#a lot of them are based on interactions they had

[forsaken-headcanons]

hi hi hi im so happy the askbox is open!!!

some silly some serious me n my best friend cook up tons

chance is a low ponytail guy, itrapped is a medium ponytail guy

007 and elliot both have notably strong immune systems and rarely get sick, and noob has the worst (chance too but his varies based on a lot of things)

noob is anxious around the other survivors because they are all at least a few years older than them and talking to older ppl is scary (twin)

^they also either steal medkits out of fear and stuff or they will give a medkit to a shedletsky on 45 when theyre on 2 or sth (either selfish or selfless)

c00lkidds milestone shackles r because one time he was like tired (which i would think are due to like pain) and didnt wanna kill and the spectre had a tpot one type crashout (according to my friend) and chained c00lkidd outside both as punishment and as example

^he also cant stop smiling like physically cannot n sometimes it hurts

noob, twotime, and especially 007 struggle to take care of themselves and it got much worse after their friends suffered their fates

^007 especially has never been the best at self care and when c00lkidd went missing it was all downhill from there

all the c00lparents (007 118 and 226) were siblings or close relationship wise, and thus sometimes they'd have the kids go over and the adults chat. so the c00lchildren (bluudud c00lkidd and pr3ty) were raised kinda like cousins

mass infection isnt a physical thing, its made of the same stuff her torso is, so when he uses mass infection he rips out a part of her like stomach and hurls it which gives it that arc shape

john doe is very rarely zoned in but sometimes he remembers/realizes that c00lkidd is scared of him and he gets kinda bummed cuz he + jane wanted kids

1x has a fluid voice, sounding higher or lower basically at random

^i imagine her sometimes sounding like the music artist ado

^^sometimes he mimics others voices and its basically a blind grab on if it makes sense (like theyll mimic someone calling out for help and the person in question is sitting right next to everyone else)

taph uses any pronouns but he/they pref

makes nests out of like anything he can find (in part caused by the whole protests outside their house making it unsafe to leave and lowk scary)

^^they have enochlophobia/fear of large crowds bcuz of it

^^^collects shiny things and cool rocks n stuff chance gets anxious when he sees nook suz they look like itrapped

^after first being forsaken he assumed that noob was like a ghost or hallucination and because noob avoided most other survivors he didnt rlly see others interact whihe lowk added evidence

removed skins got unforsaken (idk how)

dusekkar has digitigrade legs (i think thats what theyre called? the like backward ones idk how to explain)

genderfluid itrapped

^he also has a horrible poker face like even with that black box thingy its still impossible for her to not like show expression

this is like an alt timeline type thingy cause it makes too little sense to me but i still like the concept of chance knowing ag least somewhat that itrapped had bad motives but for whatever reason (lack of care, hubris, adrenaline?) not leaving

azure has curly hair

idk hiw but noli feels emotions differently (or not at sll?) than other robloxians

neurodivergent/lesrning disability c00lchildren

thats all for now i hope its like readable!! i cant check the anon tags but is 🦔🦈 taken? tysm🙏

1x with a fluid voice is so real. 1x sounding like Ado is SO REAL

Digitigrade legs are right I believe! It's like,,, deer legs for Dusekkar

Chance knowing iTrapped having bad motives but still staying does make sense, it's like being so attached to someone you overlook the negative parts and only focus on the positives because it feels good in the moment. Big picture / Dead pixel type thing.

🦔🦈 anon tag is open! ^^

[katiekatdragon27]

"AWWWW BRO NOT THIS SHIT AGAIIIIIIIIN!!!" Me at myself for reattaching to an interest I had long before time had a name.

Anyways hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I'm back with the milk- wait. How long have I been gone? *Looks at comically large Calander* 5 YEARS????? HOW HAS IT BEEN 5 YEARS???

Revisiting this game series has really showed me how much I've changed as a creative since quarantine. My old takes were all kindaaaaa severely mid (if anyone SOMEHOW remembers my old art from 2020 no you don't). Not to blame my younger self, I was veeeeery much just absorbing the general headcanons and shipping of the times, but MAAAAN are they kinda buns looking back. I'm happy with how I've grown as a media consumer and analyst lol.

It's lowk gonna be a yapfest below with lots of Rupert and... uagh... DURRRRTTT STUFFFF. So, if you wanna check those out feel free lol:

Henry: (There's no such thing as "bad people". Just good people who do bad things.) Rupert: Jump. Henry: (What?) Rupert: J U M P.

Rupert: WHEN I GET YOU STICKMIN GRRRRRRRRR Henry: (Hmm... I wonder if there's other banks I haven't robbed yet...)

Rupert. Oh Rupert, Rupert, Rupert. Watching you suffer is such a joy.

Yeah, guys, soooo actually paying attention to all the game plots has made me realize how much Rupert's hatred of Henry would not only be one of the strongest forces on Earth but also be incredibly one-sided. I could probably write a whole essay about how important Rupert is not just to the plot of the story, but to Henry as a staple of how his actions impact everyone who's interacted with him (Dave falls into this category too, but on the opposite side of the spectrum).

