#and I will definitely change their designs in this

[whumpster-fire]

#another thing to add on that I learned recently#is that heavier bows#had so much force in them#that they required thicker heavier arrows#otherwise normal arrows would just shatter from the forces involved

IIRC underweight arrows are also less efficient and can cause damage to the bow.

Hopefully I'm not butchering the physics here too much and OP or someone else who knows more about archery than me can correct me if I'm wrong on this:

A bow is basically a very well optimized leaf spring. Potential energy is stored by elastic deformation of the bow as it's drawn back and its limbs flex, with the amount of stored energy depending on the bow's draw weight, draw distance, and how the draw force actually varies with how far it's drawn back (the draw force curve). The naive approximation would be assuming draw force starts at zero and varies linearly with draw distance, which would imply a stored energy of 1/2 * Max Draw Force * Draw Distance: for a 120lb @28" bow, this would be around 140 ft*lb (about 190 Joules). However, in reality bows aren't linear: some of this is presumably due to the behavior of the bow itself under load, and the fact that you're pulling on a string with the angle of the string tension changing as it's drawn. From what I can find a typical force draw curve for a recurve bow looks something like this, so the stored energy is a bit higher than the "pretend it's a tension spring and apply Hooke's Law" approximation would suggest.

When an arrow is released, that potential energy is, ideally, all converted into kinetic energy. This includes the arrow's kinetic energy, but the bow's limbs also have mass and are moving, so those have kinetic energy as well. Also, the arrow's shaft is a spring too, so some energy ends up being turned into elastic (hopefully) deformation of the arrow shaft as it buckles. I'm guessing with a perfectly optimized system you want the arrow to spring back to straight right as it's released from the string, so more of the arrow-flexing energy gets put back into accelerating the arrow, making it fly faster and not vibrate as severely.

The relationship between how fast the arrow's moving and how fast the bow's moving at the end of the stroke is fixed based on the design of the bow, which means the relationship between the bow limbs' kinetic energy and the arrow's is dependent on the relative mass of the arrow and the bow (excluding any recovered energy from springback of the arrow). This means for the same bow, a lighter arrow will go faster, but a larger proportion of the stored energy will go into accelerating the bow instead of the arrow.

An excessively light arrow may be insufficiently stiff and deform to its failure point under the forces of a shot: if the shaft is wood or carbon fiber this will most likely mean that when it breaks it will suddenly release all the energy that went into elastically deforming the shaft and the pieces will spring back, throwing sharp splinters in unpredictable ways at high speeds.

But also the lighter the arrow is, the more energy the bow itself needs to dissipate after the arrow is released, which puts higher stresses on the bow. To the limit of shooting something with zero mass (dry firing) which can definitely break things.

There's also an optimal mass of arrow for effective range: too heavy and the arrow is so slow it's hard to aim, but the lighter it is the more rapidly the arrow loses energy to aerodynamic drag.

Different bow designs also probably perform differently for lighter vs heavier arrows: I'd guess the lighter the bow is for its draw weight, especially at the tips of the limbs, the lighter an arrow it can safely shoot. I know modern compound bows, due to some combination of composite materials and their moving parts making their mechanical advantage vary in a different way, can shoot lightweight carbon fiber arrows at extremely high speeds, but that doesn't necessarily mean shooting that same arrow out of a traditional bow of the same draw weight is safe for the bow.

Theoretically could you construct a stiff but very light arrow with pre-industrial-revolution materials and techniques that would be strong enough to withstand being shot from a high draw weight military bow but too light for those bows to safely shoot?

E.g. shaving hardwood really, really thin so it was flexible in the cross grain direction and then wrapping laminated layers of that around a cork core with the grain parallel to the shaft? Or a square shaft with thicker bits of wood glued to a core? Or a large enough bamboo shaft? I'd say a balsa core instead of cork but that wouldn't have been available in pre-Columbian-Exchange Eurasia.

Let’s compare some different weights of bow!

As always, you can find more stuff here

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

We've been seeing a lot of Silver in Blue/Pink lately, right? Unlike Green, which is his dorm color, they seem to like making Silver wear blue/pink now, I wonder if they consider this Silver's main color or something.

