#a spy a demo and a spy originally

[cinnabuntastic]

I'm not sure how to feel about new TF2 maps in the year of our lord and savior keyboard cat 2023. It's been 13+ years for me.

[wolfram-but-art]

What lps eyes would you give each Merc? (Can be a drawing, can be a head cannon, it's up to ya)

silly eyes :3

[gingerale13]

Do you have a full list of names for the 1850s mercs?

Not a full list (still thinking on Heavy & Spy), but here's who I've renamed so far:

Demo- Tamas Donnelly (First name means Twin in Scottish)

Engineer- Dale Cogsworth (yeah HE gets a fuckaas name. Super similar to Dell Conagher)

Pyro- Abraham Lincoln (I'm not changing what's already perfect)

Medic- Hanz Lachmann (A popular fanon name for medic; last name roughly means "Smiling man")

Scout- James Wallace (Super close to "Jeremy Willis". Also I think the last name is French?)

Soldier- Jane Jackson (an echo of Stonewall Jackson)

Sniper- Nicholas (Nick) Bundy (rhymes well with "Mick Mundee")

Lmk if you have ideas for the other two :P

[multiheadcanons]

RED/BLU DIFFERENCES

scout: blu’s scout is the original scout that red’s scout was extracted from. blu’s scout is slower to confrontation and fight. doesn’t mean he won’t, just means he won’t immediately jump to solving things physically. blu is more perceptive, and curious. it gets him in trouble. red’s scout is a problem solver, not a problem finder. explosive energy. blu takes a minute to get revved up. they find a slight rivalry between each other; but they mainly wonder who came from who, and what came from where.

soldier: blu’s soldier is the original that red’s soldier was extracted from. blu was quite literally a perfect soldier before this. he’s quieter with the existence of his counterpart. does a lot of thinking. it makes him an effective and ruthless battle planner. but he can’t help but hesitate on the field. especially seeing himself. he just can’t separate himself from the other. he can’t separate any of the men in his battalion from the enemy. they’re exact replicas. it takes too much brainpower to not treat the enemy as his friend, and his friend as the enemy. he ends up secluding himself.

pyro: there’s no real difference between the two, even if you squint. they both get along just fine. nobody knows which came from the other. they will both live their lives once this is over. there’s just two of them out there now to keep track of. neither one of them has warned the other about the steadily building case file against them both. and they both keep adding to their growing list of legal issues. so if one gets caught that one’s getting the whole reference section of the library thrown at them. the other will come to save them though.

heavy: red’s heavy is the original that blu’s heavy was extracted from. it took something from him. he doesn’t know what. he feels fine, generally. but the sun is colder. he feels the wind chill faster. laughter is not as filling. he is not as fulfilled. something is fundamentally different. it is missing. blu’s heavy is like… santa but violent. dudes never had a bad day in his life. any day he gets to take a life is a good day to him. every day is a good day to die.

demo: red’s demo is the original that blu’s demo came from. he lost his drive. red’s demo is more than willing to laze a day away, and finds himself seduced by the drink more often than not, but when he gets his head on his shoulders, he feels pretty okay. smart, hardy, perceptive… enough. blu’s demo is almost as sensitive as his bombs. he’s itching to move, to go, to get the jump on the red team before they can get the jump on them. he drinks to slow himself down. he’s trying to learn to stop and think, it isn’t easy for him. he doesn’t know why.

engineer: blu’s engineer is the original that red’s engineer was extracted from. blu’s engie is a very serious person with a lighthearted tone. red’s engie is probably one of the chillest guys you’ll meet with an iron grip of control on every facet of his life. the only other way it can be described is red engie is never worried, because red engie has singlehandedly controlled every facet of his environment, down to the particles of dust. blu engie can’t even find the will to make moves like that anymore, and ends up laughing at the things he can’t change, or can change with immense effort. at the end of the day, they are both mad scientists. red engie’s evil laugh pitches up. they’re gonna let each other live, but they’re settling who gets to take the name dell conagher with a fight when this is all over. they planned, separately, to kill each other in that fight. time will tell who gets to be the dell conagher and who ends up the dead conagher.

