#Zachary

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

batman shadow (for wewishofwealth, and other completely unrelated stuff)

[dat-soldier]

Comm for Zardica~

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[tazlock]

Excuse me sir! Silly OFF edit I made >:)

Clips from Tan Blaque!

[theosconfessions]

Zachary for @firewalkswithmee

aahhh the way i fell in love with him as soon as i made him :) i made him a bit of a nice guy as this isnt for a bachelor challenge so i wanted to make him someone your sim would swoon for and wouldnt have as many ehhh BUT's about them haha! so i used cc for his everyday clothes but every other outfit option is from an expansion pack. feel free to use or not use what youd like. ill send him to you in a sec. tag me if you use him as id like to see what hes up to <3 i hope you dig him!

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[ell-arts]

hey Ella if Pac man and Cylindria had kids what will their design be and their names?

just curious and I am also a Pac man x cylindria shipper as well and has been my favorite otp since I watched the show

Oooooo I love this question 👀

Dang, if only I had some designs drawn out to show... one day I will!

So, some context first; I've actually already envisioned their kids a long time ago and already had oc's for them. Three, to be exact. They were made several years ago and were only shared in some old friend groups. But since their designs are quite old, I'd like to give them a redesign before I reveal them publically.

So no art to show yet, sadly. But I can share a bit about their names and personalities 👀 They each have nicknames!

Zachary - Named after his grandfather, Zaccy is the firstborn and only son of Pac and Cyli. He is a Yellow One like his dad, but takes after his mom in being smart and witty - definitely to the point of being a smartass, as his sister would tell you. His main hobby is reading books and annoying his sisters, but he also enjoys playing a few rounds of pac-pong with his family. While he does enjoy poking fun at his sisters, he actually sees them as his best friends and would give his life to protect them. He goes by Zac most of the time, but sometimes he is also called Zaccy as a fond nickname - paying homage to when Pac was called Paccy as a child. Appearance: Yellow skin, black hair, pinkish purple eyes. Personality: A goofball and a walking encyclopedia in one package. Witty and sociable, with a bit of a competitive streak.

Ovaline - Pac and Cyli's eldest daughter, who mostly goes by Ova. Unlike her father and brother, and very atypical of Yellow Ones in general, Ova has never really had a big appetite. She loves animals and dreams of becoming a vet one day. She often buds heads with Zac and gets into fights with him, but they always have each other's backs. Ova inherited her grandmother's red hair, and has a tomboyish flare like her mother. Despite this, she is a total daddy's girl. Appearance: Yellow skin, red hair, pink eyes Personality: A bit stubborn and ambitious, but fiercely loyal and valiant. She is a team player through and through.

Sylvaniel - Nicknamed Sylvi, she is the youngest sister and the only one out of her siblings who is pink - in fact, she is the spitting image of her mother. Soft-spoken and introverted, Sylvi is often shy around new people, but turns into a warm and optimistic force once you spend time with her. She often takes the role of peacekeeper between her brother and sister's fighting (but don't be fooled; she's been pulled into their shenanigans on more than one occasion). She was named after a princess from Cyli's favourite book. Appearance: Pink skin, black hair, blue eyes Personality: Though she may be shy and quiet, she is incredibly humble and has an aptitude for cooking. A cinnamon roll with a big heart and a gentle spirit.

[purrfaito]

Zach!!!

Zach is an old oc of mine! This is a version of an AU for them :]c they work in the cafeteria of another oc of mine, Anoki/Thomas. They're about 17/18 years old? I haven't decided exactly how old they are yet :'D

Zach is the kid of my two main ocs Altair and Vega and BEFORE YOU COME WITH “IT'S CRINGE TO MAKE CHILDREN OF OCS THAT LOOK LIKE A MIX OF THE PARENTS' DESIGN-” I DON'T CARE. DISAGREE IN YOUR OWN HOME NOT IN MY POST. I like making designs like this and I love this one I made for them :]]c i love being cringe I'm thinking of using them to try and get back into roleplay and oc shipp with others. I need to make new friends haha :'D

[thestudfarm]

Zachary

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Zachary in New York

[the-east-art]

Anyway finding the original drawings reminded me that I made this video lmao

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New OC!!!

[eat-a-dicker]

this character's name is zachary. naturally being a young man around bancoran, the pretty boy killer, he becomes smitten with him. zachary normally doesn't read his own fortunes, but does so in this instance because he wants to pursue bancoran, who stops him at the last moment.

bancoran is a cheater but if something comes in between him and maraich romantically & sexually, he's very quick to shut it down. he's even thinking about maraich this entire chapter.

he is in love!

"he's only captivated by one person right now" practically says it all.