"A lot"?? I don’t know if I’d use that phrasing myself. Two outfits (pajamas and the Groovy + alt look for Dawn Armor) hardly counts as a large number.

His only other pink and blue outfit is Rabbit Costume, which was released a few years ago. I wouldn’t call it exclusive to Silver, either. Pink and blue was also the color palette for Epel’s Rabbit Costume.

Silver is a character that is associated with shifting colors, aurors, or pink and blue.

His eyes are described as being an "auroral hue". Additionally, his biological parents left behind a gemstone with similar properties. To Silver, Lilia says, "May my child's eyes remain as clear as these jewels and never cloud with sadness. I've no doubt your parents left you that ring to symbolize their hopes for your future."

We see a pink and blue bird flying with Silver in his Birthday Bloom Groovy, albeit Silver is not wearing these colors, nor is anything shifting here.

In his Labwear Groovy, Silver is waiting for his wake-up potion to shift from pink/purple to green. Again though, he is not wearing anything that changes color.

However, this kind of thing isn't unique to Silver. The concept is definitely most frequent with Silver, but the others in Diasomnia make reference to these pink/blue or general changing colors. For example, in Lilia's Suitor Suit vignettes, Malleus is trying to determine the color for a conjured suit. Sebek suggests navy, but Silver thinks red would better suit Lilia.

Likewise, in book 7, Malleus and Lilia (this time playfully) argue about whether pink or blue better suits Silver's cape. This is what is depicted in Silver's Dawn Armor Groovy.

In Sebek's Platinum Jacket vignettes, Sebek discusses going to spectate a contest with his older siblings. The goal is to use magic to dye a dress to match a chosen color. Sebek even specifically mentions the dresses turning into "vivid blues and pinks".

The shoes in Lilia's Birthday Jacket design also reference pink/blue. One sneaker is pink, and the other is blue.

So really, I feel this can all be attributed to Diasomnia’s general Sleeping Beauty roots. Silver gets it the strongest of all because he is the character most closely associated with and/or twisted from Princess Aurora, the princess whose dress is turned pink to blue and back multiple times. It stems from a famous scene and running joke where two of her fairy guardians argue over what color to make her dress, each using their magic wand to “make it pink” or “make it blue”.

[ellyswsw]

What you would see on the Shaw Pack's cellphones !!

David

He barely cares what the inside of his phone looks like lowkey but it's still organized

He changes his home and lock screen occasionally (him and angel ofc)

He has an account on Pinterest and he saves so many furniture decors

Help I feel like he would have some pictures of important contracts and paperwork for potential evidence or some shit

Pictures of him flexing his muscles and working out cause Angel asked for them

And pictures of Angel he saved whenever they update him on what they're doing.

Definitely shaw pack group photos

He still keeps old photos of him with his mother, him when he was just a little boy, his mom and dad, and him with the two of them. He'd look at them when it's his dad's anniversary and just cry

His email box is so packed with proposals, sponsors, and just usual pack leader stuff (get it PACKed hahahaha okay I'll stop)

Angel

Angel's phone is definitely filled with selfies, pictures of them cuddling with David

They take goofy pictures of the pack in 0.5 I swear

Sometimes you'd see really blurry pictures that they accidentally took without knowing that they never really bothered to delete cause they're too lazy unless their phone storage is packed asf

Food pictures, so many of them

They have an Instagram account and they really like editing and designing their stories

Whenever David doesn't feel like cooking, Angel goes straight to their phone cause they have so many food delivery apps

Brands begging them to sponsor their products

Angel and David share their passwords

Let's just say they have provocative photos of them to tease David and they always save those muscle pics David sends them (it's on their private album)

Asher

Him and Baaabe really likes taking silly photos together

His phone is so cracked you'd think he has a child that's always borrowing it

Fefinitely lost his phone(s) at least 3 times

He really likes taking candid photos of Baaabe

His phone is so filled with memes and he's the type of person to always send a meme to comeback every possible message ever

Has tiktok and knows how to use gen alpha language and is a Charli's brat album boy

He likes ordering silly stuff online

He has a grocery app

Angel and him have the most screen time ever in their circle

Baaabe

Their apps are organized in groups cause they don't like swiping left and right like theres a folder for Google apps, online shops social media, etc.

