#With a new design comes a new sprite and that meant getting to flex my spriting prowess

[stardestroyer81]

With the recently announced Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX, I figured there's no time like the present to bring an old favorite back into the spotlight... hey, Yacht Club Games! How about another character to play through the first campaign as? I have just the girl for the job...

Making her first appearance on this blog since 2020, witness the return of the Fated Acolyte, now sporting a brand-new look! 💜🖤💜🖤💜

[muggycuphead]

weird flex but ok i guess pt.23

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War… Hold up, do we really need a warning for this one? Dunno, but however, watch out for slightly disturbing and kinda…disgusting imagery, trypophobic patterns, as well as ‘necrotic’ (and dark themed) designs I made while having funky fever bc o h m y g o d do I get a little crazier every new quarantine day (and at this point it’s coming to be an usual thing for me, big sad). However, most are made no other than for the sole sake of satire, so y’know, no need to get your underwear in a twist

Friday Night Funkin’ BoyFriend’s Hood – AU fanconcept sketches [XX]

EDIT 16/11/2023: Updated the drawing with a rescanned, more clean version

1.- Miss Luzbell

Daddy Dearest’s ex-wife in BF’sH, as well as Stephano and Bruce’s biological mother

If y’all couldn’t tell my burning passion for making strange, very detailed character designs, this shall b enough to convince you about it

She’s supposed to be a goth gospel singer by the way…and she’s a gargoyle

Her design, however, was real fun to make, especially her moon scythe (just noticed afterwards that I snuck a low-key Zardy reference, woo)

2.- Bruce

Stephano’s brother, and GF’s half-brother

And when I say ‘obscure’, I’m not saying he’s the edgiest of all characters (after his mom of course), but that he’s the least lore-wise appearing character; technically I just did his design out of spite lol

However, unlike his mild brother, he has no ill feelings against GF; heck, he himself knows their mother was the one that peaced out with no care and just left them at their luck with their dad…he still messes around with GF every so and then though.

3.- Shape!BoyFriend/Major B (BlueFriend) and Shape!Lil B/Minor B (Light BlueFriend)

Funny rhythm game mashup go bzzz

Beyond this point all I did was filler stuff…just for fun c:

Used the symbol on BF’s jacket for this one, both for the big and the small boi

Light BluF do be looking cute tho

4.- Shape!Stephano (Octephano)

Close to me but the Godfather walked in

Way to say Stephano’s design was indirectly/slightly inspired in my AU fandesign of Cube, don’tcha think-

5.- Shape!GirlFriend/High G (PinkFriend) and Shape!Miss G/Low G (Light PinkFriend)

Demon hoe and demon child

Before you ask, I went with my fancanon for this one (pink shapes can be with paradise shapes as long as they’re ‘purified’ with any light-source magic –aka triangles), hence why she’s wearing a triangle –BluF also has one by the way, basically it’s his mic

6.- Shape!Pico (HexaPico)

go pico ye ye

Idk what colour he’d be exactly, maybe a mix between orange and green (orange being the predominant color since y’know)

Also his hands can shapeshift into guns as long as he has the weapons’ config stored in his database (in this case, his right arm being the assault rifle, and the left one being his uzi)

7.- Nostalgic BoyFriend

Sad boi

Basically happening after the GF-got-stolen event

8.- Simplified Style! Stephano

This is a FNF ‘artstyle’ concept I though of not too long that’s basically like combining but bad with Minus and taking away all color paletes, having the lineart to be the only colorful part of the sprite (mostly being the color of the icon the character has)

Also, finally got to draw his revolver thing, even if it was low-key

9.- Heart thing…?

Was meant to be Stephano’s signature symbol or something, but I don’t know at this point

10.- Simplified Style! BoyFriend

Back at it again with the simplifications

And yeah in my interpretation, simplify!BF has a transparent cap, don’t ask

11.- Blood Moon

Random sketch

Looks like a fusion between Whore of Babylon and Spirit of the Night (TBOI) but that might be just me

12.- Shape!Arzeus (TriArzeus)

Inverted triangle bad

I can’t help but think that, in order to possess Broddy, he would have had to do it blixer style (headstab)

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[gatheringfiki]

The following ficlet was written by @flow-it-show-it​ based on this photoset.

Pairing: Fili/Kili Rating: M for suggestive banter.

You can also read this story on AO3.

If you’ve enjoyed this story, please leave a comment either in replies or on AO3. :)

Short and Sweet

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As soon as Fíli sees what’s coming up the road, he begins to plate up the cookies.

Demon! a shout echoes across the snowfield. Get out here!

Temptation time, Fíli whispers to himself.

His cloven hooves clatter across the flagstones as he hurries to the foyer.  He fluffs his hair (preposterously blond for one of Krampus’ minions), peeks to make certain the cookies are stacked just so, and flings open the cabin door.