But to keep it simple, the entire trajectory of Rupert's life was swerved off because of Henry, and in a way, his own negligence. I do not blame Dave at all for the package. It quite literally just spawned in outta nowhere and he was new to the job. HOWEVER, I do blame Rupert because he was blatantly negligent with a new employee and in turn got the guy fired. Absolute blunder my man, do better.

And he did. In the police force. And then the military. By being a sweat. And being traumatized but that'll make this post too long.

Can you tell who my favorite character is? Can you? I bet you can't (It's actually Burt).

SPEAKING OF BURT. AND DAVE. And Rupert.

Burt: (Oh my god he's taller than me while slouching. If he tried to escape, I'm so COOKED.) Rupert: (WTF is he eating? He's so TALL.) Dave: Hello!

WHY DID YOUNGER ME HAVE SUCH BEEF WITH TALL DAVE BRO WHYYYYYYYYY??? IT'S SUCH A BASED DESIGN AND CHARACTER TRAIT EXPLORER.

I love tall Dave. And it's canon kinda, so heck yeah. The reason why he's kinda shorter as a prisoner is because he slouches a ton to make himself look smaller. (If you lined up these three at full posture it would go Burt, Rupert, and Dave.)

And heh, speaking of prisoner...

Mmmmm exploring dynamics that had no shot of being canon.

Younger me was such a Durt stan but would literally draw it like that one Yaoi base🥀🥀🥀 I got some people to ship them lol, but it was very poorly written. There were good ideas for it that I made, but I did not have the skill to write that level of complex relationship.

However, I've grown. So, here's another short synopsis of their hypothetical dynamic.

Okay for some context for this image: Dave has been imprisoned for a while at this point (this takes place after ItA if you don't free Dave) and is completely uncooperative with Tophat interrogations. It's gotten to a point where the clan basically left him to complete isolation, which messed him up BAD. That is until a rising communications member is transferred to the airship for a month.

When they meet, it's very neutral on the slightly negative side, but once they begin to talk, they begin to build a bond. For Burt, this means intel, especially because the clan wants to get their hands on the diamond before dipping into space, but it eventually turns into affectionate sympathy and sadness for the guy. For Dave, this means willing company, which then turns into sever codependency.

In the context of the image: Burt tells Dave that he's being relocated again to work on the spaceship, but he brings up how they are probably going to dump the prisoners in the jungle after takeoff so Dave could be a free man. Dave is very distraught about this, and insists he becomes a Tophat so that he and Burt can still be friends (or more) without Burt getting in trouble, completely ignoring his personal needs. Burt, however, knows being a Tophat would destroy Dave, so he has to put his foot down and helps Dave realize that he wouldn't want that life, and that there's no way they could be together in this reality. Burt brings up how Dave being happy is all he wants for the guy, but Dave doesn't know how to be happy alone anymore, and he cries about it into Burt's shoulder. But it was short, Burt's ship was going to arrive in 5 minutes, and they never see each other again.

So yeah, doomed Durt. As it should be.

Lastly, some random doodles and a character card of my persona as a thsc character (may or may not be lore relevant in a possible AU in the future).

Let's see how long the fixations sticks gang 💔Have a good one pookies.

[lisaasila-stuff]

Sans and Papyrus work so goddamn well together in canon that it feels impossible to implement a third person into their family(your other reblog about them having Nano and Lilo dynamic is a great example of that). Only really distant figure like an acquaintance or a buddy, or maybe like a cousin or a grandpa (after all it seems that Gaster based on grandpa Semi; you can have up to 4 grandpas after all) doesn't affect their dynamic that much. However, if they work as a parental figure from the very beginning, then it's going to cause the changes to their dynamic yet again.

The reason is because Sans probably did raised Papyrus. If they had grew up like all other kids together with a proper parent, then even a huge age gap wouldn't make that type of dynamic (personal headcanon it's around 8-9 years gap, to keep Sans as a brother rather making him into a father). You can have Gaster as a parental figure and Sans raising Papyrus, if Gaster dies early enough — which could reinforce even further the connection with Nani and Lilo.

But it's common to think that if Gaster was a parental figure to them(we'll roll with him being a father, since it's the most common trop; and it's too long to type "parental figure" each time), then he affected them both in similar way. Gaster was an abusive parent? Then he was abusive to them both. Gaster was a good parent? Then he was a good parent to them both. Which is totally fine, actually — remember to have fun guys — but it doesn't seem to be the case if we want to try to implement it with Sans and Papyrus canon behaviour.

Sometimes, more rarely, people seem to think that Sans was a favorite — which doesn't make that much sense, either (remember to have fun though ok??? I will say it a million times and then a million more if needed). It definitely would gave some kind of effect of different childhoods, however favoritism would also affect Sans' and Papyrus' dynamics tremendously, even if they'll try their hardest to be nice to each other. It's about the inside sorrow and guilt you can't fight, which the skelebros don't have — or perhaps not something we know of. If anything, they're proud of each other's achievements and don't feel like it's a competition.

