#UGHHHGH

[thewhalelord]

“I can take it and put it inside of me…”

[arteicetb]

So Viv said in a past Live Stream that she first made Alastor back in high school and that he started out as a deer for her Zoophobia comic. The Princess and The Frog came out Dec 2009, Viv would have just turned 17 around that time. And in her interview with IGN, she said that she made Alastor as far back as middle school which would line up with his creation and change from Deer to Human. And also make since his her oldest OC, according to her. So no, Alastor isn’t based on Dr Facilier. Just wanted to clear that up because I’ve seen some confusion around it. That doesn’t excuse her use of real Voodoo symbols, especially when Alastor is going “demon mode”. Still very and literally demonizing Voodoo.

[plague-parade]

time for my monthly battle with insurance over fucking omeprazole

[goldensunset]

plan backfired i’m close to being done with art but literally i’ve been overcome with so much exhaustion building up from this week i can barely keep my own head up this evening. like i’m about to pass out genuinely. i can try to power through maybe but this might mean no drawing for the month of february. i am like dizzy

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

hmmmmm ok the poem is finished and now I have to decide if I want to like. turn it into an actual fic or if I can make peace with posting something on ao3 that's only 600 words long

[spinyax]

You ever feel like a friendship has run its course but your still dragging it’s corpse behind you because I sure do

[vivisectionary]

thought abt alien abduction and got ao hard i almost blacked out

[bananahkim]

I overslept

[llegato]

STOP OH MY GOD.

[channelslam]

just fell to my knees

[enden-k]

OH GOD YES IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WORTH RRHHHHHRHHAHHAHH WIFE IS HERE

[plague-parade]

me: mmm bagel

my stomach: so youve chosen death

[tojisun]

"...but you were a stray piece, unable to truly fit in." GHOAP WHEN I CATCH YOU. WHEN I CATCH YOU!!!!!!

I think what I really enjoy about hyde is seeing the strength and selflessness they have in this situation, even at the expense of their own self. Because it is a Herculean task to leave the person you love and the person you grew a connection with, even if the extent of those relationships fell short of what you wanted. But there's also an element of hope in their character, at least for me there is. This same strength could easily pick the pieces of themselves back up. It could easily hold those pieces together again. It could easily allow them to move on. But the human aspect of their character is that they'll likely hold onto them (figuratively) for as long as they can, even when they don't know the way Ghost had begun to warm up to them, the way Soap was filled with sorrow once he found out they had left. It's just the way grief works - you gotta go through the waves before there's any chance at moving on.

It makes me wonder how Ghoap fare after they find out Hyde left. We know they grow a little connection to them, especially Ghost since he doesn't warm up to people well, but did the boys have a deep enough connection to grieve for what could've been? Does Soap even know that Ghost was warming up to Hyde? That he was looking forward to the three of them? Did Soap truly want a poly relationship? Do they realize how selfish they had been for indulging in each other freely but stringing Hyde along with scraps of their affection? all thoughts, all wonder. no need to answer any of those questions btw, just wanted to share my thoughts!!

im so sorry it took so long to reply to this ask because of how much it meant to me. im so so happy to see the love for hwwl and hyde, and how even amidst the dogshit i put them through, you guys indulge me anyway 🥹

and absolutely!! going into writing hwwl, as inconsistent and short bursts they are, i have always known two things: hyde will always leave, and ghoap will always face some type of hurt because of it. i guess another thing to glean from that is that hwwl wouldn't have a happy ending in a romantic way. there's no good suffering (hyde and their selflessness leading to a requited love) nor a chase (ghoap running after them to bring them back into their fold) nor a revenge arc (someone else loving hyde the way they should, and it being thrown to ghoap's faces). it is just a quiet splintering, as everything is with hyde.

i'm so so glad to see you mention the element of hope in their character. hyde deserves that at least. yes, they let themselves be dragged into the mess with ghoap because it had been the only way they can even have ghost in their life, but they also deserve to step back. there were sooo many scenarios i wanted to bring out that would end up with hyde leaving - some of them explosive, and some of them so entrenched in turmoil - but just thinking about how they left in the midst of mending things with ghost (that one-sided animosity that ghost held onto) was such a sweet release. it's like when an over-inflated balloon is held carefully, and the tight hold on the rubbered end loosens up slowly until enough helium leaves so that no explosion happens. and it's as peaceful as it could be; a kind escape, and hyde deserves a quiet parting so no... ghost (ha!) can haunt them in their new voyage.