Kringle’s henchmen don’t usually look as grim as Kíli does now.  The cause of his ire, however, is obvious.  It clops behind him at the end of a lasso, flexing its broad ebony-feathered wings.

YOU!  roars the angry wight.

Hello, dear neighbor, Fíli purrs in return.

Don’t hello dear neighbor me.  This… BEAST of yours got loose again!  I caught her running with our herd!

Oh, Hulda, Fíli coos directly to the steed.  Do I not feed you enough? 

Stepping delicately on the ice, he picks his way down to the gate, making certain to include some hip-swaying action for Kili’s benefit.  He hopes that the wight takes notice of the fact that he’s just freshly polished his horns.  They’re quite comely, if he does say so himself.  Small, though; not nearly as impressive as the great ram-spirals sported by Krampus’ older minions.  Well, someday…

His adversary’s cheeks are ruddy, whether from pique or frost, it’s hard to tell.  Those dark eyes glint with vexation, just the way Fíli likes them.  So dark, so glowering…

Kíli would make the perfect imp.  He sticks out amidst Kringle’s happy helpers as much as fair, cheerful Fíli does amidst Krampus’ sinister, shadowy hosts.  Both bosses have actually wondered aloud whether or not these two sprites were switched at birth. Fíli’s cloven hooves pretty much settle that argument, though truth be told, he’s bitten his lip more than once over a fantasy of Kíli having them as well…

As if he knew and meant to taunt Fíli, Kíli impatiently stamps one fur-booted foot on the hard-packed snow.  He looks for all the world like an indignant young bull, and he bellows like one, too.  Heed me, demon!  I bring the words of Kringle himself.  He does not want to see this creature on his property again.  This is the twelfth time in two months, and I assure you that thirteen is not a lucky number even for demons.

Speak you of luck, pixie? Fíli performs a nose-wrinkle of purest mischief.  You’re lucky Hulda has no taste for what reindeer eat.  Or for that matter, reindeer meat.

You’re lucky I brought her back.  The workshop’s running low on glue.

Lashes lowered, Fili sing-songs, I-give-you-my-solemn-word-I’ll-latch-the-gate-more-tightly—

Wings, Fíli.  She has wings.  I don’t think latching a gate she can fly over is going to solve the problem.  Kíli huffs out a cloud of white vapor. Tell your boss to build a proper stable.

Sweet as sugarcane:  You might tell YOUR boss the same.

Reindeer are nomadic.  They’re supposed to roam.

Oh, I know all about their roaming.  If you recall from last week?   The whole of my front yard?

This shuts Kíli up.

Hell’s bells, thinks Fíli, he’s luscious when he’s angry.

It doesn’t help that Fíli has a terrible fetish for elfwear.  Kringle’s workshop issues its staff a limited-edition sweater every Yule, and this year’s design – bright red pine boughs criss-crossed on heather-grey shot through with silvery threads – is a winner.  Kíli’s mittens are new, too; stitched out of the softest rabbit fur.  Fíli files away that detail to tease him about later.  Kringle’s crew are always so holier-than-thou, but they’re not exactly vegans, are they?

Holding the cookie plate aloft, he yawns and executes a stretch– rather a lascivious one for so early in the morn. 

What have you got there? Kíli growls, unable to ignore either treat.

Oh, this?  It’s your plate.  I was planning to return it later today.  It seemed impolite to bring it back empty, so I took the liberty of filling it up—

Kíli tosses his head dismissively.  As if your kind ever worried about being impolite.  What are they?

Red velvet sandwich cookies.  New recipe.

I liked your pfeffernüsse last time.  Spicy.

I liked your shortbread the time before.  Bland.

Imp and wight engage in a staring contest until their focus is broken by a plaintive whinny.

All right, Hulda, you may go, sighs Fíli.  Leave us to our bickering.  He thrusts the cookie-laden plate at Kíli.  For you and only you, he warns.  No sharing.

The recipient’s cheeks redden even more.   You know that’s not how we operate.

Come on.  Be selfish, just this once, for me.

Little does he know how selfish Kíli really is when it comes to him.  Hoarding butter and eggs… sneaking into the workshop kitchen at night to bake cookies not one of his colleagues gets to taste…

Ready for the Wild Hunt, demon?  Kíli hopes his customary gruffness conceals the feelings stirred up by this plate of… oh, sweet Saint Walpurgis, the bloody cookies are heart-shaped… 

Oh, yes, says Fíli, chuffed at the violent effect his treats are having.  Fresh chains and birch switches for all.  Just yesterday we knotted off on the final gunny-sack.  Show me the brat who can wriggle through our seams!

We’ve got a few more crèches to decorate, Kíli dutifully reports.  The candle-crowns for Saint Lucia’s Day turned out especially pretty—

You know, there isn’t really a Saint Lucia, Fíli begins one of his habitual taunts.  Never was.  Lussi’s one of ours, an Ancient One.  She runs her own Wild Hunt up north.  The whole point of the candles is to ward her off.

