he constantly describes them in the terms of their worst traits, and sees them through the lens of the roles the world placed on them. In this AU, Bill is the epitome of the past (in this case a past life) coming back to bite the twins. He rattles their progress in communication as well as their sense of inner peace by bringing old Glass Shard Beach issues into Gravity Falls.

(Depicted here-> moments after Ford summons Bill using the same ritual as Gideon.)

The drawback to this is that it feels a lot like covering old ground.

Simply Bill:

This is pretty much just regular old Bill with the same fresh perspective as everyone else, and also the one I'm going with. He tried and failed to get Dipper's trust in the past and had to lay low at the arrival of the Oracle. Once they left, Bill targeted Mabel. I think it could be very interesting for Mabel and Bill to either have a fresh relationship wherein Bill is actively taking advantage of her desperation to find Dipper, or for Bill to be an old betrayal (not romantic, but not dissimilar to the opportunistic exes Stan and Ford have to be wary of and beat back under the rug regardless).

Either he shows himself to Mable early on, or decides that Gravity Falls is both Oracle-free and worth the time after either Ford or Mable summon him. Afterall, 30 years isn't much to him.

Maybe he exists in the background like he's always done, or the kids (being snoopy and disrespectful of Mabel's secrets) discover what Mabel's doing and run into him on their own.

Whether Bill is aware of the original series or not, I think he could be neat to stick in between Stan and Ford again for conflict. My favorite aspect about Relativity Falls is the prospects of the Stans having a larger support system and better tools to help themselves with. Beating Bill faster and better would be the ultimate testament to Mabel and Dipper's skills as functioning role models, even if Mabel is currently blinded by her focus on Dipper.

Stan and Ford will fight and they will make up, but this time maybe they can overcome it on their own.

I also think a good idea is having Ford and Stan's issues be completely Bill free (outside of like an episode or two's worth of relevance, unless he put them into a particularly stinging situation). It would feel fresher and also streamline the plot, lol.

Overview:

- Dipper is stuck travelling the multiverse with the Oracle and keeps himself sane by thinking of Mabel and protecting various versions of her.

- Mabel is investigating his disappearance in Gravity Falls and is working on a portal/portal equivalent with Bill to bring him back.

- The kids may or may not be aware of this.

Looking at the main series of events, I think it'd be neat go back to the apprenticeship conflict, where Ford could be approached by the Oracle (or something else that makes sense) with the promise of being a "hero," but knows better now because of Dipper and his experiences with Bill. It's kind of a more convoluted version of Ford's proposal to Dipper in canon, and they basically learn the same thing, lol. You can hang out with ghosts if you want, but demons are gonna get you. Maybe being a child with siblings is all you need.

(Stan could also be offered this, given the Oracle already knew he- or at least someone with his face- would beat Bill, but I think it's well established he isn't very interested in doing anything without family.)

All in all, things might be a bit crowded with two antagonists. But I do like the concept of Bill's arrival and subsequent chaos triggering Dipper and the Oracle's return to Mabel's dimension. I also love the idea of Bill, the Oracle, and some secret third thing all trying to pull the Pines family apart, and it's like a Man vs. God turned into a Family vs. Destiny thing, idk. Just trying to make it feel bigger.

Thank you for reading all this. It was a lot to draw. Next time I do anything for Relativity Falls, I'm gonna go back to the smaller things like Mabel bonding with the kids and stuff like that.

[misterbeaverfever]

i. Need tontalk aboit demo 4NOW

BLOCK TALES DEMO 4 SPOILERS BELLOOWWW!!!

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(i hope this works. If not just scroll past Very very very fast Ok)

entails both my personal pros and cons!! all my opinion, i just wanted to ramble a bit about it :-)

LAST SPOILER WARNING!! LITERALLY SPOILS LIKE MOST OF DEMO 4!! INCLUDING GRIEFER CALL CARD + NEW GRIEFER DIALOGUE!!

Ok Hi

where do I even BEGIN??

the music is always been one of my favourite aspects about block tales, and the music in demo 4 was absolutely phenomenal. ESPECIALLY Ancient Tomb, Vermillion Village and Bizville Docks (my personal favourites)!! although, personally, I didn’t feel like The Ancients theme fit with the atmosphere the boss gave off with its appearance and dialogue. but the song was still incredible. go listen to the OST when you can, it’s amazing as always!! block tales music literally never disappoints

speaking of the Ancients, its?? their?? design is absolutely superb. at first I couldn’t stop staring at it, and then I COULDN’T stop staring at it because I kept DYING and needing to START OVER!! closest i got to raging over block tales. worse than the 3 fears in the pit and i mean that. i will NOT be doing demo 4 on hard mode im not mentally ready yet Give me 7 more years

Ok moving on Shivers I ADORRREEE FICTIONAL PIRATES!!! I HAVE PIRATE OCS!! I LOVE PIRATE CHARACTERS IN MEDIA!! I LOVE OTHERS PIRATE OCS!! so you can imagine how excited I was when they first showed up in THE block tales!!! i’m in love with the way they speak too, they’re how I strive to be!! i also hope that Calypso and Kyoko get reunited Let them be Happy Ok