thank you so much for this and teehee i answered ur questions!! mostly because i do love shaping hwwl like this, through asks, but also the next instalment is being a bastard and i can't finish it ugh </3

but did the boys have a deep enough connection to grieve for what could've been?

i thought about this day and night because i know in my heart of hearts, ghost wouldnt. johnny would, at least for what it was - before it was ghost and soap and hyde. he would miss that slip of thing that only he and hyde had. and i think johnny needs to feel guilty every time ghost comes over to pull him in ghost will always wait for him, of course he will, but i see this distance creating another friction, then another cause for ghost's resentment to hyde

Does Soap even know that Ghost was warming up to Hyde? That he was looking forward to the three of them?

he will never because ghost will deny himself, and therefore johnny, any moment of regretting. hyde left them, why would ghost let their past haunt him? (it always does).

Did Soap truly want a poly relationship?

not at first. he was... selfish. he just wanted them for himself; with no commitment. he rationalized it by saying that in their bleak reality, with such a thunderous life, it was difficult to have anything more than pressed bodies and hot kisses. but when he is alone in his bunk - hyde had already started pulling away by then, and ghost is away on a mission with gaz - johnny thinks and feels and yearns

Do they realize how selfish they had been for indulging in each other freely but stringing Hyde along with scraps of their affection?

ghost knew hyde loved him. he know hyde only agreed because that arrangement was only ever the extent that ghost would give of himself to them. and he used it to tag them along because johnny liked - loves - hyde, and ghost loves johnny so he will give him everything johnny knew. he just... pretended he couldn't see because he trusted hyde to pull away if they don't want this fucked up arrangement anymore. he just didn't expect them to leave

[lokisis]

Hey guys watch out on the teacups those things killed me like 8 times when I had to go on them and I made my brother take over the vessel I was possessing and dodge instead of me.

Sounds uh. Rough.

B: Someone mentioned them before I think... maybe-

O: Y’know I think you're right but we could always ask Yellow-

B: Were you listening at ALL?

P: No???

[small-world-au]

I’m obsessing over Chosoako’s dynamic

Like, Choso Kamo, a trained prodigy who inherited his family’s sacred power and mastered it, holding his own in battles, no backup needed, with sharp determination, large build with sharp angles and a jawline and defined muscles - half curse, too.

And then Ako Komaniya, a normal human with soft features and a smaller frame and a delicate sort of beauty to him, like a butterfly. A pretty boy. A kind and warm personality, with caring instincts, even to creatures not fortunate enough to be graced with beauty. His only “special” features are his skin condition and his ability to see and live with curses and ghosts. and yet he STILL catches Choso’s attention. It has to do with how he looks, yes, but he also treats Choso with a softness that he’s not really used to because nobody else thinks to do that with him, the large, scary, heavily-muscled and face tattoo-having guy. Not just him either. Even if Choso’s little brothers may look like full-on curses, like monsters, Ako will still treat them sweetly, like children of his own, which really struck a chord with Choso. He feels a need to do everything in his power to protect this helpless human who’s been through so much by his side.

Or all that could mean nothing, and it could be just another stereotypical twink x large man ship… *SIGHHHHH* (this is what a bunch of my friends dumbed it down to and I was like, yall do know Ako hates the idea of romance except when it’s Cho, right? Like, he doesnt just like his muscles. They’ve been platonically together for a long time, and thats how Ako’s attraction started. It’s deep and complex and lets keep it that way bc thats how it’s SUPPOSED to be bc AKO IS DEMI >:(( )

My child…son…boy child…

YOUR FRIENDS CAN NEVER COMPREHEND YOUR BEAUTIFUL MIND!!!!!!

LIKE, WTF?!! THAT’S SO FUCKIN CUTTTTTEEEE!!!!!

BEAUTIFUL ANALYSIS OF YOUR SHIP MAH CHILD!!!! 😭😭😭😭

[kimballs-linas]

any rvb fans read orv. feel like im doing a puzzle while blindfolded thinking abt it. like. both stories start out fairly lighthearted & generic, poking fun at tropes and the way things work and then uhm you get hit on the head with wow! its fucked up actually! like church & kim dokja in particular i need to put them in a particle accelerator. stop killing yourself to solve ur problems man <they wont listen because it works every time. theyre both a product of a torment nexus of their ‘own’ creation (‘own’ bc of the dubious definition of the ‘self’ in both cases). god. theres a lot i could say but not a lot i could say coherently