Must you ruin everything sacred?

Your lot are no stranger to the practice.  Fíli leans seductively against the gate, lightly scuffing the tip of one hoof against the frozen rime.  One of these years, I’d like to take you with me on the Hunt.  I’d come and knock at the workshop door as proper as you please.  You’d ride with me on Hulda—if she’ll have you.  I know I would.  A pause.  Have you.

Kíli appears to have swallowed his tongue, a cue for Fíli to use his own tongue to lick his own pretty lips.

You’d ride behind me, naturally, he muses.  Nice and snug up against me, your arms around my waist.  You’d have to hold on tight, you know.  It’d be hours before I’d let you dismount.

The cookie plate clutched in Kíli’s mittened hands begins to quiver slightly.

We’d go everywhere.  Sometimes traveling fast and hard… sometimes nice and slow.  Fíli lovingly runs his gaze over his trembling victim.  I’d show you all the best spots.  I’d have to ask you not to tell anyone, however.  Not just anybody gets invited to my special, secret, hidden places. 

I’d never tell, Kíli whispers. 

Oh, how desperately Fíli wishes he could actually lure this virtuous morsel over to their side!  Or at least to his own cabin.  That would be quite an initiation into the mysteries…

We’d explore them until the wee hours.  Ah, Kíli, what a ride we’d have!  he tells the wide-eyed wight.  You’d have to take the next day off to recuperate.  Take it from me, after a long night in the saddle, it can actually be hard to close your legs…

Kíli blanches white as the snow all around him.  I have to go.

Oh, do you? I was just about to invite you in—

I have to go. 

Kíli backs away from the gate.  The move has the unintended effect of allowing a full and unobstructed view of the territory south of his waist, where some rather scandalous things are taking place…

But when am I to get MY plate back? Fili demands.  At first Fíli thinks he’ll get no answer, but then, his quarry clears his throat.

I’ve— I mean WE’VE— gotten in fresh almonds, Kíli mumbles.  I suppose I could make marzipan.

My favorite, Fíli beams.  You’ll be by tomorrow, then?

I don’t know, demon.  Maybe.  I’m not going to promise anything.  Kíli whirls and begins to walk as quickly as his adorable pointy boots will allow.

As he recedes into the distance, Hulda sidles back out to the gate and stands beside her rider. 

Again tonight? she nickers.  I’ll pass on the marching orders to the reindeer while I’m visiting.

That would be splendid, Fíli replies vaguely. 

He’s already wondering what Kíli’s opinion is on cinnamon red-hots in place of cookie sprinkles.

[funhaversclub]

HELLO HELLO! long time no see :)

I was going to post about all the new information we got from the Pokemon Sword and Shield expansion video but that's already been done. Instead I've decided to post about something much more dear to my heart. The teaser of the Galarian Slowbro and Slowking! BUT Not only that! This post evolved into basically an appreciation of my favorite Pokemon family. I know some of you may not think Shellder and Cloyster belong in this family but technically Slowpoke couldn’t grow without them. On that note let's get into it.

GALARIAN SLOWKING!

The first Pokemon addressed above is the Galarian Slowking... or Slowqueen?... Based on the information we were shown I think what happens to this iteration of Slowking is the Shellder crown, instead of just sitting on Slowpoke's head, swallows the head almost completely. You can see this in what looks like the Shellder Shell's eye in the left side of the scribbled out head. In doing this the Shellder becomes the pilot in this symbiotic relationship. Not only that but the Poison of Shellder seeps through Slowpoke's body even more than in the original Slowking making this version a Poison/Psychic type! I designed the shell to resemble Cloyster's spikes more than the original look. Another neat aspect could be seeing the powerful Poison/Physic energy flowing through causing a smoky aura to leak out through cracks in the crown as pictured below. As for how it evolves I'm not really sure. Maybe instead of a King's Rock it could be the Queen's Ore that you find in the Crown Tundra!

Some people seem to think Slowking could be a ghost or dark type this time around. With the Shellder possibly breaking, maybe the spirit inhabits or possesses Slowking? I like the idea of the crown breaking so I sketched this up!

GALARIAN SLOWBRO!