Ok so ive established I Love Pirates. Fictional of course. So. You can ALSO imagine how absolutely distraught I was when I found all the pirates lying dead dude. my only complaint is I wish more was done with them. they would have made a great bunch for future demos…. but a man can only dream…. bursts into tears

and. i dont know how many people will share this opinion but i absolutely AODRE the great flocci?!?! I WISH HE HAD A BIGGER ROLE IN DEMO 4, BECAUSE HE’S SO CHARMING?! misterbeaverfever when he sees a fictional well-designed character that speaks in a recognisable/abnormal way

PLEASEEE COME BACK IN FUTURE DEMOS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEE!’! his design. his dialogue. his face. perfect. hes perfect. But not as perfect as my goat GRIEFER

if its a misterbeaverfever post griefer MUST be mentioned

Griefer Card. Griefer post-venomshank. Oh my goodNESS

griefer to griefer eye contact

yes griefer the plant features DO make you look cooler

CANON GRIEFER LORE DROP. I’m so extremely unbearably happy AND I’M SO HAPPY TO SEE HIM AGAIN!!!! ITS BEEN SO LONG MY GOAT!!!! now i have more about his character to leech off of

I. LOVE. HIM. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANYING ME IN EVERY SINGLE BATTLE. AND HIS NEW DIALOGUE IS SOOOO SWEET

he invites us to play games Ougggh erupts into FLOODS of tears WHY WASNT THERE AN OPTION TO SAY YES LET ME PLAY GAMES WITH GRIEFER

WAAAGHHHHAAAGHHAAGHH

BLOCK TALES IS JUST SUCH A CHARMING GAME DUDE. it has so much heart and personality, and thats what ive always loved so much about it. all the characters are so wacky and distinguishable and unique— its so easy to just latch onto them and go ‘i Love this guy actually’

I WILL BE MAKING ART SOON!! AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DEMO 5!!,

[meanbossart]

LORE ASK COMPILATION: "Still not banging Halsin, Squid Games, Sun King, Failing at love quizzes, Bottoms, Tops, and Cats" Edition

He didn't, Halsin wasnt around for act 3, too busy healing land and saving ghost children or something!

THANK YOU/I'M SORRY, I'm surprised there isn't more Bhaalist Dark Urge/Spawn Astarion stuff out there. Don't get me wrong, I love a good evil power couple, but who can resist the good ol'heartbreak of a vicious unending cycle brought on by your own senselessness!

That wasn't something I was interested in previously just because acquiring the slayer form isn't part of his canon, but I've been looking at enough fromsoft games' monster designs that I might be a little inspired to try LOL

Also I am just a fan of the canon design and never before thought it needed altering. But I'll let it cook ;)

God damn it.

DU drow was VERY antagonizing towards the emperor since the moment he dropped the facade, which made the attempt ESPECIALLY hilarious - that poor guy is so, so lonely.

I don't recall the exact wording in-game, but once the emperor took his shiny squid pecs out and shot his shot, DU drow recoiled and called him disgusting. After having the visions of Stelmane forced upon him to make whatever baffling point the emperor was trying to make, DU drow smugly asserted that he had finally let the mask slip and their very terrible date ended with the Emperor enforcing their reluctant need for one another, for the time being.

In-prose, that would honestly be pretty much it. DU drow would have reacted with absolute revulsion at the prospect of being hit on by a mindflayer, and taken the Emperor's (miscalculated) moment of lashed-out vulnerability as a win - as proof that he was exactly as duplicitous as he always assumed the Emperor to be.

I can assure everyone that I am as entertained by the thought as the rest of you and it is in the cards for future art, I just have... So many prompts... I have at least 5 different mini-comics I want to make, BESIDES singular pieces, BESIDES the fanfic... I wish I had more time and more hands.

But DU drow's unlikely semi-success as a parental figure is hilarious to me. I think about it constantly.

I haven't entertained that thought much because its antithetical to DU drow's character. Whether "good" or evil, he wouldn't allow Astarion to ascend because of his fear of no longer being needed and his reluctance to watch his partner be consumed by out-sourced power and changed into something he despises. Realistically, in a world where Astarion is allowed to ascend they could only break up and inevitably kill each other soon after.

That said, I am fascinated by the Sun King and the implications that path has for his character. So far that is an arc that I can only really see Astarion taking on alone, though - that might change in the future, might not. We'll see!

IF I CAN MAKE IT NOT ENTIRELY MISERABLE, I JUST MIGHT.

He got 2 out of 3 questions wrong - which is to say he was way too honest and Astarion didn't like that.

Except for the "when is he the happiest" question, which he correctly answered with "when he's neck deep in gore".

This is not even a lore-embelishment, this is actually how that scene went for me and I cackled about it for ages.

He would love to get tied up for old-times' sake. I doubt he knows much about fancy knots but Astarion might (though I might be in a minority that doubts his enforced "sex life" was actually that interesting at all.)

Thank you so much!

You are mostly correct. Bhaalist drow, both pre and post tadpole would be much more keen on the idea of having people around who fulfill their every desire - EXCEPT for killing. That is a joy they take on for themselves.

"Canon" DU drow values his independence a lot, on the other hand. He's neutral on the idea of slavery (what a sentence) and wouldn't be opposed to temporary servicing, but the idea of having someone around waiting for orders doesn't attract him at all, or at least would get on his nerves quick. He much preffers to do things himself and makes sure that other people see how much he does not need assistance.

The answer is yes, basically LOL.