So we have a problem of not quite hitting their personalities and the way how they interact with each other from that. The reason for that is because it seems like Sans and Papyrus had really different childhoods.

And by different childhoods I mean literally different childhoods in every aspect.

It seems like Papyrus had a healthy environment when he was growing up. He knows how to handle his emotions and address them (genocide route interactions), which is often a problem for victims of abuse; he knows what he wants despite thinking about the wrong resolution to the said problem (it's the "when I become part of the royal guard I'll be so popular and everyone will want be my friend!" guy, he literally tells us what he wants and it's part of his character to be so goddamn good at addressing his struggles); his struggles are external rather than internal (loneliness) and he copes with it in a healthy way than just giving in to his damaged self-esteem ("I, the great Papyrus," is better way to cope with damaged self-esteem than giving in to your doubts. Learn from Papyrus, folks, he knows what he's doing!). (No but really Papyrus actually quite cracked at psychology, and I wonder how much of his motivation to learn it comes from Sans' depression, Paps just lacks actual experience with people; as opposed to Sans, who doesn't really know psychology but have a lot of social experience)

Someone may question damaged self-esteem, and someone might interpretate it as a sign of some sort of problems at home that was before. However, the thing is — even with the best support you can get, if you keep trying over and over again at something without any success, you inevitably will start doubting yourself. "Maybe the problem in me rather than in everyone else" type of shit, which might lead to doubting yourself in almost everything.

(though it might be a sign he recognized that he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed; he seems to have some a big struggle with word puzzles, after all. It's okay to know your cons as long as you're chill about it lol)

Here I cutted off a chunk of analysis where I've got carried away and just started to analyse the effect of his loneliness instead of guessing the effects of his childhood on what kind of person he is now, but it also kinda proves my point. Papyrus probably had a great home life back in the days, he have confidence in the fact that Sans will help and support him with everything (genocide route interactions; or to be exact, the moment when Papyrus can't handle the situation anymore and asks Sans for help. "Sans! They keep skipping over my puzzles!"), and that kind of trust is really telling. Papyrus' main struggle is yet again from his loneliness. And if we can say anything about his state when he was a child, then we probably should address the fact that Papyrus seems to project himself on Frisk heavily. With any other character I didn't notice that kind of behavior, and yet when it boils down to one of not many children in the cast, Papyrus for some reason sees himself in them. On Pacifist (and neutral I think?) routes just before the fight Papyrus projects his own feeling onto Frisk("the excitement of finding another puzzle enjoyer and pasta lover... That what you must feel right now!" Or something like that, I don't remember the exact quote), and in one of these descriptions he calls them "a lonely human". In Genocide Route interactions Papyrus sees a strange child who keeps skipping over his puzzles and not replying to the questions, and instead of holding the grudge or assuming the worst he immediately goes "It's okay, you probably have some kind of cultural shock or just don't know how to behave with other people! The Great Papyrus will explain it to you, so we can work on it together!" (That one is my personal favorite actually!!! I can't.. isn't Papyrus just the coolest??). And if keep the theory of Papyrus projecting onto Frisk something he felt a long time ago, then "the cultural shock" part becomes even more curious. Especially considering the theory "skelebros are from Deltarune".

Sans, on the other hand, shows some concerning abilities which people who had a proper childhood wouldn't learn in the first place. His ability to read expressions is absolutely astonishing, and knocked out socks of millions of people — especially when he starts to count your deaths in the Genocide Route. And the one can argue it's probably easy to tell by Frisk's expressions — after all, they're a child, they probably don't have any understanding of making pokerface yet(Frisk seems to be described as rather expressionate by the narrator and other characters, as far as I remember).

But there's a difference between "the time traveler looks pissed off just about I'm about to fight them; considering my dejavu, I've probably killed them", and "the time traveler looks pissed off just about I'm about to fight them; considering my dejavu, and judging by their expression, I can tell for sure I've killed them 3 times now". You don't learn the difference between ten shades of angry expressions in a happy house. I bet Sans can tell who's walking down the stairs by their footsteps.

And yet, it seems that it got better at some point? Sans had to learn from someone what a good parenting is, in otherwise Papyrus wouldn't have such a good childhood; Sans learned how to joke and how to laugh; Sans learned that maybe, even the worst person can change (after all, from whom else Papyrus could gain this mindset? Though, it seems like monsterkind overall prefers to think like that (maybe having a king as a serial child murderer does have consequences on the public lol)), Sans learned to keep moving despite everything seeming to be worthless. Because by the end of the day, maybe everything will change for the best.

However, there's still effects that comes from abusive childhood. He does have some troubles with dealing with complex negative situations — he tends to back off instead of resolving/addressing the conflict, and laugh it off without explanation for his actions or decisions. One of such instances is the lamp interaction between Sans and Papyrus — Papyrus calls him lazy, and Sans hints him to back off; however it immediately gets followed up with a joke. There's a big chance that Sans uses humour as a coping mechanism, considering the way how often he tries to lighten up tense situation with it(I mean, doesn't he literally tells you jokes along the way as he fights you in Genocide Route). The only instances I remember of Sans not trying to soften negativity is when he wants to be threatening (bad time moments and some of the neutral endings), and there's a few more when he starts to soften negativity with a joke, then cut it off and continues to be passive aggressive (some of neutral endings; I wonder if he jokes because he doesn't want to feel so much negative emotions, out of habit, or because he wanted to have the situation end on more light note but changes his mind along the way).