Secondly we have the Galarian Slowbro. The first thing to mention about the information we've been given is that this iteration of Slowbro has no Shellder on it's tail! This is odd because originally it was said that in order for Slowbro to even stand it needed the counterweight of the Shellder to lift it. I figured that meant this time around Slowbro is stronger on it's own. Hence the flex pose I gave it :) In the bottom left of the leaked imagery above we even see what looks like Slowpoke possibly learning to stand by itself? We also see a sketch of the Slowpoke fishing so where does the Shellder go? In that leak image, top left, it looks like the tail is possibly flinging the Shellder up. This, combined with the Pokemon website talking about Galarian Slowpoke's body changing through seeds it eats might mean that the Shellder doesn't hold on the same way? Maybe the tail has become bitter and Shellder no longer likes the taste? So Possibly when Shellder is "reeled" in it releases itself BUT lands on the Slowpoke's head instead of staying on the tail. This theory comes from another small glimpse we get in the teaser. A small image of Slowbro's purple head. We don't see Slowbro's ears so I took it upon myself to unwind them. Along with that, I took the purple forehead as more of the Shellder shell than just color. We do also see an image of the trainer Avery with what looks like a royal looking Slowbro complete with a tiny hat/shell and a frilly garment BUUUUT I kind of feel like this is an artsy picture of a Slowpoke dressed up. I could be wrong though so I added the features in the image below. Anyways, with the Shellder on it's head instead of tail, it doesn't change shape the same way. With no delicious tail to munch on the Shellder finds no reason to "evolve" itself. The Shellder's poison begins to seep through Slowbro but not in the same way as Slowking. It pushes poison through Slowbro's body giving him strength to stand as well as making it's hands and tail a purple color. I think this version of Slowbro would also be Psychic/Poison. Who knows how it will evolve. Possibly fishing the same way Slowbro’s lore has always been but as for in game it could be an item or it could be leveling up. We will have to find out in the Isle of Armor.

I don’t really think the frilled chested Slowbro is going to be part of the evolution but some people seem to think it could because of a new Galarian Shellder. I’ll admit when I first saw the image I thought maybe it could be something but the fabric around the neck made me think it was just clothes of some sort. That plus are they really going to also add a Shellder regional variant on top of the three new Slows? BUT for the sake of artistic fun I thought what if a Galarian Shellder had parts that looked like a neck tie? and I’m pretty sure a frilled clam shell is a thing…  So I whipped up the pearl cheeked, smooched lipped Galarian Shellder you see below! I realize that this type of shell is basically what Clampearl is based on and it very well could just be that that helps the evolution. Really, it could be a number of older gen sea dwellers that could contribute. Only time will tell.  

There’s a theory floating around that’s pretty interesting. The same way that I made Galar Slowbro have a Shellder helmet because we can’t see the top of it’s head in the teaser, people are saying because we can’t see it’s left hand maybe something happens to it? One of those somethings could be that Slowpoke fishes out a Shellder with it’s hand instead of it’s tail. This could result in some sort of powerful shell fist? or a rocket arm shell? who knows? When I was drawing this it reminded me of a arm cannon so I added the same “smoke/aura” I used on my Galarian Slowking (or Queen?) 

I’m REALLY hoping on top of all the cool new Slow-ness we also get Gigantamax forms of both these majestic beasts! Maybe something like a Slowpoke surrounded by a giant Shellder coral reef? Maybe because the Corsola of Galar are dying it could look like dying angry coral reef? Here’s a sketch up of the idea I had.

...Well that's about all I have to say about our new Galar Slow family. Seeing as how this has become a Slow Family appreciation post I'll continue with the odd looking Shellders.

Johto Shellder & Johto Cloysters!

Using very old concept art for variations on the Shellder shells attached to Slowbro's tail, I came up with the art for this Shellder trio. Not to mention in the Beta for Pokemon Gold and Silver it was revealed that this Shellder was going to be a stand alone Pokemon! Because of that Beta I'll be referring to them as Johto Shellder and Johto Cloysters.

It's said that when Shellder attaches to Slowpoke not only does it's shape change to become more defensive but also to get as much flavor out of the tail as possible. I thought a neat way to acquire this Johto Shellder would be to "evolve" a Slowbro at a high level holding an item and an open slot in your party I was thinking you could give Slowbro some sort of berry that fills up a Pokemon for a very long time with a single bite. Leveling up a Slowbro holding this berry causes an abundance of nutrients to flow to the Johto Shellder. Being full, it lets go of the tail but retains its form. This leaves the trainer with a Slowpoke in the empty slot and a brand new Johto Shellder in it's place! From Here I figured you could evolve the Johto Shellder in two ways. A higher defense stat would result in the small but thick Johto Cloyster and with a higher attack stat it would evolve into the soft but super spiky Johto Cloyster! woo! I Haven't really decided the typing of these Pokemon yet. 

The Johto Shellders I drew originally came from an older project I was working on. If you want to check out "Capsule Monsters 0 & 1" you can follow this link:

https://funhaversclub.tumblr.com/post/49391556862/just-like-before-with-every-picture-ive-added

Finally we have this Slowpoke with it’s little white belly exposed. This was a sprite used in the Japanese version of Pokemon Gold and Silver before being changed when it was released everywhere else. I thought this could be seen as a rarer type of Slowpoke that is VERY hard to find BUT has much higher stats. Kind of like a unique shiny. That OR it could be the Slowpoke that you get after evolving a Johto Shellder. 