medic: red medic is the original that blu medic was extracted from, and blu hates red for that reason. understands in all senses he just… is the medic. he looks like him, speaks like him, got his name. he’s got the same memories up until the split. but it was like the red doctor removed his conscience and built the blu one out of that. blu medic sits with so much guilt. and an insane inferiority complex. he doesn’t want to be the blu medic, he wants to be the medic. as opposed to red’s medic, who doesn’t even consider his blu counterpart as an actual living being even though he created him, so by that stance is the medic. blu’s willing to kill his counterpart to become the only dr. ludwig. he likes to think he’s better than the red medic because he feels bad about the horrible things he’s done, he claims he can’t help his nature. red medic laughs because if all that separates them is guilt, then is his blu counterpart really all that better? blu goes by fritz because he hates the name herbert. blu hates a lot of things about himself. and his counterpart. he’s got a lot of big dreams that require the disappearance of the other to set into motion. and while that may not have been in red’s plan, herbert doesn’t care what fritz does. he hasn’t felt this light in decades.

sniper: red sniper is the original that the blu sniper was extracted from. a lot of snipe’s humor left him when he woke up from the operating table. nothing was nearly as funny as he had felt prior. it took him a while to get jokes again. and blu sniper is just a guy but different. likes his job, does his job well, actually a generally very easygoing and accepting guy. honestly pretty goofy. red snipes has a lot of questions before he’s willing to accept answers. they will kill each other on the battlefield if the opportunity presents itself. otherwise they’re actually pretty cool with each other! they go out and say they’re twins. easier than saying “yeah i got a free lobotomy and the doctor and his engineer friend grew this out of the removed grey matter.”

spy: the blu spy is the copy of the original spy that the red spy was extracted from. the original blu spy died in the procedure. just flatlined after anesthesia was given. the respawn machine hadn’t been activated yet; and medic had a dead body on his table that he did not plan for. it had been a while since he had dealt with that. it’s a big reason medic no longer uses anesthesia on the mercs. nobody actually got to know the original spy that had signed onto the team as a mercenary. but between his two counterparts and the son that survived him, we get a pretty good idea that spy was a charming, cunning man with selective empathy and a brutal tone. the red spy got all of the charm, the blu spy got all the empathy, and they are both quicker than a whip, mentally. love playing mind games with each other. medic and engie didn’t feel a need to conceal from them that neither of them were the original, like they did with the others, who’s source material was still alive. they showed them their host corpse in the morgue. explained what happened. said at this point, they could be anything they wanted. it’s what the original has always been best at. they both found niches in the team they had the means to fill and filled them. neither one has reached out to the original spy’s family, or families. they will probably never do so.

[morskisir]

[renwick-artz]

Pg 18: Digging Deeper

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[kayuripax]

Drew my OC intern for a fic i wrote!

[zioshock]

if tf2 fandom wasnt full of cowards we would recognize that every merc would have some sort of disability or impairment because. you know. fighting in a war every day. fortunately i am strong and wise and recognize the truth for what it is

[commissionerjanky]

Operation Ice Pick Part 23: The Last Vega

[mekobnto]

My fem fortress designs!! I'll do the rest soon. I'm working on heavy and demo

A little bit of info about them

Spy: Aline Leroy/Jackson. 54 Years old.

She start working as a mercenary to protect her family.

Scout: Jennifer/Jenny Jackson. 26 Years Old.

She doesn't know that spy is her mother. She was originally hired with the idea of her being a spy , just bc they thought she would have the same skills as her mother, but she ended up as a scout.

medic: Dr. Adagny Ludwig. 49 years old.

loves her job. She worked as a doctor for only about 2 years, until the police start looking for her for huge crimes that include cannibalism and bad professional practices. She joined the mercenaries to escape from the law.

[lenny-link]

TF2 x SU au fusions!

oof this took too long but i finally made it !

I kept @gracefireheart Andalusite (HeavyMedic) and @cariocay ‘s Turquoise (EngieSpy) (that i just realized their account got deactivated just a few days ago im sad now) fusion designs because i just found them perfect and whenever i wanted to try making my own designs i always ended up with making something similar to theirs since i was very influenced so i just kept them! They’re so awesome plz check the original artists!

my designs :3 :

< Part 2 >

About the fusions:

I tried to choose a theme for every fusion that suits the characters like Spessartite (DemoSolly) is a warrior i put Demo’s sword with Soldier’s shield thing well he doesn’t specifically have a shield but yknow the helmet thing i thought that could work.