DU drow both adores and despises Sceleritas presence and he doesn't know why. It very much reflects the type of relationship they used to have prior to DU drow's memory loss, and it's one of those things that he has conflicting feelings about but not any context for them.

I sadly doubt that the boys would become parents during Shadowheart's lifetime (it's for the best, they have a lot of work to do before I would trust them not to drop a baby), but honestly she strikes me as really liking kids as long as she doesn't have to, well, have them LOL.

And thank you so much for enjoying them and humoring me!

I think it is less about bottoming-topping and more about enjoying a more submissive role during sex, as well as in other scenarios. He believes that giving control away is, in a way, a show of devotion that goes both ways - his own for the willingness to do so, and his partner's for not taking advantage of it despite his wanting them to do so.

With one-night-stands (which he occasionally had pre-tadpole) he would still bottom without any of the submissiveness. This is because he didn't have the capacity to understand what it was about bottoming that attracted him, and led him to feeling constantly unfulfilled and frustrated (he just isn't build for no-strings-attatched type of arrangements, lol.)

This means that he really could operate either way depending on the partner as long as he got that fix of docility, whether it be from the bottom or top.

I think of Astarion as being similarly versatile but leaning more in the opposite direction when it comes to power-dynamics - though it being less about dominance itself and more about being pampered and catered to - and, of course, getting to do what he wants. Though he's willing to try most things a partner is particularly enthusiastic for just to see how he feels about it.

That said with DU drow he does prefer to top for a plethora of reasons.

I didn't have this piece of lore thought-up at the time, but I should have made them look like the lady he lost his virginity to.

Him and Astarion were gobbling those things up until the emperor reveal, then they both quit it cold-turkey after DU drow stomped the astral-tadpole dead (and back then you didn't have to roll any dice to do it, because otherwise we would have weird veiny DU drow to deal with for sure because he would NOT have suceeded that save.)

DU drow's feelings towards animals is a constant in every iteration of his character. They are organic little pieces of art wandering about the world that act upon their own laws and regulations, ones which humanoids aren't privy to - except for when they intrude into that world through magic and try to understand it through their overly-complicated systems and concepts. If a cat made the temple it's home, it can stay.

[1tsstargaze59]

HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE ^^✨️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Dropping all my fankids queer levels becuz nothing heals like indulging in your ocs, so ya ^^" (doing better, I guess, but yk, coping).

Also! The stickers are actually pimple patches as a reference to the comic! ^^ (we NEED more inside out comics ASAP honestly-)

Details and lore after the cut!

Lil recap :

Panic : Non binary Pan

Ambivalence : Bi Sapphic

Excitement : Trans Pan

Revulsion : Bi

Cringe : Aroace

Anticipation : Straight Aceflux

Determination : Gay

Vengeance : Intersex

Panic always had this identity, from the first day I made her (she/he/they). It just seemed logical to me! I'm not exactly sure why, all my representation in my art comes from ~vibes~ XD

Ambivalence feels two feelings at once, so Bi just made sense. However, in universes where she is human, I always imagine she'd have a fem-aligned partner, so she personally identifies as Sapphic. For example, Beachside!Ambi, and Panic are a couple! They are 18 and 17 respectively.

Excitement is a clown, and clowns are trans and pan coded. I didn't make the rules; I just follow them! I asked my clown bestie, and he confirmed!!! 🙂‍↕️✨️

Revulsion I wasn't sure at first, but I was sure he wasn't straight XD Ultimately decided he had Bi vibes. I'll come back to him later-

Cringe used to be homophobic! If he could grow up, he'd realize it was just because he didn't feel any romantic or sexual attraction at all XD He gets character development XD

Anticipation's desire for a relationship can fluctuate from "Hell ya!" to "hell no-". In moments where she's really feeling like she wants a relationship, she wishes to have whatever the hell Morticia and Gomez Adam's have. Picture lil hearts floating over her head as she imagines the possibility 💕💕

Determination was gay the moment I made him, and I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE! It took my 14 Y/O LIL SISTER TO LOOK AT HIM AND SAY "Hmmm, he looks closeted' FOR ME TO NOTICE XD Canonically, he doesn't know it yet lol, I just think that's pretty funny XD He and Revulsion are dating in the Beachside!AU! Idk how old exactly they are but they are in their 20s and Rory is older then Determination.

Finally, VENGEANCE was just build different from the start! 😎✨️ They didn't choose their pronouns, in fact, the others call them by gender neutral pronouns simply to respect their ability to choose in the future. I think they'd go by he/they if he could grow up ^^

I wanna draw the beachside couples later. I'm gonna indulge into my ocs more for a bit, if nobody minds. I also wanna draw Cringe and his mom, I think they'd have a cutely chaotic relationship XD

[sir-fluffbutts]

I genuinely cannot stop thinking about this guy design, ever since i look at your eye for an eye amv(literal abysmal video, good art direction love some of the symbolism too)

I've looked through his TH profile and his lore is also very intresting, i hope to see more of your animation about your OC, because genuinely they all have awesome design and nice little story. You're a huge inspo

KENNY MY BELOVED RAAAAAAAA🗣🗣🗣🗣💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 THANK YOU HE LOOKS SO SCRUMPTIONS HERE ROLLING AND GIGGLING KICKING MY FEET EVEN

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THANK YOU SM!!!!! and you WILL see him more for sure!!

i LOVEE animating like...how should i put this....raw feral attack type gore and he will absolutly drop down and eat people so there DEFINATLY will be more of him in the future

[durge-marzio]

Meet the triplets! I let the delusions win!