They saved every freaky voicemail Asher sent to them

They really love taking pictures of the places they're in. Buildings, trees, cool interior designs, etc.

Likes listening to music, Spotify is their top most used app

Milo

Him and Sweetheart always like taking pictures together whenever there's a good spot or good lighting and he'd usually post it on Insta

Also has a Pinterest account but with outfits

So many online shopping apps just for clothes

Him and Sweetheart send each other outfits they wore whenever one of them is on a business trip

His add to cart consists of clothes, jewelry, cat toys, leashes and collar for aggro.. and adult toys

Sweetheart

I think just like Baaabe, their apps are also organized in folders.

They are barely active on social media because they think if they get into trouble while on their investigating duty, social media is the first option that's gonna be checked and they don't want that

But you'd see them on Milo's posts

Always on incognito mode

You'd always see outfit checks on their gallery before a flight or a vacation since they prepare an outfit they'd wear every day of the week in advance

They have so many hair tutorials for formal hairstyles because they need to look formal everyday at work apparently

Darlin'

Has one broken and abused phone and at least 10 burner phones

Doesn't care what their phone looks like because they don't even care abt the phone

Has no casing

Even the back is cracked

They have a password that they change every month and they tell Sam what the password is

Whenever someone in the pack they're close with needs to open their phone, they either open it themselves or tell them the password then immediately change it after and update Sam again

Every account they have has a different password which they're kinda annoyed at themself for doing that because it's hard to remember every single password

Sam

His phone still has that abstract and colorful wallpaper ever since he bought it and he hasn't cared to change it even now

Even the layout of the apps is the same

Has those millennial parent profile picture

He barely uses his phone

Doesn't know how to put up a widget

Instead of saving the actual picture, he just screenshots it

But he really loves texting his mate, and he won't easily admit it, but he gets all giddy and appreciative whenever the pack adds him to a group chat with them

[nekrosmos]

So I slept on thoughs of Rockstar au and I'm here to yell in your askbox.

So Ghost is an absolute punk monster on stage, the night might end with an amp being thrown at someone that annoys him enough which leads him to being chewed out by Nik who gets them all their gear. I imagine both vocally and his mannerisms like Joe Talbot from IDLES, prowling around stage and shouting into the mic. Bonus if he's telling tories to get fucked and shouting about toxic masculinity. If he ever performs as part of a band he's a drummer and tries to set records for how many bpm (beats per minute) he can hit.

Price is just him and his guitar, gets so into it he forgets the crowd is there. He's not the flashiest performer but you'll remember his voice when you're having a beer on a nice sunny day and trying to remember that man who's voice made you forget everything for a bit. Sturgil Simpson is a good fit I think but I'd imagine he has a bit more gravel in his voice. He sings just for Nik sometimes too :)

So soap and gaz, they're a glam metal duo and absolutely living the life. Soaps lead guitar and Gaz keeps him from going off course with some absolutely nasty bass playing. They both contribute vocals with Gaz being the lyricist and Soap designs their outfits. Think a lot of leather, animal patterns and studs/spikes and wardrobe malfunctions do happen. I'm gonna insert a link to motley Crue so you can get a feel of what they'd be like but steel panther, def Leppard and bon jovi fit too.

Nik is the man behind the scenes that makes it all happen. I imagine Price is the manager but Nik is the booking agent/ chauffeur and whatever else is needed.

This is purely self indulgent but from MW3 Nik was listening to heavy metal with growls and unclean vocals and therefore I love him. He will try to rope everyone into playing one set for his tastes like this with him on vocals and they will swear never again but he'll be a happy boy. (Ghost secretly likes how fast he was allowed go on drums though)

This is a lot so please don't rush yourself to answer, I'm big into my rock/metal so I latched into this immediately. Hope you're doing okay too :)

Hannah I absolutely adore all the thoughts you put into this !!!