He’s very powerful, strong and jump into action without a second thought, while he possesses immense strength and a love for loud and chaotic things, his battle prowess is a double-edged sword since his attacks lack precision. however, this unpredictability often leaves his enemies confused and scrambling to defend. he fights more efficiently when drunk lol

Lepidolite (MedicSpy) is a plague doctor, he is very inspired by Hannibal Lecter (nbc Hannibal lol shout out to that one Anon who recommended it for me to watch it lol) at first i wanted to give him a bistouri as a weapon, since it would suit Medic’s saw with Spy’s small knife, but then i felt the fusion was leaning too much towards Medic than Spy, so i put a cane instead to give that old idk gentleman look :P

He is polished and sophisticated, with a hint of underlying sadism and very precise in his movements, he meticulously analyzes his opponents, exploiting weaknesses with surgical precision before jumping into action and strike right where it hurts the most, the cane appears to be a simple walking stick, but inside is a hollowed core that had a retractable, poison-tipped blade, and his poison isn't fast-acting he enjoys toying with his victims, watching as the venom slowly takes hold, fueling his twisted sense of amusement. they are far from being the strongest fusion but they rely a lot on making their opponent weaker by their ability to attack precise hits as well as poisoning them!

Carnelian (SniperScout) his design was inspired by a equestrian outfit (he was the hardest to design tbh bc i wanted his design to be specifically different from the others since Scout is half human so i wanted this "human" aspect to show in the fusion).

He is a walking paradox, he's got Sniper's calm confidence with Scout's hyperactive energy, he loves a good plan but his execution is often fueled by pure adrenaline, he can zip across the battlefield with incredible speed, dodging attacks and flanking enemies. good at mid range and long range attacks but weak at close range, has internalized monologues with himself a lot, he appears calm on the surface however, his foot constantly taps, he fidgets with his slingshot, he cannot stays in place for too long. enjoys taking challenges.

Rubellite (DemoPyro) is a robot with a 50’s cartoon style but with like a creepy vibe to it, their voice sounds like a broken radio perpetually stuck on a laugh track, is both infectious and unsettling.

They just as powerful as Spessartite but just a bit more agile and lean more on the defense style than offense, their body stretches in a cartoony way and battles become a twisted playground for them, a child's game where they hop and blow things up everywhere. they’re very joyful and loves to have fun while making chaos, they usually make jokes but no one understands their muffled voice so they often laugh all by themselves lol the weapon actually expands where the ball and the shaft of the mace connects there’s a chaine (i didnt draw it cuz there was already too much going on in the drawing lol) which helps them reach target from close to mid range easily, they twist and turn their body in very flexible ways before swatting their weapon at their target.

♠︎ If you want to suggest a pair for the next fusion please just comment here DO NOT send it in my ask box plz !!

And if you want to make your own fusion designs/fanart go ahead ! id love to see other people’s interpretations could be ! just don’t forget to tag me and add the tag ( tf2 x su au) :D

hope you enjoy !

+ early designs :

[mail-me-a-snail]

blu team designs <3 (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) .ᐟ.ᐟ

some notes:

soldier doesn't like eye contact (he's without his helmet for demonstration purposes)

demo's beanie, on the other hand, is optional

scout looks more like his mom (american genes are strong !!)

spy, of course, is spanish-filipino

anyhoo .... finally put down designs for the lads thanks to @ecto-hazard 's prompting !! they aren't too dissimilar to their red counterparts; the only ones who look wildly different from their originals are the support row + engie !!

[gophergal]

Colors taken from Gilbert Baker's 2017 nine stripe redesign of the original pride flag

Bonus: my queer merc headcanonssss (I know the edit looks kinda unfinished but I think it looks alright personally)

Scout is Bisexual-Biromantic, but leans toward women sexually*

Solly is Heteroflexible and Polyamorous

Pyro is Xenogender (specifically their gender is fire. Any pronouns are totally fine to Pyro, but em/ber make ber very happy), they're also asexual (sex adverse)*

Demo is Polyamorous and Pansexual-Panromantic

Heavy is Demisexual-Biromantic (with a preference for men) and a Bear

Engie is Grey AroAce

Medic is a Gay Trans Man

Sniper is Gay*

Spy is Pansexual-Panromantic

(*these three do end up in a poly relationship in my heart, but don't consider it integral to their identities in the way that Solly or Demo do)

[neo-my-geo]

So @pinapin and I were talking about what would happen if you wrote a fic using a D20 to determine the outcomes of everything that a character attempts to do, and it snowballed into a full blown D&D fantasy AU

Race/class details below the cut!