Sabah, the eldest. Carmelo, the middle. Abel, the youngest. Three healthy baby boys!

A little lore drop about Marzio. He really, really wants a family! Specifically, he wants a family he can love, nurture, and NOT slaughter. It’s his one goal in life, and he would be devastated beyond imagination if this future was taken from him. So naturally, the triplets are conceived before anyone *cough* Jaheira *cough* can make Marzio paranoid his future children will be Bhaalspawn with horrible urges like he once had.

In his epilogue, he gets his happy family! He did get a bit more than he bargained for (in one go, at least) with triplets instead of a single. But Marzio probably cried tears of joy every single time he looked at his babies for the first week after their birth. He’s a very, very happy papa!

Gortash is in over his head though, and he has no idea how he got here! But you bet I have more planned for how Gortash handles fatherhood 🫵! You bet I’ll be posting more art for this asap!

[sketchytea]

never apologise for unpolished sketches thats literally the most perfect davrin ive ever seen 😍😌 also just spam rbed ur dragon age art (sry lol) and i love ur rook design sm, care to lore drop 🎤?

sdlkfsddsfds thank you 💕💕💕 and no worries lol

also THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING, you have activated. my trap card where i go completely overboard for a simple ask and won't shut up

i like working within the boundaries of canon, so like many mercars endras was adopted by charon mercar, who in my canon has a wife and older daughter, and had just lost a young son of his own at the time. cue uhh completely happy childhood free of emotional trauma as an adopted elf in the imperium

charon pulled some strings and had him join the military when he was in his late teens, which he served in for years all the way to the first year or so of the antaam rebellion.

for reasons i'll get into someday, he left the military and his family after the antaam were halted in vyrantium, and travelled to minrathous. he fell in with the shadow dragons a year or so after that

there's so much more lore but i don't wanna ramble too much and will post plenty more about him in the future anyway �� i yap about him in the shadow dragons corner plenty too lmao. but thank you for letting me get on my soap box again i really appreciate it a normal amount

[sleeepyyysaturn]

Dropping more Rue sketches here cause she's the only thing helping me fight the literal DEMONS that are depression, artblock, and burn art👍

Escapism from Steven Universe is very Rue coded especially during s2 love HER.

Lore dump incoming:

She's a 17 y/o runaway orphan looking for answers abt her parents and the strange dreams she's been having since she was 5.

She stumbles upon an injured and passed out Arthur Lester and takes him to a hospital near by in a small town they were passing through and has been visiting him during his coma(she claims it's to make sure he isn't a serial killer).

From there she ends up tagging along.

Turns out her parents were part of a cult that worshipped the King in Yellow and Rue was gifted with "special dreams" which allow her to see the supernatural as well as the Dreamlands and in rare cases, the future/past.

Ngl the idea for her was just "What if Arthur was forced to confront his parental guilt in a deeper lively by giving him a child/teen companion with him?" And the outcome was...well....

It's complicated(and don't get me started on them in s4 yeeesh)...

Tldr; theyre Ellie and Joel coded 👍

Not expecting much interaction with this one this is purely self indulgent. I'm cringe but free!

[autisticayano]

yandere simulator ayano art

and also kind of a rewrite thing that i have in mind at the end of the art stuff

lo and behold ayano art (done with mouse!) the uniform is ib one of the concepts of yk the uniform. i found the idea super cute and i always wanted to draw it and now i did!!

(also take this as a better redesign compared to the old one,, i feel like my style for ayano is very inconsistent but what i have now is more her ykwim?? that doesnt mean i dont like to put her in pretty clothing though. she deserves it and i like making her wear stuff shown here and here,, you can see the difference in art style but nevertheless its still ayano)

the uniform concept vv

getting into the why this outfit instead of the regular one they have: i simply think this is way cuter! it gives a better vibe compared to og

rewrite concept section

i think ayano would be relatively the same. she still starts off as practically emotionless girl barely feeling anything but the complex secondary emotions on a small scale (bitterness for example). in this she's also autistic and has OLD. (bear with me bear with me). (i also like "aishi condition" aspect i wont lie because of the supernatural undertones of being cursed is actually cool but in this it's more like an add-on than anything) like in her lore video her childhood was not the best and she felt nothing. she didn't feel guilt, she didnt feel as if she were real and she felt as if she were an abomination throughout her childhood because there was something 'wrong' with her. in this rewrite concept, the doctors werent specialized in dealing with OLD (because its not medically recognized as a problem) or autism (afabs are typically masking and are often cast aside when looking for diagnosis because majority of researchers use amabs symptoms specifically instead of looking at the whole spectrum) because of this she was bullied and seen as "not normal" by her peers. (people find her off-putting still in akademi because they arent able to read her face since she's masking like all the time unless she's with taro) in this i imagine that ryoba claims its a condition that majority of the women in their family faces (they just arent diagnosed) and that she will find something that will help "complete" ayano in the future. and so not only does she have trouble unmasking, she still feels as if something (someone) is missing within her life. this is what she thinks because it was what ryoba also went through. that "something" is eventually found out to be taro.