Speaking of Shiny. This entire family of Slows and Shells have some unique shiny forms. We have yet to see Galarian evos Shinys but maybe I'll update this post with an interpretations of what I think they could look like later? for now here are all the shiny versions we currently have!

Since the Galarian Slowpoke has been implemented into Pokemon Sword and Shield we know what the Shiny Galarian Slowpoke looks like. Based on that, I’ve “Shiny-fied” my predictions of the Galarian Slowbro and Slowking.

I can’t wait to see what these guys actually turn out to look like! :)

I've taken some artistic liberties above but for a complete fan fic Slowbro evolution check out this idea on what other shells Slowbro could acquire:

https://funhaversclub.tumblr.com/post/115033630741/a-new-pokemon-fan-trend-going-around-its-drawing

Welp thank you for coming to my Slow Family ted talk. I'll leave you with a picture of a Slowpoke I found down by the beach near my house :) What a cutie.

[fantroll-purgatory]

@sarkiesark

sorry for sending two so close so each other!

No worries I enjoyed the last one and I’m having fun with this one!

FIRST: Alternia with a different empress

Name (preferably include how you came up with it and why): Veveni Phobos - Veveni is very loosely based on the word vicious, and Phobos of course is the name of one of the two Gods of fear in Greek mythology. 

Age: 7 Sweeps

Strife Specibus: Whipbladekind - She relies on manipulating from afar, but when she has to get close, she isn’t afraid to use her Urumi.

Fetch Modus: Hue Modus - Objects are sorted by color in stacks, and all items of one color are ejected at once. A… hassle.

Love it. If you wanna go a step further you can make it so it’s sorted in stacks based on blood color, with items that land between suffering weird consequences (only part of the item being ejected, etc.)

Blood color: Purple

Symbol and meaning: It’s meant to represent DNA, and it reflects how she views each caste- as being biologically inferior.

It kind of looks like Gemgo, the yellowblood sign of The Original, with an assignation of Prospit and Space. That, in addition to her colored eyes, gives me an idea…

Trolltag: contagiousCacophony [CC]

Quirk: S-HE S-PEAKS L-IKE T-HIS T-O I-NDICATE S-OME W-ICKED E-MPHASIS.

Special Abilities (if any): She has a mutation that leaves her eyes permanently hued in her blood color. This gives her particularly potent chucklevoodoos, and strangely she finds it hard -not- to use them to get her way.

If you’ll allow me to sell you on this, I feel like this might be a fun idea: Veveni is a goldblood who is clawing her way to the top of the (landdwelling) hemospectrum. You can still endow her with the belief that she is innately biologically superior (as goldbloods apparently think of themselves as the smartest person in the room). She can pass her oddly-colored eyes off as a fortunate mutation that means her chucklevoodoos manifest physically rather than as a hypnotic gaze.

Lusus:  A small horselike creature with four eyes and tightly curled arm horns. ((loose reference to the four horsemen of the apocalypse

…arm…horns…WHAT ARE ARM HORNS. Wait does this horse. Does this horse have horns that look like flexing arms. I love it. If you wanna keep her a purpleblood you want them to be a seadwelling mammal so maybe keep that but make her a mermicorn. If you want to go with my idea that she’s a social climbing goldblood…(ʘ‿ʘ✿) she may have to kill or abandon her lusus to keep her cover.

Personality:  It’s easily said that, among her friends, Veveni sticks out as probably the most vicious. She was praised by the cult for her potent abilities from a young age, and since torturing lowbloods equalled respect for her, it was no surprise as ‘incidents’ of harmed or worse trolls pointed more frequently in her direction. At her current age, she’s more interested in writing about such things as lowbloods have long since steered clear of her direction, but she still makes a habit of terrorizing her less fortunate friend’s dreams particularly. Not that they know it’s her. Outwardly towards them she’s extremely laid back, almost tired, but when a situation calls for it she has very fast reflexes.

I think this is actually a good sell for her being a goldblood because purplebloods are supposedly EXTREMELY driven and will stop at nothing until they reach their goal, however whimsical it may be. Goldbloods, on the other hand, apparently tend more towards boom-and-bust cycles of showing off and then wearing themselves out. This is especially relevant since a bloodthirsty purpleblood would likely have their eye on being made a subjugglator to come in contact with yet more rebellious lowbloods, and this does not seem to be the case for her.

I’m also just a fan of this rework because having potent psychic abilities with no check risks making her overpowered; this reimagining would give her the hidden weakness of being psychically susceptible (though if she’s successfully infiltrated the subjugglator cult then it’s unlikely anyone would suspect as much).

Interests:  Literature, Writing, Torture, Online Roleplay, FLARP

Title: Heir of Blood

I don’t know that that title even fits your original character? I mean she’s definitely Prospit but I don’t know that her character has much to do with loyalty…given that she often heralds others’ death, you may want to give her Maid of Doom? Which would make her a Caprimino.