My rockstar AU is a bit different, yet we also have similar points, which is very funny to me !! Ghost is definitely a drummer, and Nik is the manager in my AU :3c Soap and Gaz are definitely a duo and the most beloved by the fans imo. Love to imagine them in glam rock outfits, I used to be absolutely obsessed with Motley Crue when I was in High school <3

Price absolutely sings for Nikolai too, when it's just the two of them. I imagined them going on a little camping trip and grabbing a guitar. He'll play and sing to Nik by the campfire at night. A nice change from the tour life and everything.

Thank you for sending me all your thoughts and examples Hannah, I'm glad you see my vision !!! I think I'll post more of this AU soon as well, it's on my mind at the moment >:3c

[cz3rqv]

this trio as clowns

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Hello! I recently saw this post (https://www.tumblr.com/special-mooon/782098191450619904/someone-noticed-this-about-riddle?source=share) where someone pointed out that in Riddle's dream in Book 7, many of his sprite's gestures are done with his left hand rather than his right. The user in the post theorised that perhaps he was originally left-handed but conditioned to use his right (Or maybe he's ambidexterous? But wouldn't his character profile say that then?)

Just wondered what your thoughts on this were

I guess I have an extensive list of Mrs. Rosehearts abuse allegation posts now... 🙂‍↕️

[ Why doesn’t Riddle resent his mom? / Why Riddle expresses gratitude for his mom / Physical abuse? (pt I) / Physical abuse? (pt II) / Nutrition and Height / Calorie Counting? ]

Ooh, this post! I saw it circulating in the JP fandom but hadn't realized it had gone viral (the original tweet currently sits at 1.1 million views) and also gained exposure in the English-speaking side of the Twst fandom. I didn't think to really comment on it at the time, but I can definitely share my thoughts now.

So firstly, I definitely commend OP for noticing this detail. It's such a small thing that could have very easily gone under the radar. Their take is also definitely really creative; I don't think I would have made that connection myself.

I do believe that Mrs. Rosehearts is a stern an uncompromising woman, so she would take whatever measures she deems "necessary" to correct something she views as "wrong". She's also unbending and unwilling to negotiate or accommodate for deviations of her own vision. That being said, I do not think she "corrected" Riddle's handedness or forced him to change his dominant hand.

Taking a look at the two designs, I think they're meant to literally "mirror" each other, and that is reflected in the hand poses as well. The two outfits have many visually similar elements, such as the ruffled collar and the colors, but they are opposite of each other as well. Dorm Uniform Riddle has his collar done properly, but dream!Riddle has it open. Dorm Uniform Riddle lacks accessories, but dream!Riddle went wild with them. Dorm Uniform Riddle has gloves, dream!Riddle is bare-handed. Dorm Uniform Riddle's main color is white, but dream!Riddle's main color is black. Even their headwear is tilted to the opposite sides.

This could be intentional imagery or symbolism of Riddle going down a completely different path, were he to take the other extreme in his life (complete freedom, being allowed to have a childhood, etc.). This means even his small habits--like the hand gestures--might be affected. Twst often utilizes a character's fashion and posing to imply things about their character, and I think that's also being utilized here to parallel the opposite lives of Riddle Rosehearts.

If we take a look at Riddle's official profile, his dominant hand is stated to be the "right" hand, not "left" or "ambidextrous" (which we know is possible because Crewel's official profile states he is ambidextrous).

The profiles should state what is objectively true information, right...? So if Riddle could also write with his right hand, he should technically be "ambidextrous" here.

Let's look at Epel as an example. His favorite food is listed as "grilled meats" (sometimes called barbeque in the English text, but called yakiniku in the Japanese text). However, "macarons" are also listed.

Twst seems to imply that grilled meat/yakiniku IS Epel's favorite food, but he is told by Vil to claim macarons are his favorite, as they are a food better fitting the noble image of Pomefiore's Fairest Queen.

In both Tapis Rouge and Glorious Masquerade, it is mentioned that Epel thinks macarons taste good, but they are not very filling.