upon bumping into him and her being faced with kindness it made ayano fall in love with taro. because she's never felt this way about anyone before,, she feels extremely overwhelmed being near him and gets extremely nervous and whatnot. (sometimes if she gets too close her emotions are actually SO overwhelming and everything is happening so fast that she verges on a mental breakdown) essentially being around taro makes ayano feel like she isnt hiding behind a mask that she cant drop AND makes her feel like a normal person (for the most part anyway, she still is easily overwhelmed.) unfortunately, due to OLD she's faced with some intrusive thoughts and feeling of possessiveness especially around other people that like taro because she feels like her only source of being normal will be ripped away from her.

i think that ayano in this concept would be angry towards the rivals, yes, but not enough to genuinely commit murder. (barely anyway. intrusive thoughts are very strong and its hard sometimes to fight the urge to give in) sometimes she would have the weapon, poison etc etc in her hand but when she's near her target an overwhelming sense of disgust washes over herself. ayano rationalizes it by talking to herself that "taro would be upset and would probably reject me if i killed her" or "taro might come in here and-" basically she uses taro as her pillar of support even if its her own feelings that make her disgusted in herself.

that doesn't mean she's not weirdly possessive over taro. she borders on basically stalking him because being near his presence is enough to make her day better (as i said before- the masking is easier to go away because taro's presence is calming)

on another another note, ayano is bisexual and asexual here,, if taro were taeko she'd still be the same way. she doesn't want to have children because in her mind she doesn't see a point to it. she thinks that her child has a high possibility of coming out like her and thats a thought she wants to entertain. plus sex is so whatever.

notes:

ayano is 5'7,, both jokichi (6'0) and ryoba (5'8) have taller genes on both sides of their family compared to the avg height.

ayano's favorite color is pink and gray. pink because that color stands out more when she's with taro, and gray because its taro's favorite color

while she doesn't actively kill people she's still not on the morally just side of things. in this concept one of the worst things was kidnap musume for ransom in order to indebt kokona to her or drugging a couple people (#girlthings)

she has above average grades but she isnt an insane genius prodigy like kaga or whatever.

she is (unwillingly) in the student handbook for a uniform guide (you would think it would be the student council but they have a totally different uniform so)

she still killed that cat like in the lore video

this isnt really important compared to the rest but she only eats vegetables raw

she DOES end up with taro. they get married in the future even.

she's still a lil freak tho (pos)

happy reading!

[thebrookesnook]

Hmm, I'm surprisingly calmer this chapter (it's the stress i'm telling ya) and so much yapping to be done for EndoChika istg. I'm sorry for sidelining our savior Ume for the nth time, I'll make it up to you king i swear 😭🙏.

My thoughts on Chapter 152 of Wind Breaker so spoilers ahead!

First, the title ("Symbols") is so very fitting let me tell ya.

Secondly, idk why but Sakura being worried for Umemiya is so heart warming 🥹. My son, oh my, have you have grown so much 🥹😭🤧. I hope he gets to do the "babe this isnt you" that other people have said about in previous chapters, but like in the funniest way possible.

Thirdly, this panel of Ume is insane!! LIKE THE EYEE, THIS IS BOFURIN'S LEADER Y'ALL. BEAT HIM UP UME!!

Fourthly, Endo and Takiishi tattoo lore drop??? Not me thinking that tattoo on Endo's left deltoid m. was exclusively for himself then Takiishi takes of his jacket only to reveal the same tattoo as well!?

AND THEN PROCEEDS TO LORE DROP THAT HE DREW THE TATTOO HIMSELF??? Moreover, TAKIISHI AGREED?? these two make me sick (/affectionate)

(TAKIISHI LOOKS SO TINY HELP WHAT-)

AND OF COURSE HE TOOK GREAT CARE IN FINDING SMTHING THAT FITS TAKIISHI SO WELL.

I made a visual for comparison:

(Btw, the "kuzushi" is actually a JP martial arts term for unbalancing an opponent + there's a story behind the Kunikuzushi: to briefly sum it up, a military commander from the Sengoku Period by the name of Ōtomo Sōrin had obtained an ichibiya likely imported from Portuguese Goa, India and used it for battle in other countries hence its name Kunikuzushi.)

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Man's so gay he literally made a soulmark tattoo for his boo. Even Sakura could see it.

Endo lowkey be fantasizing an period dramas in his head with Takiishi and I can respect that.

Him also being jealous of Umemiya that he's the center of Takiishi's thoughts is so hwkwkfksl. Ume would very much like to not be Takiishi's center of attention and can you please get your boyfriend back, please and thank you. This guy I swear, I'm embarrased for you and all your boy failure. Keep doing you hun.

Lastly, this chapter has made Endo more & more relatable and I don't know how I feel about that so I made memes about it:

He's part of the art community my guys. (Not surprising considering he is a prodigy).

Thank you again Nii-sensei for the chapter and to Jacqueline Fung for the official translation 🙏 Please go and support them via the official international release in Kodansha.

(P.S. I've decided to move my wbk content on a new blog specifically for wbk. That also means new chapter rants will be there to for the forseeable future. So if you wanna check that out, come visit me @transient-winds )

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Ah, so, could I ask... if N and Uzi get yoinked to different timelines, where's V? Is she just chillin in the present? Oh, and how the heck did the whole time travel thing happen anyways? Or is that something to be dramatically revealed in the future-

sorry for letting this rot in my ask box for a week but I wanted to do a 'when I reach 200 followers ill drop the lore' thing. So here we go!