Sans tends to lie and keep everything in secret for seemingly no reason, but it actually reinforces even further the idea that he isn't familiar with being emotionally vulnerable. One of such instances is at the dinner.

The whole scene is quite curious, because by body language you can tell that Sans either not comfortable of sharing something or just didn't get used to being emotionally vulnerable. He pauses, changes the topic like two-three times, constantly looks away os if it hard to keep it face to face. Personally I think he feels guilty there, which leads to him telling the famous "you'd be dead where you stand" phrase in the first place (there's really no reason for him to threaten you in this conversation). The body language is important here, so I'll remind you how it goes.

* but...

* someone who sincerely likes bad jokes...

* had an integrity you can't say "no" to.

(Sans turns away, and then turns back.)

* do you get what i'm saying?

* that promise i made to her...

* do you know what would happened if she hadn't said anything?

* ... buddy.

(Sans turns away.)

He doesn't even look at you! And afterwards he looks at your reaction and immediately brushes it off, telling you to lighten up and that he was "joking with you"!! (I can't with those idiots ughhhggughh).

It's also an example of how Sans tends to try lighten the mood as soon as it becomes negative, instead of properly explaining himself.

In other words, Sans did get through some shit and made sure that Papyrus won't feel the same. Which leads to their trusting and respectful relationship, where Papyrus feels absolutely comfortable to be vulnerable— and Sans tries his hardest to be vulnerable, too.

I remember seeing a take where dadster actually adopted Sans and Papyrus instead of being their biological father; and it's one of instances that could suit them, if Gaster eventually dies early enough for Papyrus being raised by Sans. Another take is Gaster being Papyrus' and Sans' brother, which is curious — but I'd say I don't see Gaster as the older brother (remember to have fun ok!!!!!), it feels like throwing out the window the whole dynamic. As a middle brother, though? I dunno, but sounds interesting for me.

But it really does seem like Gaster had close relationship at least with Sans.

Otherwise, why would he try to fix the machine?

I strongly hc that undertale sans raised papyrus which is why papyrus has really cutesy ways of talking to him in the jpn version

I stan the hc that Sans raised Papyrus so hard. Like, so hard that I don't care if it's canon or not, it's canon in my heart. I like to think maybe they had a Lilo and Nani dynamic when Papyrus was a kid. Or that Sans was more fatherly in the way that dads tell shitty jokes and sit on you to be annoying. Whenever I see an edit on tiktok about Papyrus only being able to see Sans as his dad I have to rip off both of my legs to stabilize myself

And now knowing that Papyrus has a cutesy speaking pattern in the Japanese version? Hoo boy. HOOOOO BOY. Sans must've been a really good fucking "parental" figure/older brother because whenever I see adults that are okay with calling their parents terms of endearment like 'mama' or 'big sissy' they have almost exclusively had a good relationship with them. So if Papyrus is cool with calling Sans brother in a way so cutesy and endearing they must have a really comfortable and happy relationship. And I love that for them.

Also, the only reason we know that Sans IS the older brother is because of the Japanese version of ut. Let that sink in. Thank you Tobias Radiation Fox.

[quibbs126]

So today I decided to try and draw Skyfire, in the same sort of vein as I did the War Dawn trio, to try and practice him

I mostly chose Skyfire since I made a couple posts about him/skystar, so I figured might as well draw him, especially since he shows up far less than his counterpart

To be perfectly honest, I think I still need a lot of work in drawing these guys, as I’ve said many times before. I think I can get the heads, but I start to get wonky with the chests, and I really didn’t know how to do his shoulders

Anyways, so this design is based on his g1 design, mostly this one image I got of him

But I also wanted to take some liberties with his design, at least in the head area. I’m realizing I didn’t actually change much of the rest of the body outside of omitting bits, as per usual

I don’t know, I think I like the head design, I just need a slight bit more consistency with it. Also in my head, he’s got a visor that drops down to completely cover his face, but the issue there comes in his colors. His glass is blue, so logically his visor mask would be blue too. But the top of his head is also blue, and it’s really the only other place the blue shows up in outside of the glass. So either I’d have to make his mask red and break consistency, or change the top of his helm to be another color (probably red) and get rid of one of the few pops of blue he has

I also just don’t know how to draw his chest things, the sides that pop out. So that’s why they look weird

And also, his shoulders are like the one part of him that’s circular outside of his helm, and it really annoys me because it sticks out so much to me, with basically the rest of him being rectangular

Also also, I don’t know how to do the arms either, in part because of the circular bits and also I don’t know how to make the triangular prisms