In both of these instances, Vil and Epel assert that Epel likes macarons to keep up the farce, especially when Ace and Azul begin to question the accuracy of the statement.

In his Birthday Boy vignettes, Epel enthusiastically talks about barbeque but is much more reserved (like he is in his fake "dainty" persona Vil pushes him to adopt) and tepid when discussing macarons and why he likes them. In Ace's Ceremonial Robes vignettes, Epel claims macarons are his favorite food, but stutters as he says it. He may not be used to the macaron lie yet, as it seems he recently got sorted into Pomefiore. Epel demonstrates a disinterest in macarons when he has a chance to have many of them too.

In Epel's case, he keeps the facade of macarons being his favorite food. The truth is that grilled meats/barbeque/yakiniku is his favorite food. In his profile, both the truth (ie the meat) AND the false or "forced truth" (ie the macarons) are listed.

Following this logic... In a hypothetical situation in which Mrs. Rosehearts did "correct" her son's handwriting, Riddle would also have the truth (ie his left) AND the false or "forced truth" (ie his right) listed in his profile. Riddle doesn't, so I'm only left assuming he has always been right-handed.

With all of that being said 💦 I have to say that I'm a little... put off by some of the comments in the post linked in the ask. It's all fine and well to headcanon Mrs. Rosehearts "correcting" her son's handwriting, but I was startled by the assumed violence employed to achieve it??? Like... so many people mentioned very extreme ways of "fixing" left handedness, including but not limited to: hitting with a ruler, holding or restraining the hand, and even breaking an arm. And the worst part of it all is that many of the comments seemed to whole heartedly believe these are real tactics Mrs. Rosehearts would use and called for her death as retribution??? My first thought when it comes to "correcting" left handedness certainly isn't those violent methods, it's just... practice and maybe some stern talking-to? Which I believe is how Mrs. Rosehearts would have done it, if at all. All she has to do is tell Riddle to do it and he’d probably comply given how obedient he is to her.

It was extremely uncomfortable to see so many concluding that Mrs. Rosehearts had to have used a terribly cruel and inhumane method to get what she wanted. This always seems to happen whenever Mrs. Rosehearts is mentioned... An angry, vitriolic mob that assumes the absolute worst (even if she is not even mentioned in the scene) is roused, eager to jump on everything she says/does and accept the least generous interpretation of her as fact. It’s almost as though we believe experiencing emotional abuse alone is not as “valid” unless you experience physical abuse on top of that. That line of thinking worries me because that alienates and isolates those who don’t fit into one extreme and it denies victims of emotional abuse from being truly seen.

I'm not a fan of Mrs. Rosehearts myself and it's completely true that she has forever traumatized her son with her parenting methods, but I feel it's shortsighted to jump to such conclusions + assume these extremes are truth and unnecessary to express this level of hatred for what is ultimately a fictional woman. And, as I have expressed numerous times before, I worry that demonizing Mrs. Rosehearts to this extent obfuscates the full spectrum of abuse and promotes rigid, black and white/wrong and right thinking.

[noka-exe]

chronic finger biter clark vs nose exhaler bruce

[the-rhyme-witch]

As much as I liked to think I was good at many things, staying on task was not one of them. It was a lifelong problem and seemed hardwired into my personality. But much like how I dealt with driving my elderly 1989 Volkswagen (like checking the rear windows after every drive to roll them back up and only letting folk get in the back by folding down the passenger seat), I liked to think I'd taught myself some workarounds to cooperate with the hand I'd been dealt in the genetic lottery.

One workaround was that I had found that I could trick myself into doing a tedious task by lining up a task I liked even less, then boom! First task achievable. Playing Boredom Chicken was not a guaranteed win but it's success rate was high enough to be worth a go. Which is why, when I had a job application I badly needed to do and badly wanted to do and was equipped to do and couldn't seem to bloody do, I hauled my contrary self off to my parents, whose attic I'd been promising to clean out since I moved out in 2014.