[thehauntedair]

I also just keep thinking back to that one conversation about video games. The way Zachary participates but Kat drives it. The way the observations the students make about storytelling are basically the themes of the book.

Long analysis under the cut

Starting with the difference in how Kat and Zachary introduce themselves;

Zachary saying “I mostly study video-game design with a focus on psychology and gender issues”. He studies games, he focuses on internal things that are part of them.

Kat saying “I mostly spend my time trying to turn games into theater and theater into games”. This is more active. She spends her time transforming things into other things. Affecting change.

A student asks “how are we defining ‘gamer’” and Zachary answers by saying the definition is in itself and that he resents defining things, and Kat changing the question and defining it at the same time. Kat chooses to define the parameter of “game”, the implication being of course that a gamer is one who plays games, and sets the terms of the conversation. And the term she sets being “everything should come back to story”.

Kat then prompts Zachary to explain the parts of a video game, points he says he has retread a thousand times in writing but finds refreshing to a new audience- Kat’s audience, who keeps veering into parallels with theater.

And then the conversation about why people play story based games: the peanut gallery posits that “you want the narrative there to trust in, even if you want to maintain your own free will”, “you want to decide (…) but you still want to win the game” “even if winning the game is just ending the story”. Their theory is you want both- choice and will. And positing “win condition” as the end of the story.

Zachary agrees with this, adding that this is especially true if the games have multiple endings, that the draw of story based games is “Wanting to co-write the story, not dictate it yourself”. Basically, wanting the illusion of being an active participant.

A student posits this works best in games and theater, and then another posits choose your own adventure stories, which Zachary had mentioned enjoying earlier in the book. And then vine girl makes a statement basically encapsulating the difference between Zachary and Kat: “text stories are preexisting narratives to fall into, games unfold as you go”.

And then Kat changed the conversation to “what makes a story compelling?” Of the answers provided (change, mystery, stakes, character growth, romance, obstacles, surprises) the one Zachary latches on to is “meaning”. His focus, after all, is finding meaning. In that very moment he is trying to find meaning for the book he is a part of.

And in answer to “who decides what meaning is?” He gets “the audience, that’s what you bring to it”. And they discuss how stories are personal, and everyone is already a part of one.

This causes a moment of self reflection- Zachary wonders “why he had spent so much time propelling stories forward” this in regards to playing video games- and wondering how to apply it to his current situation.

And then the conversation ends with a student asking if it isn’t just easier to write a book, given that a book can encapsulate endless possibilities, which is answered by “the words on the page are never easy” and “until you run out of ink”.

I get a lot from this. The interplay between valuing agency versus just wanting to be a part of something. Kat outside of the conversation driving it while Zachary is inside, a part of it. Zachary saying part of the reason to participate in a story based game is that it can lead you down paths with different endings- and Zachary in real life feeling basically purposeless until he starts following a story where there only seems to be one ending for him- the only choice he makes being to follow or to not follow the trail of the story, and continuing on after that. Zachary being the “text story” and Kat being the video game story.

What makes a story compelling? Meaning. But what defines meaning? You do. So you are the one making the story compelling to yourself, by engaging with it. By engaging with the story you are participating, you are adding meaning.

And setting up from the beginning the end of the story as the win condition. Why play story based games? You want to win the story. Can you win a story? Is winning really completion, or is it meaning, participation?

I also keep coming back to the participation of cat glasses girl who is the one to give Zachary information about his book. Obviously there is the overarching cat themes in this book but also looking at what she says- she is the one who says “you want the narrative there to trust in (and,…) your own free will”. And “the words on the page are never easy”. Often I have thought she is another vessel or agent of Fate, after all that is one of the purposes of the cats in the story. But also “the words on the page are never easy”. This, about writing, and about reading. Yes, writing is hard. It is difficult to trap your imaginings with words and leave them for others to experience. And yes, reading the words is also not easy- if only for the emotions they inspire, the meaning you ascribe to them.

The multiple levels to this conversation, and the fact that it is one of the only conversations that happen outside the Story Proper in the Starless Sea, give it a particular importance to me. I like how so many of the major themes are set up so early and so blatantly. It’s almost didactic- willing you to think about what you are about to read next.

Anyway I would appreciate any other thoughts on the matter

[doveriathegoddess]

I made a Walten Files AU where in the aftermath of the car accident and telling Jack and Rosemary the truth about what happened to Ed and Molly, Felix also returns Rocket by leaving him at the front door of the Walten House with a note saying how much he's sorry about what he's done and that he'll be leaving Michigan for good. The same day he leaves Felix also resigns from his position as Co Founder and packs his stuff and travels south all the way to the state of Texas. (Fun Fact I'm a Texan LMAOOO)

He ends up in Granbury, Texas and settles in, getting a job at an office and goes to therapy to deal with his problems, leading him to quit alcohol completely as the years go by and he's still clean when the main story of the AU takes place. One fateful weekend he meets Audrey (my oc) who's an unmarried woman living on her farm outside of town and they bond pretty quickly before they become a couple. While they're dating Felix tells Audrey about his past and to his surprise Audrey accepts him despite his past since she strongly believes that everyone deserves a second chance no matter the circumstances of what they've done.