Where was I going with this? I don’t remember. All I know is that while I like his head, I’m well aware my drawings of him aren’t the best. I still need to learn how to draw Transformers properly. Which I’ve been saying for quite a while now, but I’m not sure how much progress I’ve made on that front

But anyways, last thing to talk about I suppose is the design itself. I quite like it, but because it doesn’t belong to any continuity, only being me tweaking his g1 design, I’m not sure what to use it for. I could use it for my own if I really wanted to, but of my random AU ideas, I don’t really know where to fit Skyfire in them. And would I make all subsequent designs for this hypothetical AU based on their g1 designs? I don’t really want to do that with Megatron, I don’t really like his helm design in g1 (it’s weird and ill defined to me)

But for now I guess, I have made this Skyfire design. Not the best work of mine, but I’m still trying to learn Transformers, so I’ll take it

[wannablowloverboysonelastkiss]

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[thedeadthree]

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[josphitia]

Diane-

1. I consider myself a fictive. I am a soup of Diane from Bojack Horseman and Sage from X-Men (specifically the Krakoan Era)

2. I guess I side more with Sage over this past year.

3. Currently two. Josie has been teasing me that one day I'll integrate Lilith from The Owl House into my identity. As of now however she is simply someone I like and admire a lot and relate to.

4. There is nothing in particular that I enjoy about being a fictive. I simply am; and I am happy to be.

5. People treating me as the individual I am rather than a carbon cut out of my sources.

6. No; and I don't plan to.

7. Exclusively and it's been such a positive experience. I appreciate people seeing and recognizing me.

8. Specifically me? None that come to mind. It is mostly Jo/Josie/Cloud who interact with new people. I don't "get out" much.

9. How unique we all are. Some of us may share sources, but we all are our own entities.

10. I'm the only one in this head who is human, I don't really feel species euphoria. I'm just human, that's what I am, nothing more nothing less.

11. No.

12. Not really.

13. Not really.

14. I'm not particularly interested. If one came into my life it'd be nice to reminisce I suppose, but other than that, it's not something I'm left wanting.

15.

X-Force (2019) #18 by Ben Percy & Garry Brown

16.

Dreamland Arcade

17. In terms of Diane, I consider myself from Bojack Horseman but not the one that you see on Netflix. My memories and source differ in multitudinous yet insubstantial ways. It is the same song played by the same instruments, but the slightest variations from the players make each orchestra unique. The same is true for my Sage source.

18. I am not as "warm and friendly" as I once was after I realized I had become a fusion of Sage. I do find myself leaning more towards my Sage half. I don't necessarily miss being more Diane, but it could be a pendulum swing where one day I lament being less Sage.

19. No.

20. I don't quite understand the question but I'm going to lean towards no.

21. Bodily, 27. I'm a fictive headmate within a system so the actual age of my discovery of such a thing is birth.

22. I don't know if I've ever been part of the "fictionkin" community.

23. I don't know what that is, sorry.

24. Based on that question, I guess Lilith from Owl House?

25. I don't know.

26. Oh I guess just now really, as it's the first time I'm being introduced to the subject.

27. Not really. I have a desk? I like my desk. It's a good desk.

28. I have not considered that, no.

29. I began my life as one.

30. I do not believe I've had that experience, no.

31. I don't believe so.

32. There are 3 demons here, with Jo on the outskirts of identifying as one. As of now that means 40% or so of our system is demons, not counting Jo.

33. 4 of us are fictives. I'm the only one not from the Hellverse. Demon is the species status quo in this head.

34. No.

35. I have many memories. I don't feel like detailing them all.

36. When I strive to do better regarding my substance abuse.

37. I am a woman and the body is transfem.

38. All the primary hosts are demi-sexual in some way. I am AroAce. So not really.

39. I received support as soon as I formed as well as when I out myself to friends of other alters. It's been positive.

40. Don't hold your source as sacrosanct. It is merely one way those events played out. You are your source but most importantly you are you

41. I'm not a fuddy duddy.

Fictionfolk Experiences Ask Game

Yeah, you. Fictionkin, fictive, fictionhearted, fictionlinker, fictionflicker--whatever else you may be in the tags. I wanna get some potentially positivity and experience sharing going because there's some Stuff that isn't great in the tags right now but ALSO I think fictionfolk as a whole (and not just identify-as fictionfolk but yes those too) deserve a nice little platform to share their experiences. So, use this ask game. Or just reblog and answer the questions. Or post the answers yourself. Be free.

1. What's your fictional identity (hearttype, kintype, etc)?

2. If you have multiple, do you have one you're closer to than the others, or is more important to your identity overall?

3. How many fictional identities do you have?

4. What's your favourite part about being fictionfolk?

5. What's a positivie interaction that's happened as a result of your fictional identity?

6. Have you told any people in your offline life about your fictional identity and gotten a positive reaction?

7. Have you told any people in your online life about your fictional identity and gotten a positive reaction?

8. Is there anyone you've met as a result of your interactions in the community who's very important to you now?

9. What's your favourite thing about the fictionfolk community?

10. Tell us about a time you've experienced species/identity euphoria as a result of one of your fictional identities.

11. Do you experience any shifts (mental, phantom, dream, etc) of your fictional identity? Share a bit about those and how they feel!