I'd gotten into the attic and was unhappily moving stale boxes around with a permanent marker behind my ear when my hatred for the spring-clean task peaked. It was so stale up there. It was so cobwebby. It was so dusty. It was so tedious. "Aha!" whispered my brain gleefully "but why don't we ditch this task and do that job application, you really should, you know, you can come back to this ..."

I tried to hide my smug satisfaction that once again my brain had outsmarted my brain. 1 to me, 0 to my brain. Which was me, too, but I decided to look past that, since the motivation to complete my job application had been unlocked. I dropped my marker and hauled over the extension cable to the power then and there, grabbing my laptop from my rucksack by the attic hatch...

...except I didn't. Because, in the heat of outsmarting myself, I'd failed to pack my laptop.

WHY WAS I LIKE THIS?!

I allowed myself to indulge in a self-berating party for three whole minutes, when I questioned my capacity, my care, my intellect, the fabric of my being, my value to society....

And then I stopped that nonsense because I had workarounds. Sure, I had made a foolish mistake. Classic me, big boohoo. I could whine about it (and, admittedly, in my youth I would have) but whining didn't fix shit. So, workarounds.

I mentally put my frustration with my error in my internal "self-hate" box, and thought loudly to myself that I'd definitely probably maybe come back to that later, then booted it down the cellar in my mental house, then returned my attention to the actual attic in my parents real house. I had a problem. Now, what was the solution?

In one corner, in a cardboard box, my permanent marker had declared that the old family computer sat. It was old enough to have served myself and my parents through much of the 90s, running Windows 96 with trusty old Office 97, until my Dad had won a newer model in a raffle and the old monster had been banished from the designated Computer Desk in The Computer Room that was also the coat cupboard to make room for the new one.

Office 97 had Microsoft Word. I knew it did. I remembered young-me finding a weird pinball type game with a hack a friend's big brother had insisted was real, if you could call typing Blue and doing some font changes a hack (which young me had, we'd started a club and called ourselves The HACKORZ for about three months afterwards). And surely a new package would support an old Word document?

Ahahaa! I'd solved it. I was back in the winning seat.

So I wrestled the bulky monitor out of the slightly soft cardboard box, yanked out the computer tower, plugged it all into the mains and played Old School Wire Jigsaw for five minutes until I was reasonably sure that everything was hooked up. I switched on the computer and to my slight surprise it started, whirring and creaking its way to life.

At this point, a horrible thought occurred to me. How was I going to get a document from this old behemoth onto my own shiny modern laptop? My laptop didn't even have a CD-ROM drive and did this computer even have a burner or had it been it's successor? I couldn't remember. I was about to side-quest into the cardboard box to see if there was a blank floppy disc (though what use would that be?) when I noticed the icon on screen.

It was an old fashioned file icon. It was bang in the centre of the screen, boxy and pixelated. No other icons were on screen. And it had my name on it.

I ditched my side quest and threw myself on the scrabby attic floor. I didn't remember this file but I was intrigued. Would this be my poetry? The list I'd made of my classmates ranked in order of how much I liked them? Preteen Star Wars fanfiction?The possibilities were endless, and endlessly more appealing than job applications. After fluff-picking the mouse ball, I clicked onto the file.

The only thing in it was a Word document with my name. Which was weird but I had been a weird kid.

It loaded and things got a lot weirder.

"If you are reading this then the plan worked. The date should be between April 30 2025 and June 21st 2025 and, if our estimation is correct, you should be in your parents home.

Assuming you have a bag with you, you did not leave your laptop at home. An agent removed this from your bag upon you entering the home of your parents.

The job you are presumably trying to apply for before the 21st June closing date is not as it appears. Following personality assessments and indicator phrases flagged on social media along with the Free Personality Assessment tool you used in 2022, you have been identified as a plausible candidate..."

I read on in disbelief, gooseflesh breaking out on my arms and legs. What was this? Was this a practical joke? If I hadn't known my parents were computer-illiterate, that would be a sensible reasoning. Or my siblings. That would make sense. Or some sort of scam? Though their had been no phone jack up here to plug into so could this old computer somehow have wireless capacity and be accessing the WiFi? Maybe? It had to be something like that.