Scout - half-orc/way of the drunken bonk master monk

Soldier - human/genie warlock

Pyro - ???/dragonblood sorcerer

Demo - triton/war wizard-fighter multiclass

Heavy - dwarf (with gigantism)/glory paladin

Engie - needs no introduction/artillerist artificer

Medic - vampire/order of the profane soul blood hunter

Sniper - human/sniper (tf2)

Spy - changeling/soulknife rogue

(ft. original scrapped soldier sheet; yes, Merasmus is his patron)

(and also ft. other sketches)

ignore the drow, this isn't about him

[multiheadcanons]

I FORGOT I WAS A SPORTS GAY UNTIL THIS REQUEST. MERCS PLAYING BASEBALL, IM GONNA CALL THEM THE TEUFORT CROOKS

scout: scout gets shortstop because as the guy with the most knowledge about america’s former favorite pastime, he needs to be where everyone is the worst at. and he didn’t want to pitch or catch. fast on his feet with killer (literally) reflexes, scout is a vicious shortstop. nobody can truly cover the amount of ground scout can in the time he takes to do so. most people don’t get past scout once they’re face to face with him. by american league rules, he’s the designated hitter, but he normally plays by national league rules, since most of his team is european. he is, however, the best hitter on the team. that’s not to say the team sucks, its just that scouts quality and consistency hitting is better than the rest of them, so they let him take the bat most of the time unless they want to play by national league rules. he doesn’t care, because he is better than them. ultra mega shit talker.

soldier: soldier gets second base because that’s where he wanted to be. and nobody complained about it, so that became his position. he honestly quite enjoys baseball! there’s a reason this was americas favorite pastime. and a guaranteed home run hitter. normally fourth in the batting lineup because if they can get someone on each base, getting him to the bat is a guaranteed four points as he takes his walk. he and pyro work quite well together. soldier tells them what to do and they do it. it means soldier has had to get very good at baseball strategies. but all sport is just violence without death. if you’re bad at the sport. either way you slice it, no matter where soldier goes, he will put his all and then some into any position he’s placed in. actually looks quite friendly mid game. he’s just happy everyone’s putting their back into it.

pyro: pyro takes first base because that gives pyro one thing to do: watch the ball. sometimes it’s watch the ball and watch whoever’s on your base, but it is normally watch the ball. the team normally tells pyro where to go from there. also pyro doesn’t have to do a lot of moving, which is just fine for pyro! pyro mainly plays for the love of the game, less for the love of the competition. they also have a better arm for batting. so they prefer to not have to work themselves too hard so they can bat, if they get the chance. they’re not hitting home runs or anything, but pyro is a wildcard. they can give the opposing team a run for their money. normally sixth in the batting lineup.

demo: demo takes right field, and if i’m right that’s where his good eye is. i’ve never been good with lefts and rights. though he’s not particularly good, it’s always a thankful moment when sniper calls the ball and he doesn’t have to do anything. and he likes to play, kind of! beats actually fighting! he’s actually much better at the bat. which is kind of insane. but he can focus better. his only job is to get the bat to connect to the ball and run. normally first in the batting lineup. he can, most of the time, make it to a base. and he normally takes the risk of stealing second. he usually makes it! also not really a mean mugger, or a shit talker, unless he’s doing particularly well. he’s just happy everyone’s having a good time!

heavy: heavy is the catcher. between him and the doctor, it’s almost impossible to tell what they’re going to pitch you. there’s no real nonverbal discussion about what they’re doing, no convoluted hand signals, just two men with frightening blue eyes staring at each other. and heavy does not drop or miss a catch. trustworthy and consistent with seemingly arms that span the entire field, he’s the best man to sit in front of the ump and behind the batter. gum chewer, and a mean mug when he’s on the field. a very good sport though, anyone who strikes out get a thumbs up and a “good job, maybe next time!”

engineer: engie takes left field by default. engie wouldn’t say baseball is particularly… his thing. but when you hang around scout, you tend to pick up on a few things, and the sport happened to be one of them. so he goes where the rest of the team doesn’t really care to be, or make any comment on. he’s fine with it, but he’s better at the bat. on his best days, they’re hitting the fence, it’s just about who’s gonna catch it. but he’s not the fastest runner. and he admits that. fifth in the lineup. after soldier gives them a good lead and they can afford to lose the point.

medic: i (do)n’t want to have to bring up this man’s godlike build, so im gonna try to not bring it up. the doctor is the pitcher. the man’s got a hell of an arm on him, and an accuracy that is only beat by sniper and scout. the only thing that put medic here, instead of one of the other two, is the raw power he has behind his throws and frankly, the lack of range. doesn’t mean he’s not mean with it. hitting one of his pitches is like trying to redirect a train. it puts strain on the opponent’s arms, and when he’s up on that mound, staring daggers into you, it puts a fear in you that he might switch that ball out for a knife and chuck that instead. and his competition face is spooky. he’s almost grinding his teeth together, upper lip curled as he sneers at you. he’s also a nasty shit talker. he’ll tell you to try to hit the next pitch. a thousand dollars on the successful hit of the next ball. just touch your bat to the ball and the money’s all yours! it is rare this occurs.