12. Do you have any canonmates (if applicable)?

13. Do you have any sourcemates (if applicable)?

14. Do you wish to seek out canonmates/sourcemates? Why/why not?

15. Do you have a favourite piece of fanart/fanfic/etc that ties into your identity? Share it (with credit)!

16. Do you have any art/fic/etc specifically made for you as a fictionfolk of your specific identity (made by yourself or someone else)? Share it!

17. Does your fictional identity differ from source in any way/is it canon divergent? Explain a bit about that!

18. Are there aspects of your fictional identity that you previously questioned, decided weren't a part of your identity, but you still look fondly upon? (Past 'types, etc).

19. Do you have any spiritual identities? Explain a bit about that!

20. Do you have any psychological identies? Explain a bit about that!

21. How old were you when you discovered/chose your first fictional identity?

22. Did you ever take a break from the community, but came back later? What made you come back?

23. Have you ever considered fictionlinking? If you already have, what made you decide to do it?

24. If you decided to 'link a fictional character, who would it be and why?

25. If you decided to 'link a fictional species, what would it be and why?

26. Have you ever questioned being fictionhearted? If you already are, what started your questioning into that connection?

27. Do you have any fictional hearthomes? What are your favourite things about them?

28. Have you ever questioned being a fictionbased archetrope? If you already are, what's your archetropal identity?

29. Have you ever questioned being fictionkin? If you already are, what started your discovery of that connection?

30. Have you ever had a fictotype turn out to be a fictionflicker or vice versa? What was that like?

31. Do you have any fictionflickers? What are they, and how do they make you feel?

32. If you're a system, do you have any collective fictional identities?

33. If you're a system, how many fictional identities do you have across all of your headmates?

34. Do you have any soulbonds from a fictional source? Share a bit about that!

35. Do you have any memories/noemata around your fictional identity? Share some if you'd like!

36. If you do have memories/noemata, what's your favourite?

37. Does your identity intersect with your gender in any way? Share a bit about that!

38. Does your identity intersect with your sexuality in any way? Share a bit about that!

39. Is there anything you'd have loved to hear back when you were first questioning your identity?

40. Is there anything you'd like to share toward fictionfolk who may just be starting to look into the community?

41. Free space! Share anything about your identity/ies that you'd like to!

[akkivee]

y’all threw me off my game today lol so no stream but i did at least want to say it’s kinda crazy that, regardless of whether or not this is true, we actually got a hypmic leak on the tl 😭😭😭😭

[pigeon-butch]

I certainly have my own concerns about the treatment of moo deng but um. well i think some of you may just be racist

[friendlyfreakazoid]

I can’t really speak on the femme side of things because I’ve never actually known anyone who specifically identified as a femme lesbian, but I refer to myself as a “butch lesbian�� online because I just sort of want people who interact with me to have a basic idea of who I am, but in real life I don’t really go out of my way to specifically call myself “butch” mostly because other people tend to just assume that based on my appearance without me telling them anything.

I feel like the way a lot of people recently have been acting towards the terms “butch” and “femme” is similar to the whole “gender identity” thing. It’s the idea that you need to essentially “curate” your identity to fit a certain aesthetic, rather than just exist as you are. I had always been very tomboyish growing up and as an adult that didn’t change. I have never actively tried to change myself to fit under the label of butch, I have always just existed as I am most comfortable. As I said before, in real life I don’t often refer to myself as butch, other people just tend to view me that way just as they used to view me as a “tomboy” when I was a child.

I will say that I have had some negative experiences from women I’ve dated who made assumptions about me based on my butch appearance, including multiple women expecting me to be very dominant in bed without discussing this beforehand and getting angry at me when I wasn’t comfortable doing the things they expected. I have also had experiences of women who I wasn’t dating be overtly sexual with me to the point of arguably sexually harassing me because they assumed based on my butch appearance that I would enjoy it.

There’s also the phenomenon of women who basically just want to be transmasc but have vaguely enough self awareness to know that being transmasc is cringy as hell so they just call themselves “butch” instead, but they are still very clearly acting like transmascs. Like they’ll go on testosterone and get top surgery and tell people to call them he/him or they/them, all the while insisting that they are butch lesbians because they think that saves them from being viewed as cringy. It does not. Plus there’s the phenomenon of TIMs who call themselves butch lesbians, which is just so utterly ridiculous I don’t really have any commentary on that. Because that’s just like. A normal ass man. Not even trying at all. And the trans community eats it up for some reason lmfao.