Except I had a lifetime of practice lying to my brain. I knew what my lies to me felt like. And brushing this off as easily explained...it felt like a lie.

I shoved away the shivers as I finished the document. It listed a physical address, and a name, and a number to message via WhatsApp. I fished my phone out of my pocket and took a photo, switched off the computer and left it where it stood and scrambled down the ladder to make my excuses.

Later, as I drove to the mysterious address, it occurred to me I could have done my job application on my mobile phone

You’re visiting your parents at your childhood home and decide to do some Spring cleaning in the attic. Under a pile of dust, you discover your first 90’s PC and miraculously it still powers on. You check the documents folder. There’s only a single text file. It has your name on it.

[eydilily]

took a stab at arcane style pearl and etho :J

this was supposed to be a quick(er) study but i ended up coloring it anyway !!! i personally prefer the original grayscale version over the colored ones (especially etho);;

[bixels]

(Sunset!) Sunset!

Have you always been alone?

(Sunset!) Sunset!

Have you never loved again?

Some design sketches for Sunset, the Witch of Fire, the Flame of the West. A leaf in the wind, she travels from town to town with her trusty steed Shimmer, bringing trouble wherever they go.

[annimator]

An OC? With themes &/or motifs associated with them?

ALRIGHT THEN! TIME TO RAMBLE ABOUT MY FAVOURITE OC FOR THE 3RD-4TH TIME ON MY MAIN BLOG >:D

———

Jadeyn’s motif is simple; heart, love and passion. Heck, I even made Heart their last name cause I thought it’d be cool, and implemented a heart symbol into their main design.

Passion & Love are primary themes of my OC story, especially with how most, if not everything within its setting stems from my interests (aesthetics, games, anime, cartoons, a lot of stuff rlly). This also includes my OCs, as they inherit at least 2 or more interests from myself as a way to help me build up their characters. Also most of them are in relationships with each other so y’know.

So in a way, I associate heart my overall OC story & my characters, but Jadeyn is a special case since it’s a crucial part to both their character and backstory

They have a very interesting relationship with it besides the fact that like I already mentioned, heart is literally their surname.

They love retro video games, music, comics, and slime with all of their heart (see what I did there lol) and are very passionate when it comes to anything relating to them, but romantic AND self-love is a whole different story.

Given the fact that they’re Asian-American & a non-human species (context: they & my OCs live in a futuristic fantasy world overflowing with magic. Jadeyn in particular is an Elemental, learn more about them here!), and was also into geek culture stuff, they were bullied. A lot.

They were able to stomach it at first, considering people like them were usually bullied from what they’ve heard, but it still didn’t change the fact that they’ve been ridiculed & pushed around by others.

And then they started to get told that because of their non-human heritage & appearance, they weren’t worthy of love.

Jadeyn’s self-love & belief in romantic love dwindled every time they hear their peers insult them by saying it. Leading to them hiding their non-human features by keeping their hood up & shifting into their more human-like form. Even moving to another country to restart couldn’t change what happened.

They still love their interests & stay up to date with the recent news surrounding them, but their lack of self-love often eclipses it all.

Things come to a head once they enrol into Arcana Academy; and being put into a team where everyone’s basically in a relationship, with one couple in particular always rubbing their love for each other into the team’s faces to Jadeyn’s absolute dismay.

And the worst part of it all, is that Jadeyn falls for another member of their team the very moment they first met, and they know fully well it definitely isn’t requited.

…

But they were wrong.

Cameron requited his feelings for them,

He went out of his way to gift Jadeyn two pieces of retro technology they’ve always wanted (including the walkman they have in their design),

He indirectly asked Jadeyn out on a date,

He gave Jadeyn their first kiss, and told them point-blank that he loved them & thought the very same non-human appearance that they were ridiculed over was beautiful,

And Jadeyn immediately felt years worth of self-hate dissipate over it all. Alongside their belief in romantic love reigniting as they told Cameron that they loved him too, and brought him into their second kiss.

———

I honestly think that Jadeyn’s entire heart motif is the main reason as to why they’re now my favourite OC.