I am aware enough of my own biases to know that I’m trying to shoehorn her into a Space role so I can retroactively justify the narrative thread I’ve woven here, but…I feel like I can make an argument for Prince of Space. With the new backstory, she’s literally destroyed others in order to carve out a space for herself in the hemospectrum. Much as Dirk’s destruction of the self was tied intimately to his self-involvedness, Veveni’s destruction of spaces can lay in her own scrabble for purchase.

Land: Land of Drought and Lemonade [LODAL]

If you want her to be a Doom purpleblood flip those two (LOLAD) and you’re GOOD. Her quest could be to fix the draught (because right now all the poor consorts have to drink is lemonade).

If you want to go with the Space goldblood It’s pretty easy just go Land of Lemonade and Frogs (LOLAF). The lemonade would also be great bc it would remind her of her lowblood status much as Karkat felt his planet was mocking him for his mutant blood.

Dream Planet: Prospit

So. I got a little carried away with multiple sprites (for which fan-troll gets most of the credit for bases), but I promise I have my reasoning. From left to right, these are: a sprite based off your original drawing (surrounded by assorted symbols depending on if you want to modify the existing one or pick one of the two canon EZ ones if she was truly a purpleblood), the yellowblood version, a hypothetical transitional stage in which she is waiting for her hair to grow long enough to cover her second pair of horns while quietly swapping out clothing that would identify her “true” blood color (using an edited sprite from naphal), and her Final Form as a subjugglator.

This if for if you want to keep her a purpleblood because tbh she doesn’t need to have a mutation to be exceptionally powerful; we’ve already seen that purplebloods can be bloody-minded in every possible way. Let’s go top to bottom.

Horns - I wanted to make them mimic the hourglass shape inherent to both your created symbol and to the goldblood one I assigned her; this just meant making them symmetrical to look like the bottom half. The teeny tiny second set is eventually covered with hair to successully complete her transformation into a purpleblood.

Hair - It’s just the hair you gave her. I couldn’t tell what you wanted the bangs to look like so I tried my best to make it look dynamic.

Eyes - I followed your design cue and gave her two lashes on the bottom outer corners of her eyes. Her redesign just uses one full color for each eye in keeping with goldblood design.

Mouth - both goldbloods and purplebloods tend to be toothy castes, so I gave her some teef.

Symbol - like I said, I gave her Gemgo, The Original, as a starter sign. The fake one she’s got at the end is Caprilo, which I initially picked just bc it looked like a coiled Urumi but is the sign of The Multifaceted. It tickled me, especially because it’s a Heart sign and she is very much using it to disguise her Self.

Outfit - most of these are just palette-swaps of your original outfit for variety, but I wanted to address the final one. If we look at the spread of purplebloods we have so far, even Gamzee, the soberest one (ha!), has an outfit that noticeably diverges from his peers’ in that it uses a polka-dot patterned pajama pant where even Feferi still uses colorblocking. The shirt and shorts seemed a bit tame for that, so I gave her a tutu and extended her boots out to look like clown shoes. Based on the purplebloods we’ve seen so far, bright yellow is a relatively common accent color, so I added that to the tongue of her boots and gave them a gold underlining as a nod to her original blood color.

So that concludes my review of Veveni! I’m a fan tbh.

-TR

[operationrainfall]

Title Blazing Chrome Developer JoyMasher Publisher The Arcade Crew, Allone Works, Seaven Studio Release Date July 11th, 2019 Genre Action Platformer Platform PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One Age Rating T for Teen – Blood, Fantasy Violence, Use of Tobacco Official Website

I’ve actually been following Blazing Chrome via Twitter updates for quite a while now. I was following the game before I knew exactly what it was or who it was developed by, mostly cause I was attracted by the retro art style. When I learned it was by the fine folks at JoyMasher, who made Odallus: the Dark Call, my interest was piqued. Cause even though I haven’t yet played all the games developed by JoyMasher, the one I have really impressed me with its attention to detail and creativity. Fast forward a few months later, and I finally got the chance to play Blazing Chrome on my Switch. Was this another retro success story, or a cautionary one?

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The premise of Blazing Chrome is a mashup of Contra and the Terminator franchise. Robot forces have taken over the world, and all but a small band of mercenaries has been overrun. You’re managed to get behind enemy territory, and are launching a suicide mission to take the filthy toasters out. At the start of the game, you can only choose from Mavra, a bad-ass blonde bombshell, and Doyle, a converted robot on the side of the rebellion. Later on you’ll be able to recruit a couple others, but the premise is the same either way. Fight your way through hordes of bloodthirsty robots, find the AI Core that controls them all, and take it out or die trying.