With this all said, I do still like the term. It is helpful to me to have a term that describes the specific experiences I have based on my appearance. As a woman with a buzzcut, very very hairy legs and armpits, no makeup, and who tends to wear clothing purchased in the men’s department, everyone who looks at me can tell that I am a lesbian. This has had a tremendous effect on my life. I have lived for the past 5 years in a rural, conservative state, and because of my appearance I have been physically assaulted by men, had bottles thrown at me from cars, had slurs shouted at me, been trailed my police cars for absolutely no reason at all multiple times, and had the cops called on me multiple times while just walking around my own neighborhood. All of this is directly tied to my appearance. I have known many other lesbians and bisexual women whose appearances do not immediately give away their sexualities, and they have never had any of these experiences from strangers. All of this would still affect me regardless of whether or not I personally “identify” as butch, so obviously it’s not the identity itself that causes these things, but I find the term helpful when discussing my experiences online with people who wouldn’t know what I look like.

The other reason I still like the term is because a lot of my personal heroes used it. As a kid I knew other little girls who where called tomboys, but as I got older and started nearing my teens I found that most of these other girls grew out of their tomboy phase, and I was expected to as well. It was very isolating as a kid to be the odd one out who was still acting tomboyish after reaching the age where it’s no longer cute. Every single adult in my life was constantly telling me that I’d grow out of this phase any day now and soon I’d love makeup and dresses like all the normal girls do, and it honestly terrified me. The way adults acted like it was inevitable that I’d change into a “normal” girl made me scared that I was going to completely loose who I was and become someone totally different. I didn’t want to become someone different, I wanted to stay myself. At around the age of 11 I stumbled upon Alison Bechdel’s personal blog, where she just spoke about her day to day life as a butch lesbian in her 50s, and this was completely mind blowing to me. It was proof that I could continue to exist as myself. I spent a lot of time as a pre-teen and teenager learning about and from older butch women, and it was from them that I learned that there’s no right or wrong way to be a woman. The older 50+ year old butch lesbians who I learned from, who were part of the lesbian community long before the whole “gender identity” thing, weren’t trying to act like men, or act overly masculine, they recognized themselves as their own thing. So for that reason I don’t think I could bring myself to abandon the term “butch lesbian”, even if nowadays it’s starting to gain a negative reputation.

TL;DR, I like the term butch because it’s a useful when speaking about my specific experiences as someone who is visibly a lesbian, and because many of the lesbians I learned from identified themselves with it, but I do feel like as of late people are using it more as a “gender identity” rather than simply as a descriptive word, and this is causing people to try to force themselves into rigid boxes based on gender stereotypes just like they do with their trans identities.

Also sorry for rambling like this on your post lol. If this sounds like the ravings of a crazy person it’s because it’s very late at night and I’ve been sick this week. So I do apologize for that lmao

Once again begging the lesbian community to have critical discussions on the way butch and femme have become The Categories for lesbians, and have literally just become gender man and woman But For Lesbians TM.

I’ve tried having this discussion in libfem spaces, but I’m shut down as soon as I bring up any criticism of gender, and rarely get any engagement in the first place.

Lesbians of radblr, please please let’s have discussions about this! I feel like I can’t talk about this with anyone and none of my friends irl are lesbians.

My asks and DMs are waiting, not to sound desperate but I do think this is an important discussion to be having.

[ashilean]

VUHIA, toa Mangai of the green (10/11)

Tending to the gardens that surround the great temple, Vuhia finds her position joyful and effortless. After fighting alongside her newfound siblings, she marked their victory by planting a vuata maca tree from her homeland on the mountain--a tree which grew so potent and full of life through her nurturing that the garden has long overgrown its original bounds.

Vuhia's quiet focus fits in well with the rest of her team, but she does what she can to make up for their distance and standoffishness. Any matoran eager enough to track her down in the vast temple garden is welcomed warmly, and the most dedicated few have become skilled foresters in their own right, helping Vuhia tend to the trees.

She wears the great Ouha, mask of healing, and wields a pair of Old Growth Trowels which see most of their use digging through the tough mountain soil. One day Vuhia and Tokat took a walk through the gardens, and what was thought to be them taking their time has turned into a mystery even their toa siblings haven't solved.

[artem1sc0re]

Feeding you guys headcanons whilst I work on something. Anyway..

Josh Sauchak headcanons‼️‼️

(Take this figure of him I made the other day but forgot to show as well)

(Headcanons that are marked with ‘established relationship’ mean that it’s in the event that it’s with a lover!)

- PARALLEL PLAY PARALLEL PLAY PARALLEL PLAY‼️‼️ IT IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF HIS LOVE LANGUAGES‼️ Sometimes hangouts will usually involve the indulgence of hobbies within the vicinity of who he’s hanging out with.

- (Established relationship hc) At the start of the relationship or when you instigate physical affection with him, he tends to tense up and at times even shift and give a little bit of space between you two. Upon talking the whole ordeal out, he’ll try to be more open to receiving physical affection such as letting you put your head on his shoulder.

- (Established relationship hc) Observant of your feelings and behaviour. Later on in the relationship, it gets to a point where he can pick up patterns in your conversations with him.

(E.g my partner picked up on a pattern with me anytime I yapped to him about Aiden Pearce. In his words: “Aiden is so Interesting to analyse :3!!!”, “Am I overanalysing a mediocre game character from a mediocre franchise.”, “I LOVE AIDEN PEARCE ���🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥”).