⚠️THIS WILL CONTAIN SPOILER⚠️ for a summary + random extras click on strawpage.

The name suggests what the plot is, they are all lost in time. Each of them thrown around into a different universe or timeline. Like the past and future. Each of the three drones find themselves thrown into a different part of history.

1: Uzi

Uzi was thrown into the past. She doesn't know how but at first she didn't realise! It wasn't until she noticed just how different copper 9 was that she felt something was not quite right, including cyn's snarky remarks before the entire realisation.

After accepting that she was sent back in time somehow she remembered she could use this as an excuse to figure out what exactly is wrong with her and her entire past. She could learn about what her mother really was like, the truth about the absolute solver and what N was like before he became a 'soft drone'.

Did Cyn also creepily demand a wig similar to her hair to be put onto the tail she's trapped in? Yes. Yes she did. Even though Cyn constantly annoys Uzi they still find a way to get along.

2: N

N was thrown into the future. It was not exactly the 'dream future with my future wife' he was expecting. All he did was step outside and everyone was immediately wanting to attack him. All he could think about was that everything was resolved with the disassembly drones and the worker drones, why are they fighting now?

Well turns out that the drones Like V and the future N had moved their core into the body of a deceased worker drone in order to not be 'as threatening' towards worker drones. It actually worked pretty well! Years after peace and if they saw a disassembly drone after all that time, they have a right to believe somehow some more where sent to wipe the workers and the rebellious drones like N and V out.

3: J

(no images cause she is introduced later)

She got thrown into a random universe. One that looked nice, peace, harmony and a way to make nature thrive. It was covered in grass and moss and looked similar to earth. Only thing is she saw no other disassembly drones, only worker drones. It wasn't long until she was chased out with high tech weapons. It turned out the workers in this universe did something useful for once to get rid of the sky demons for good instead of hiding behind doors like a coward.

It wasn't until she met J, or well what looks and seems like j.

Psd-T, Otherwise known as 'Prototype serial designation T' comes across as a drone who is similar to J and uses J as a main nickname. Some drones names where different in this universe so V just took it as 'Well maybe her name is just different here's or maybe she's a completely different drone!

4: How did they get there?

The plot revolves around the drones trying to discover how they got sent to the timelines or why they where being shown it. They don't know why or how any of this happened but their goal is to get back to eachother, not after taking a snoop out of curiosity though.

So yes. The ways of how they get there are revealed later in the future!

Random questions nobody will ask but I'll answer either way

1: Can i make fan creations e.g fanart, headcanons, pfps ect ect / how *instert your oc or another character* would be in this series

Sure! Honestly I would love anything that you guys do! I love and cherish all art I receive because my dream is just to build a community where people can be themselves :) fan creations are honestly things that motivate me alot so it doesn't feel like 'im doing this just for me' (well I sorta am) but I also want to make people happy and to enjoy things!

And feel free to draw other characters and ocs based of this au! I would love to see what shenanigans they get up to.

2: can I use this as inspiration

YES! inspiration is something I wanna spread. If you want to make something based of this you can :)! I dont own the 'time travel' au's anyways.

Thanks for reading this far. Have an art dump of Nearly all the art I've done so far of them!

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Bestie drop the knight fic lore pls 😭💘💘

Okay, so here’s some lore!! I’m glad you asked this actually, because it could help with understanding a continuation, which I am currently writing tiny moments between reader and Luigi since one of my little babies asked for some more moments of them between nights in the princess’ chamber where they have to act ‘normal’.

You'd first glimpsed your father's true nature at fifteen, during your first Grimguard Breaking ceremony. The sight haunts you still. A merchant's son forced to maul his own brother while the court watched in silence. That night you saw your father's face in the torchlight — not the grieving widower who'd lost your mother, but a man who smiled at the sounds of breaking.

In just ten years, he'd transformed from a man who wept at your mother's garden into someone who collected his army of hounds.

You remember how he'd stroked the newly-made Grimguard's head afterward, the same way he used to pat your hair when you were small.

Luigi had been fifteen when they caught him on the cliffs of Ironmere, fingers bloodied from climbing, still wearing the soot of his village's ashes. He'd nearly made it, too — just a hundred feet more and he would have crossed into Brightshore's borders. But the patrol had watched him scale impossible heights, tracked his desperate ascent through knife-edge rocks where even mountain goats feared to step. The king's hunters didn't see a refugee that day — they saw raw potential.

A boy who could climb sheer cliff faces would make a fine hound, they reasoned. Better to collar such agility than waste it in a prison cell. So they took him, not because he was a criminal, but because he'd shown such magnificent desperation. After all, the best Grimguards are made from those who have nothing left to lose.

The story of Luigi's thorned muzzle is written in the scars around his mouth. During his fitting, he'd stood straight-backed while other captures cowered, meeting each handler's eyes with unflinching defiance. "I'm not your dog," he'd declare, voice steady even as they approached with the steel. "My name is Luigi." He'd repeat it like a prayer, like a challenge, like the last ember of a fire refusing to die.

The irony wasn't lost on anyone when he finally snapped — literally — taking a handler's finger clean off at the second knuckle. They'd laughed as they fitted the first row of thorns, silver needles placed with surgical precision around his jaw. "See?" they'd mocked, "Bites like a proper hound after all." Each word spoken now draws blood, the thorns kissing his flesh, but still, he speaks.