Eventually Felix and Audrey get married and they settle into Audrey's farm, with Felix leaving his office job and becoming a farmer like his wife. He also takes Audrey's maiden name Helbredelse as his last name when they get married so he can cast off Kranken as his last name due to the bad memories he has with it. Now here is a picture of what Farmer Felix looks like:

Over the years before the AU's story takes place, Felix and Audrey have 4 children with the oldest being 18 years old while the youngest is 6 months old. I also have pictures of them as well so here you guys go:

Zachary Jack Helbredelse is the oldest child of the family at 18 years old and he's a senior in high school. Not only does he take over his father in physical looks, but his main interests are in robotics and business as he plans on going to an out of state college to pursue these interests.

Charlie Edward Helbredelse is the second child and youngest son at 16 years old, and a sophomore in the same high school he's attending with his brother Zachary. He plays baseball and has his own car which he got a present from a friend of his who moved out of Texas. One thing to note is that Charlie is not the brightest bulb in the box at times-

Susie Molly Helbredelse is the third and oldest daughter who is 12 years old, and attends middle school in the 7th grade. She likes taking care of the chickens and other animals on the farm, and wants to be a rancher someday when she's older. Susie loves her little sister Pippa and is often in the nursery playing with her.

Pippa Rose Helbredelse is the baby of the family at 6 months old and like all babies she stays at the house in her nursery most of the time. She usually has her stuffed bear with her and is one of those babies who doesn't cry often since she likes to sleep most of the time. Her mother Audrey and her father Felix take turns every day looking after her while the other tends to the farm, and her big sister Susie will even come into the nursery just to play with her.

And now for the story of the AU: After many years of being in Texas after leaving Michigan because of what happened, Felix got his act together and got himself a wife and kids along the way. Felix feels he is at peace with himself since he went to therapy and got clean from his alcohol addiction, but all that is about to change when Felix's oldest son Zachary comes home from school one day and notices a package at the front door addressed to his father, but the package has no return address.

Intrigued, Zachary brings the package inside and because his dad is in town doing errands on this day it'll be a while before he comes home for dinner. So Zachary opens the package and is very confused to find a grey rabbit doll inside the box with a name tag attached to it that says "Rocket". As there's nothing else in the package and no return address, Zachary decides to leave the rabbit inside the box and wait until Felix gets home.

Eventually his younger siblings Charlie and Susie get home from school and see the package along with Rocket inside so they inquire their older brother about it. Zachary explains how there's no return address but that doesn't stop Charlie from taking Rocket out of the box and examining it, while Susie goes upstairs and brings Pippa (who is waking up from her nap) down from the nursery to see Rocket.

Felix comes home to see his kids crowding around something and becomes shocked as he comes face to face with the toy that reminds him of his past and what happened on the night of the car accident. Zachary explains to his father about the package and asks if he knows what Rocket is based on his reaction to seeing him. Felix quickly dismisses Zachary and states that he'll go to the post office tomorrow morning and inquire about the package. At this point Audrey comes downstairs due to the commotion and sees Felix and his uncomfortable expression around Rocket, which causes her to diffuse the situation by allowing Susie to keep Rocket in her room for the time being and bringing the empty box upstairs to hers and Felix's bedroom.

That night after dinner, Audrey does her best to console Felix about the situation with Rocket as he's obviously spooked that the toy has found it's way to his home in Texas after he moved away from Michigan many years ago. Audrey suggests contacting his ex-friend Jack Walten about Rocket but Felix is hesitant as he has not spoken to Jack in the last 20+ years because of the car accident. The couple decide to discuss this matter further when their 3 older children are at school the next day and go to sleep that night. The next day the couple decide to go to the post office and talk to someone about the package, but when they get to the post office they learn that there was no record of a package being received at the post office nor any record of it being delivered to the house.

The couple return home and decide that they'll allow Rocket to stay in the house until Felix can get in contact with Jack. For a few weeks everything is normal until some of the family members find Rocket in places around the house, like outside of Zachary's bedroom door, sitting in Charlie's chair in the dining room, being in the closet of Felix and Audrey's room, in the basket that Susie uses to feed the chickens next to the coop, and even ending up next to Pippa's crib in the nursery.

Felix is starting to get scared that something is amiss and he's not wrong, especially since unknown to him and his family, an entity is lurking in the shadows on the farm and waits to strike...