Sometimes the observant behaviour isn’t all that positive, as with this he jumps to conclusions in situations that you are under distress.

- Penguin pebbling. At random occasions he can gift a trinket to those he’s fond of, whether it be a random feather or stone, a scrap circuit board that he turned into a keychain, a piece of leftover scrap metal from building with a texture that he’s fond of, etc.

- Goes quiet when someone vents to him but contributes a word or two every so often as he feels bad not giving an answer

- Emotionally unpredictable. His resting face and tone makes it hard to tell how he feels, and at times can go quiet minutes after being talkative, which can leave you with a mixed bag of whether or not he’s pissed, neutral, happy or just wanting to be quiet.

- On a rare occasion or two will show physical affection to you or to those he’s close to without going tense. It can involve hand holding, hugging, playing with one’s face (tugging at your cheek, squeezing them or just simple caresses), resting his head on one’s shoulder & playing with their hair. But it’s only when he’s the one giving it.

- Had a habit of hoarding things like plushies or figures when he was a kid, and usually kept them in a space where it was an unorganised chaos that only he was able to transcribe. He was able to learn to let go of the hoarding habit, but still does it on an occasion or two.

- Give him a new pair of shoes that he’s comfortable with and months later they will look messy and well worn (e.g. white trainers? Nah those things are coming back slightly dirty and a bit yellowed)

- When any figures or display collectibles arrive, he has a specific ritual that he remembers off by heart and has been doing it since childhood, in which he’d rearrange his space, clean his hands and put on a set of gloves to delicately place and display the figure as to not damage it or ruin it

- An absolute sucker for chewing things when he’s bored. When he was a kid he chewed on packaging peanuts because the texture stimulated him. He eventually learned to drop the habit for more better alternatives like sweets or chewelry.

- At one point was really bad at keeping his room clean due to his hoarding habit that when he saw his friend’s room that was tidy and organised looking, he got envious and proceeded to clean his room; ranting from his shelves, floor, bed, tables and desk.

- Secretly likes to cook but is scared of what the other dedsec members might think of it as he isn’t the type of person to add seasoning.

- (Continuing from previous) Likes to ease out of his comfort zone with flavour slowly by researching, then proceeding to season the food he makes with the stuff he currently has at home.

- Had a special interest in glitch wars that lasted for 2 years. (Glitch wars as in the videogame in the in-game universe)

- (Established relationship hc) Sometimes will randomly approach you and declare that he wishes to squeeze your skull affectionately.

- (Established relationship hc) one time you made a specific food item for dinner. He fell in love with it. Only thing is he will only eat that specific food item if you make it, because he only likes it that way. Any other form it is made he will immediately decline it, even if it’s from a restaurant.

[fridgevespidae]

me n my sister spent some time messing around in pokemon channel for the first time in like over probably 10 years and its making me realize a small handful of things. for one, i am a massive fan of virtual pet games and sites and this is probably why. two is that that none of them ever did what pokemon channel did might be why i can never seem to find anything quite similar enough that it fulfills the imagined concept for a virtual pet that im constantly seeking

[phoenixmuses]

; 🎟️ Rico and Paul

♡ Send in 🎟️ [ticket] for me to make a moodboard with 4-9 photos for our muses/ship

[gifti3]

AYYYYY INFAMOUS ENJOYER!!! I've loved reading your live react!!

YESSS its so fun!! i really really liked it and couldnt stop reading it until i finished so i had to come on here and talk about it as i went im kinda sad i caught up too because im still thinking about it o(--(

and like its not just the story and the characters that are fun but also the mc. i felt like there were a good variety of choices that worked for me personally and i could still be flirty without being extremely overt every time! because some characters i want to be casual about it but characters like O i prefer to be much forward at times if that makes sense!

also the characters seem to have some initiative. im not 100% sure how it works but i do at least know if you've done some <3 choices (and it doesnt have to be a big amount???) August will start dropping big hints on their own and the story seems to be making it look like my mc doesnt fully know what's happening. which makes sense with the type of <3 choices ive made in the past it makes me really curious about the code cause that feels so specific! so its quite cool to me. THOUGH i may be over thinking all this and it could be a coincidence lol but still i enjoy them making moves on their own you know and theres G who just makes passes on their own from the beginning!

i really like that! i like the variety

I also enjoy the customization of the band too cause honestly, I was expecting to be put into a rock band and thats it, but they let you pick the genre and even decide the bands "uniform" to an extent! To me this wouldnt be a dealbreaker if it wasnt there, but its really nice that it was and then theres the music making and even naming ur fans haha

anyways i could keep going on and on about the characters here but ill stop lol

i highly rec ppl read it even if its a WIP, especially if you enjoy the romance aspect of IFs because wowie. those little moments between the mc and the ROs actually affected me more than i thought :P

[zenchii]

I just can't imagine enjoying tua s4 even if you did ship five and lila. Yes, they get ""romantic"" moments together, but every single one of those moments has both of them completely stripped of their DEFINING qualities