The Teething is the kingdom's favorite sport — a bloodied ballet where fresh captures learn to dance.

In the training arena's dust, new pups clash with only muzzles and bare hands as weapons. These matches run brief but brutal, lasting until first blood or submission. Merchants close their shops to watch, peasants press against the arena's bars, and children perch on shoulders to glimpse tomorrow's hounds. It's a grim circus where the kingdom's people can witness their future protectors being forged, betting copper pieces on which pup will break first — both bone and spirit.

The Muzzling, however, is high art for the nobility.

Full-ranked Grimguards locked in formal combat, their muzzles gleaming with wrapped thorns and ceremonial spikes. They fight until one lies still or submits — though death, while officially forbidden, is an open secret in these matches. Noble houses sponsor their favorite Grimguards, wagering fortunes and political favors on the outcome. The King himself often arranges these matches with careful purpose — nothing demonstrates power quite like watching your rival's prized hound writhe in the dirt, choking on submission.

Some say more wars have been prevented in the Muzzling arena than at any treaty table.

(I am writing currently Luigi’s first Teething match for the previously mentioned request!)

This is some lore and backstory!! But I am totally willing to answer any more specific questions, too!

[meanbossart]

ASK COMPILATION: Miscellaneous questions about lore and art!

Tried to address some of the shorter ones, thank you everyone as always for the endless patience as I struggle to keep up with my inbox ☠️

On the upside, found a few that went into my "future art prompt" folder ;)

As someone who prefers animals who roam and largely take care of themselves, only coming around to ask for a pet, a cuddle or a treat when they very well want to - cats would be perfect for him.

Thank you! I'm glad you like her. There's plenty of Orin in the horizon, it's unfortunate that I can only draw so fast 😂

Lacking

Thank you so much for giving it a shot! And I very much understand that personal policy LOL

Hopefully between life, art, and plain occasional laziness we will both live long enough to see it finished 😂 at least the bulk of it is set!

And I'm glad you enjoy my writing! Always a pleasant surprise to hear that considering that I have no idea what I'm doing. But I do constantly try to improve it!

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Hmm I hadn't considered it, but you never know!

We all know the answer to that already

I really don't think there is DU drow without the DU part. It's a pivotal aspect of his development not only biologically but in regards to all that happened in his life that eventually led him to be the way he is 🤷‍♂️ Like, his name itself is kind of a joke, he really isn't much of a drow to begin with!

His size, features, strength, it's all due to being a Bhaalspawn, and not a matter of winning (or losing, depending of how you look at it) the genetic lottery. Without it, he'd just be some forgettable Jaluk.

Thank you both so much!

I'm surprised about how often I get this question. He does, but he doesn't react to fear conventionally, he just buries it, powers through, or fuels his anger with it. This ask isn't about fears, but I think it applies better here than any summary or bullet-list I could type out. Feel free to draw your own conclusions!

Thank you so much!! And I'm also sorry to anyone who's had a similar experience, because I've certainly gotten a couple of messages about it by now 😂😂😂 listen If I could make him real I would!

It depends! Usually, anywhere between 1-3 days.

(Right now I'm in the process of dropping the smokes and because of that it's become more of a 5 day process, though. Send aid in the form of nicotine patches I Beg)

What do you mean, don't YOU dress like that???

Astarion is far more Bowie to me, personally, but something to think about 🤔

The only sword I've drawn him wielding more than once is the Balduran's Giantslayer from the game itself! Otherwise, they've just been random designs I made up on the spot.

Hello!

I'm pretty positive that by the time Minthara was invited up to be enthralled, the Dark Urge had already been shipped off under Kressa's care - but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Either way, I don't really read too much into Minthara's and Orin's "relationship" myself, seems like a pretty clear cut victim/tormentor situation, which Orin and DU drow had plenty of prior.

[sunflowers-and-scales]

Hi hello I am finally following up on the tag you left for me to say I would love iPad kids lore pls pls tell me what is up w them !! Your art for them is so so compelling

(Also if I’m sending this to the wrong blog feel free to just answer on the right one akdbsksj)

heyo this blog is fine!1 i don’t really like to spam it in theory but idrc LMAO ,,,

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SOME IPAD KIDS LORE WOW 💥💥 gonna make a masterpost here bc i dont feel like tagging you in like six different posts we’re getting up close and personal/j

IPAD KIDS UNIVERSE: these guys live in an alternate future type thing wherein the politically powerful/wealthy essentially flex their power & money through cybernetticlaly enhancing their kids. this comes to pass mostly through childhood injuries—it becomes the cultural norm not to fix/heal “broken” or “unsuitable” body parts, but to replace them mechanically.

THE IPAD KIDS ARE:

MERCY: Mercy grows up the son of two politically powerful parents and friend to Ayano, whose parents are also quite well off. (i’ll get to their friendship lore later). he’s pretty throughly brainwashed to believe that the way things are is the way things should be, & is constantly derided through his childhood for his “poor” appearance. this leads to some pretty severe self image issues, and he doesn’t protest—and in fact is excited by—the prospect of getting his face replaced by a high-tech screen mechanism (as a “present” for his 16th bday). however, the replacement procedure goes wrong & his vocal cords are damaged. in order to cover up the error, his parents essentially dispose of him, dumping his body in a rural mountain range and deactivating his mechanical enhancements. however, he’s not yet dead! by sheer luck, avery find him as he’s wandering the forest she’s hiking in, unable to see, speak, or walk properly. she brings him to her adoptive brother nico who helps fix his sight &. recode his screen implement, though they can’t fix his vocal cords. entitled, sheltered and not really understanding the situation, he tries to go back to his family who once again try and have him covertly dumped, even announcing his death to the media and announcing a charity “in his name”. somewhat reasonably he enters a depressive spiral from here. he also reunites with Ayano and the two of them are kind of freaky in a fun situationship type way.