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I personally love the 80’s infused machismo of Blazing Chrome, especially cause it captures the essence of the Contra games so perfectly. And yet, this game is no mere copy, it’s more of a muscle flexing love letter to the classic series. Sure, it was obviously inspired by Contra, but it does lots of things great on its own. One example are the interchangeable weapons. You start out with a lowly machine gun, but can find capsules with 3 other weapons. There’s a sort of laser flamethrower, a grenade launcher and a chargeable piercing laser (RIP sweet Spread Shot). Once you’ve collected them, you can switch between them at will, with one proviso – if you die while wielding anything other than the machine gun, you lose it until you find another capsule. And much like Contra, you have no health bar, so one hit and you’re dead. Thankfully, you have a couple of things going for you. One is that you have multiple lives and unlimited continues on all but the hardest difficulties. Another is that you can find booster units that give you nice temporary bonuses, such as a shield, increased speed or attack droid. And it’s a good thing you have all that going for you, since Blazing Chrome is no pushover.

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Each of the handful of stages in Blazing Chrome is comprised of multiple parts, full of angry robots and punctuated by boss fights. They do a good job of building up slowly and getting more and more difficult, without overwhelming the player. There’s also a huge variety of grunt soldiers, such as metallic mantis bots, gun toting soldiers, automated cannons, cyber ninjas and much more. They’ll all rush at you mercilessly, so it’ll take good reflexes to react accordingly. This is definitely a game that teaches you to learn enemy attack patterns and bring the right weapon for each encounter, especially the epic boss fights. There’s a lot of those as well, and they’re all more than capable of taking you out. While some are definitely more mini bosses, I loved them all. Some of my notable favorites were the following – a sewage swimming worm, a literal robot snowplow that hurls icy death at you, a giant deadly spider, a bio-weapon that spits acid and worms at you and so much more. I have zero complaints about any of the bosses in Blazing Chrome, and felt they were all pretty well-balanced. Which isn’t the same as easy, so get ready to use up a few continues learning their patterns.

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It wouldn’t be an action platformer without tight controls, and thankfully Blazing Chrome comes through with flying colors on Switch. You hold Y to shoot, jump with B, switch weapons with X and hold R to aim while standing in place. It’s important to note that holding R doesn’t lock your gun in that direction, but that wasn’t really an issue for me. Though I do kind of wish that you could also hold ZR instead, just cause my fingers always wanted to press that button by default. And while it is handy using one button to switch weapons, I found that after getting killed the game would randomly pick one of my other weapons to highlight. It would have been preferable if it defaulted to machine gun, since getting killed twice in succession often meant I lost two picked up weapons. Having said that, these issues were hardly game breaking, just a little frustrating. You also have a dodge move by pressing down and B, which can be helpful despite providing no invincibility frames. There’s a close quarters uppercut I didn’t use much, and you can hang from certain structures, though to my surprise you can’t jump through platforms.

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Visually, Blazing Chrome is just as wonderful as the games that inspired it. It’s full of color, complex sprite work and wonderful diversity. I can’t express enough how great the creatures in this game were. You’d think they’d all just be generic robots, but there’s so much more. A good example is the bio-facility weapon full of organic horrors, such as bloated flies and crawling freaks. Musically, the game is still great, but perhaps a little less noteworthy. There were a couple of tunes that appealed to me, and great sound effects, but nothing nearly as catchy as Super Contra. Hell, I was actually hearing music from Super Contra in my head as I played through many levels. But still, the aesthetic design of Blazing Chrome is one of its highest points.

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I had almost no complaints about Blazing Chrome, other than a couple minor issues. One was the aforementioned control quirks, which could have easily been fixed with a drop down menu that paused the action. More problematic were a couple sections where the action slowed down noticeably. Both instances were in boss fights, so I halfway wondered if that was an intentional design choice. Because other than those, the game flowed fast and furious. Otherwise, I had no substantive complaints about the game whatsoever.

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Blazing Chrome is another success story from the folks at JoyMasher. It’s a ton of fun and has surprising longevity. Once you beat the game once, on any difficulty, you’ll unlock all the other goodies the game has to offer. These include new playable characters, a harder difficulty, mirror mode and even a boss rush. That last feature is one I’m shocked I’ve never had in a Contra game before, and it makes perfect sense to include here. While it’s true you can get through Blazing Chrome in a few short hours, it’s time well spent. This is one of the few games I have played more than once just cause I enjoyed it so much, despite no achievements for doing so. Oh and while I didn’t try it out, Blazing Chrome also has local co-op, for the truly faithful Contra experience. While this probably won’t make any fans out of those who hate the genre, it’s a wonderful present to old fans like myself. And for $16.99, it’s a very affordable adventure. I’m pleased by the latest from JoyMasher, and can’t wait to see the next modern retro classic they have up their sleeves!