They’ve gone through shit (which isn’t really special tbh. I even have OCs that’ve gone through worst shit than them. Look at Marcus & Liam), and emerged out of it as an asshole with low self-esteem, but they’ve learned to love themselves again.

Because of Cameron, they’ve gotten more confident & proud of their Elemental heritage, no longer hiding away their appearance through a hoodie & incorporating Elemental abilities into their main arsenal. And they now don’t feel any shame about showcasing their interests to others and pursuing them as hobbies.

Of course, they’ve shown how grateful they are towards Cameron from time to time. It’s not like the jacket Cameron wears in their design was just something they bought, and not a jacket Jadeyn painted with love after all.

And they can’t help but bring Marcus & Liam under their wing once finding out about how similar both of their experiences with getting ridiculed mirrored their own.

TL;DR, Jadeyn’s theme/motif is about the love they have for their interests, their friends, Cameron, and more importantly, themselves.

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Also they’re probably on the autism spectrum now that I think about it

What motifs or themes are associated with your oc? Is it bc you associate those with them, or in story? Tell about it! Is there symbolism involved?

[sincerelywhistler]

☆ OLD ART ☆

Dug through the archives and unearthed some old fanart from a few years ago! The first time I drew some of the demons-

Some of my designs have drastically changed over the years, though Gavin remains pretty damn consistent ✨

[empyrangel]

A little late but I made Natlan edits

Anyone can use them for whatever if they want

[artiquar]

my dear penelope, we've twenty lost years of love to make up for.

[lordofthesoups]

IF WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED, WAR IT SHALL BE!

Yes i am gonna defend the man with his dogs out, I TOO HAVE SENSORY ISSUES ABOUT SOCKS I TOO WOULD NOT WEAR THEM IF I COULD! HE IS A GOD! HE CAN! GOOD FOR HIM! Plus i know its meant to be offputting but the pitter patter is very satisfying to me (this is purely sound design enjoyment but war is war). John however is putting aside any issues he might have to conform to society, booooo. Why would you do that.

Also Kayne is adhd on steroids, that man is pining about the place and has the emotional regulation to match. John just sulks and then gets pissed off and fights Arthur. Johns on a journey of self discovery sure but Kayne knows exactly who he is. Also wanting to bet his own life to end the world and make it anew in his own image of fucked up perfection, hot.

That man understands how cool organs are. They’re beautiful, he gets it.

You think Kaynes energy isnt sexy? You are missing out my friend. Did i mention his laugh, christ alive (he is, its kayne as of season 3). The sheer manic obsessive joy in his voice when he says artie. Hes not healthy, but by god he is sexy.

Once more: He Wants To Kill Azathoth, aka the creator of everything THE FUCKING CREATOR OF EVEN THE MOST POWERFUL FUCKING GODS. Can i make him and his goals any hotter, no. Hes a self centred twink but hes My self centered twink (who has definitely made out with at least a few of the other versions of himself hes killed) Also bonus propaganda: i was a nyarlathotep hater (hate is a strong word he was my lead favourite) before kayne LOOK AT ME NOW. Also would like to say that if mythos nyarl said that i would be on Azathoths side and i woulda been wanting to squash the guy, KAYNE???? KAYNE!!!!

He the manic pixie dreamgirl of all times. Itsa tumblr sexyman competition, is that not the point? Big guy can hug you? Damn hes only got two arms, do better. Actually big guy has no corporeal/ a limited corporeal form, dude that man has a brittish twinks arm!!!!! YOURE STILL STUCK WITH A TWINK! Do you think John would hug you with Arthur around without Arthur also in the hug, you are stuck with the twink, the twink is a package deal. May as well go for the one with the good looks and silly behaviour who can change form as he pleases. Also may i point you in the direction of non twinky kaynes, theres a few of them. I enjoy them a lot.

Also like why would you want a hug when a homoeroticly charged vivisection is on the table??? (well no you are but the point still stands) AND you might get live backing music

Malevolent Sexyman Tournament, Round 4

Arthur v Noel can be found here!

[moraent-keys]

WINGED AU MONKIES‼️‼️