AYANO/AYAME: ayano grows up pretty well off & is really attached to mercy as a little kid; they’re basically best friends/joined at the hip/always holding hands yk the drill. however, following an incident abt age 12 in which the two get a little too rowdy & fall out of a tree, breaking their arms, mercy’s parents deem Ayano a Bad Influence and cut mercy off from hanging out with him. from there, ayano kind of spirals into a series of bad habits & bad decisions, as he’s pretty isolated and hates the customs his parents have tried so hard to brainwash him into accepting. he’s also super pissed about losing his arm, as his prosthetic doesn’t work as naturally and he can’t climb very well with it on. in an act of rebellion, he destroys it, which gets him kicked out of the house and sent to live with his aunt in the mountains. there, he realizes he’s bigender and starts dressing more creatively, trying to drop his smoking habit, and semi-permanently abandoning the prosthetic altogether. by coincidence, he and mercy have ended up in the same place—and after a mild confusion over not recognizing each other, the two reunite and get into the aforementioned freaky situationship.

NICO: the oldest of the group, nico makes his living as a mechanic, fixing his clients’ things out of a workshop in his garage. though he’s a skilled engineer, he wasn’t able to attend college as he’s pretty much had to support himself since his teenage years (as his parents both passed due to health issues & he spent much of his early teenage life supporting his mom before she passed). he’s now the semi-willing adoptive brother-slash-dad of two teenagers with extremely different personalities. very chill guy who’s hard to upset; thankfully, nobody really wants to due to aforementioned chill guy status. very patient but straightforward with sadboy mercy.

AVERY: avery lives with her adoptive brother nico ever since she hopped in the back of his pickup truck several years ago and just, like, never left his house. her parents are both out of the picture for unknown reasons, but she was pretty adamant about staying with nico and he wasn’t going to make her leave (he might not admit it, but he gets lonely too!) she’s very cool and good at coding but given as she’s like 13 she’s not the main focus of the angst LOL. she lives in Normal People land so the whole cybernetic enhancement thing never affected her personally.

[dailylucacorderodimontezemolo]

Luca Lore: the Tatts

Yeah, I wasn't expecting tattoos on Luca Cordero di Montezemolo either. His commitment to menswear is such that he's rarely seen less than fully covered from neck to ankle (he would have made a marvellous Victorian maiden), and none of his regular looks lend themselves much to body art. He's usually all about suits, ties, sweaters tied over his shoulders, and occasional loafers without socks.

But there are two tattoos to talk about. (That we know of. If he has more, drop me a DM or an ask and please tell me how you found them).

The most photographed one is the turtle, probably because it's close to his inevitably fabulous watch situation. There's so few photos of either that it's difficult to verify exactly when he got them. The photo above is from 2009, and the Financial Times mentioned that he got his tattoos (note the plural) with his second wife Ludovica Andreoni in 2005. (That same profile, by Hannah Roberts, mentions that the tattoos give him "a raffish air," and has some seriously golden lore that will be the subject of future posts. I hope none of y'all are especially fond of wild boar).

However, I wonder about the origin of Luca's ink. The turtle on his left wrist contains the letters L, M and G, which correspond to the initials of his three youngest children (born between 2001 and 2010). Which makes me wonder if he got the tattoo in 2005, per the FT profile, with the first two initials, and added the third later. L is the youngest child and the tattoo had a nice balance with just the G and M, so the L being added last is plausible.

Then there's the other one.

It's a five-pointed star, which looks about the same size as the turtle, on the inside of the opposite forearm. There is shading around the points and inside are initials that correspond to Luca's two elder children. The star looks newer, but it seems odd to start with a tattoo for the younger kids rather than the older ones.

Luca has five children in total. A daughter (who has his exact face and will feature in a future lore post because I am in love with her) with his first wife, a son with a former partner, then a long gap (during which he had a serious relationship with a stunning French-Italian actor named Edwige Fenech famous for her roles in goofy sex comedies) before having three children with Ludovica. He hasn't ever said his tattoos relate to his kids (that I can find) but it seems like a reasonable guess.

So perhaps, if he got his first tattoo with Ludovica in honour of their shared children, he might have honoured his elder children afterwards, or gotten both at the same time - but the star seems to have aged better. This article suggests the ink hadn't been widely seen before that point but extensively references the star tattoo, so we know it predates September 2009.

The star is a classic symbol that lots of people like, but why the turtle? I've done some research and have no idea. The same FT article mentioned that his family have nine pet turtles, so that may be why, but it's just a guess.

The Times profiled Luca in 2008, shortly after Massa lost the Driver's Championship to Lewis in the last corner at the last race. Journalist Edward Gorman wrote:

So we can't even be sure what kind of testudinidae it is. Luca does not make anything easy for a researcher.

That's everything I can find on Luca's adventures in ink, so I'll leave you with Mario Andretti's tweet on the subject.