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weird flex but ok i guess pt.9

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War… Hold up, do we really need a warning for this one? Dunno, but however, watch out for slightly disturbing and kinda…disgusting imagery, trypophobic patterns, as well as ‘necrotic’ designs I made while having funky fever bc o h m y g o d do I get a little crazier every new quarantine day (and at this point it’s coming to be an usual thing for me, big sad). However, most are made no other than for the sole sake of satire, so y’know, no need to get your underwear in a twist

Friday Night Funkin’ BoyFriend’s Hood – AU fanconcept sketches [X]

EDIT 26/10/2023: Updated the drawing with a rescanned, more clean version

Ayooo- now you guys can see why I’m no longer pursuing this poor little thing anymore

…ow

THOUGH I did get inspired in some mods during the creation of these two (three if we do count the sad mop on the top*), mostly since I didn’t give that much of a damn about it at first sight, but now that I’ve gotten the emotional attach to it…yeah I sort of have regrets about it

Yee-haw I guess

…Imma just get into the info already lololol:

1.- Broddy

Big brother but cheap lol

…Nah jk I love this fellow

This guy was actually inspired in the whitty-boyfriend edited sprite (yeah the funny long boi) who casually seemed to appear in a picture alongside BF’s Mom and Dad, hence why he lookin so thin

BTW funny street sign logo design on his shirt, I’m so clever eeheheh- jk

Also the faded eyes were meant to give him a mysterious aura at the start, but now they’re basically something he inherited from his dad (you’ll see later how I designed him so you can tell)

Also also, you guys are allowed to make fun of me over the fact his hoodie’s design doesn’t make any sense. Like- the thing’s open like a jacket yet it has the strings to pull in and out the hoodie from behind, what?????? (this also happened with my FNFCE Leopold sprite, so double funny haha on my ass)

2.-Sissy

Big…no wait- she’s actually the middle woman in the siblinghood

…okay

Fun fact BTW: she was originally though off as a male, and casually enough, the memory I recall of her (or should I say him* for this case specifically) kinda resembles a little to Big Brother

…No I’m not kidding, the hairline I remember for her literally looks a lot like his, guess it was just coincidence

And yes, that tire mark on her arm is a tattoo…above a scar she actually got over an accident that happened at the repair shop

No it wasn’t BF’s fault...or Broddy’s even

Actually, I don’t even remember what happened, but it involved a badly braked bike and something that got in her way while she walkin’ on the shoop

3.-Past!BF / Lil B

aAAAA smol bean child bby

He so cute

…but he’s secretly a little shit

Don’t tell Sissy that tho, that might frickle her pickle

4.- Past!GF / Missy G

Another smol bean

This time it has sulphur in it wowowowow

I gave her a more awoken look bc ye, I don’t really have an actual reason for it besides haha funky demon child go wowza

5.-Bike Mechanic BF (Teenhood)

Boyfrendo got a jobbo

He a breadwinner y’all

He’s been in the business since he was a smol child, he got the good experience

…no we don’t do child exploitation innuendos here, you’ll see what was up there tho dw

6.- Biker GF (Teenhood…?)

Damn sis, lookin good right there

And yes she used to own a bikey back in her young days, don’t ask me how licenses work in BF’sH’s NG city, cuz I have no clue

…but hey, if kids can hav gun with no permissions, then who sayin they can’t drive bikeys w/ no loisense? (jk they might do have license systems but I guess the age limit is whatever, it’s been so long I can’t remember a-)

7.- Q-Zin (Beta Design / Prototype)

Sad mop

I just found out not too long ago about Older Brother, and Q-Zin does have some similarities with him personality-wise, but I haven’t seen the mod so I’m not sure, sorry

BTW he’s dead

…well, not dead  in actual terms, just…physically dead (and sort of emotionally, he’s gone through quite some stuff down there at the Graveyard)

8.- Lil B icon style

Bikey Child

9.- Missy G icon style

Cashey Child

10.- Daydreaming BikeMech!BF

When you reconcile with your (yet) platonic babe and she sneakie you her phone number in your pay so you can ring her up anytime

…yeah that

Classy GF, really classy

And yes they did know each other way longer before than canonically stated (FNF says they just met during tutorial, BF’sH says they know each other since childhood instead)

And the reason I said platonic was due to 1) they reunited after a long time of not seeing each other, ergo the relationship (frens) had just reemerged and 2) Pico and BF are pursuing a relationship here (secretly), though it’s between platonic and amorous (basically what you’d call a ‘meta-couple’)

So yeah

11.- GF’s note

I’m sure he will do hun, I’m sure he will do

12.- Hambarga

S’up bro, brought you lunch

It’s about that one time GF bought some food for BF during lunch hours

Though I don’t wanna stick with the original factor that it was because he barely does enough money to buy something good to eat (for real, it just sounds cruel), so I guess he just is so stuck into his work he sometimes lets lunchtime slide past him (I know it’s not better but at least it doesn’t sound like he’s forced to starve, like c’mon man)

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