sniper: sniper is the best man for the job for center field. his eyes… they’re magic. is what enemy teams will tell you. you could get a hit you swear is a home run, out of the park, and the last thing you’ll hear as you go from first to second base is “i got it!” “you’re out!” and as you turn to see who caught your guaranteed home run, you see a tall ass australian man, precariously balanced on the fence with your ball in his hand. sniper is the player that has the most people ready to fight, because he goes to the ends of the earth to catch a ball before the ground does. and snipes will fight. as will the rest of the team. you don’t get to get in sniper’s face, there’s seven other men and a pyro you will have to contend with before you can get that close to him. they’re almost pavloved with sniper in that sense.

spy: spy would never admit he knows anything about any sport, rarely ever. but he’s not the worst at baseball. he takes third base willingly, the more he can see of the field and his team the better he can operate. and he and scout work quite well in this game! mega shit talkers, but they keep their heads in the game. and quite skilled at reading the other and faking out whoever’s on the base. they’re pickle causers. and spy doesn’t have too terrible of an arm. he’s fast enough, and frankly strategic enough that he can catch a ball and also get the ball to home. not the best at batting. that’s more scouts thing than his.

[crazerk]

When you find yourself among the few women chosen to become a concubine in the Imperial harem, you have a chance to carve your place in court.

The life of a concubine might seem luxurious and idyllic, but behind the silken curtains of the harem, dangerous games are played. Games where the wrong words will cost your life, betrayal, lies and secrets are commonplace and gaining the shah’s attention is paramount to your survival.

Start out as a princess, disgraced noble or captive.

Intrigue, intrigue and more intrigue.

Dramatic events on par with a soap opera

Revenge, backstabbing, forbidden love, plots and more.

Rise the ranks by outsmarting or eliminating your rivals.

Produce and raise heirs to secure your place.

Influence politics through the emperor or seize power for yourself.

Learn fire magic or join a cult of chaos.

Live a life of leisure and the pursuit of higher education or a life of hedonism.

Inspired by the Sassanid dynasty and Persian mythology.

Shah Khazunef

He is calm, perspective and far less ruthless than his father before him but they share the same cunning nature and intimidating aura. Khazunef has deep brown skin, dark hazel eyes and silky mid length black hair that frames his face perfectly.

Fang

A former slave whose fighting prowess earned him freedom. He has since become a close friend of Khazunef and they regard each other as brothers. He serves as an informal advisor and spy to the shah but shirks any formal duties. Fang is charismatic and extroverted with copper red hair, rose skin and blue eyes.

Persa

Her name means dove and fits her gentle demeanor. She was raised a princess in a land of mountains and snow that was conquered by Shah Arzad. Upon the fall of her city and murder of her family, she was brought to the capital to serve in the palace. She has honey blonde hair, dark brown eyes and alabaster skin.

Ignasia

Ignasia is a fire priestess and staunch follower of the faith. Although born a noble, she gave up all claims and titles to serve in the fire temples as a guardian of the eternal flame. Ignasia has dark hair, darker eyes and a regal, reserved bearing.

Valide Zarayan

She is the ruthless and ambitious mother of Khazunef, originally a distrusted foreigner who rose to great power in the court of Shah Arzad. She rules over the harem like her own little kingdom and holds influence over her son.

Shahbanu Yaris

The wife of Khazunef and shahbanu of the realm. Yaris wed the emperor when he was 17 and she 26 in an alliance that strengthened the empire and influences it to this day.

Vizier Rubien

The grand vizier and advisor to the Emperor who Khazunef considers a father figure. Rubien is fiercely intelligent, loyal and wise. He remains dedicated to his work and helping the Emperor rule justly.

Averus

Averus is a high priest and soothsayer of the court. His advice is sought by all and a bad word about you from his lips can sully your reputation and relationships beyond repair.

Consort Iltani

Former consort and favorite of Shah Arzad. Her name is whispered like a curse, and her influence spreads far wide even though the valide has her currently imprisoned within the palace.

This story is for mature audiences, please proceed with discretion! Story will contain violence, drugs, alcohol, death, suicide, infanticide, harm to animals, miscarriages, abuse and sexual themes.

New Demo TBA.