#and I'm genuinely flattered

[anniebass]

shoutout to the small group (probably from some discord server) that's currently going through my entire fic archive, wish you'd leave comments instead of discussing my fics in that private discord server besties!

[composeregg]

edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

[eliduck]

OHH that’s why I couldn’t find your art. But genuine question. Are you gonna repost any of your old art here? I seen your art around before.

I've been thinking about reposting the old ones I made here, yes! but since I've uploaded quite a lot of them in the past..

I'm not sure how to put them all together. 

So I'll be posting the old ones you've seen whenever I get no new drawing to present for that day

Unfortunately, I lost the videos I made, and I tried to find them in my gallery, so they're basically just gone now. 

but not to worry! I'll just remake them when I feel like it.

[canisalbus]

Not only do I love your art, I also love how frequently you engage with your audience. Thank you for being real!! ❤

Thank you for engaging with me first! ❤

[commandertartarsmoocher]

*trundles into your askbox* guess who dug through this entire blog! Hellar it makes me so insanely happy to see more people enjoying this cringe phone I've been on this grind for five years now all alone. Some of my older drawings are in here too I used to be stobotnik :} cheggout my BAG

Holy moly guacamole, that is an amazing Commander Tartar ita bag you got there!

I am so in love with the blender-thingamajig... ohhh look at Agent 8 in there with the lil memcakes... And Tartar on top of the blender... It's so creative!

Yep, this is the best thing I've seen in a long time.

Super duper mega awesome stuff, thank you for showing this to me 🫶

[sergle]

u are the “the way this artist draws women ♥️” artist for me. u make me feel like my body type is hot as shit and u draw women so BEAUTIFULLY i just !!!!!

[neversetyoufree]

I hit 1,000 followers quite recently, so while I'm thinking of it, I want to take a moment to very sincerely say thank you to everyone who's followed me the last few years. I started this blog in July 2021, and as someone who's been on tumblr since 2014 without ever breaking 1k on main, the fact that 1,000 of y'all decided to follow me here within just the last three years is kind of wild.

I'm continually blown away by how funny and insightful and kind everyone in my notes and askbox is. You have great ideas and inspire what I'd like to think are great ideas in me, and the nice things you say in my notes bring joy to my days like nothing else. My experience with the VnC fandom over the last few years has been overwhelmingly positive because of you guys, so from the bottom of my heart, thanks!!

I have a bigger project that I was hoping to have ready to go for a 1k celebration, but y'all pushed me over the margin faster than I could finish writing it, so instead I'm just here to be heartfelt and sappy for a moment. Here's hoping the sad queer french vampire manga brings many more years of joy for all of us☺️. Thank you again!

[hooved]

i really hate when cis men call me handsome. you do NOT fucking mean that

[someobscurereference]

ive been rereading your ffxv fic "im trying hard to take it back" for literally four years now. please end my suffering and tell me how gladio feels. please. PLEASE. (but only if u want ofc)

(fic) Short answer: Gladio feels insane guilt and spends a lot of his life trying to make this up to Prompto. In the process, they deepen their connection as friends and do begin a relationship probably around the one-year mark of endless darkness. <3

Longer answer: (implications of abuse/violence tw but no worse than in the fic itself; just what others assume to be true even if it's not in the context of this specific fic)

Gladio is a secret romantic at heart who has always envisioned meeting his soulmate, but he's also duty-bound and duty comes first. So even though he reads romance books (amongst other types of books too) and indulges in his head a bit as many people do, he's often put his duty to the crown first and foremost in his mind. He also didn't imagine his soulmate was anyone on this trip and thought perhaps the person he may have been fated to meet died in the assault of Insomnia. Even if they were a refugee, they can't be a priority to him at this moment. His priority has to be Noctis.

Prompto has obviously grown on him over the course of their road trip, but there are aspects of them that don't 100% mesh (as is true with every realistic relationship). That said, Gladio never in a hundred years would want this moment of (understandable but out of line) frustration and anger in the wake of Luna and Altissa to be a permanent mark on Prompto's face. He's genuinely horrified and disgusted with himself for a long time after this and spends most of his life trying to make it up. He feels like a dirtbag about it.

That said, Prompto runs away from him in this moment and they need time to calm down, just as the fic shows. Noctis goes after Prompto, just like in canon. Prompto falls off the train and has his Despair Arc just like in the DLC, now with the added despair of "well, in addition to being a clone, my soulmate hates me. And in addition to the mark of inhumanity on my wrist (barcode), I have a giant hand print of him literally Shoving Me Away on my face. Forever."

Aranea: Well, do you want to die about it. Or do you want to live.

Prompto, eventually like in canon: Live, I guess. But it will be excruciating.

Aranea: That's what living is. We do it anyway. Your friends love you. Get off the floor.

He fights his way through his issues and gets rescued like in canon. Gladio probably tries to talk to him when they all catch up again, trying to apologize, and Prompto tells him to hold off on that for later.

Then, of course, Noctis is eaten by the crystal and "later" becomes much, much later as they evacuate and try to survive in eternal darkness. (Though they also can't Not think about it because it's a giant hand print. On Prompto's face. And every person they meet has Something To Say about it, for better or worse, whether they knew Prompto before or not. Prompto cannot escape it, and when Gladio is not doing Crown Duties he feels he must do in Noct's absence, he's with Prompto, so he also Cannot Escape It either. Even when the person speaking is unaware that Gladio left that mark. It's almost worse when they don't know, but when they see it's Gladio, who is such a big guy who seemingly hit Prompto and left that permanent mark there, some of them get nasty to him and some back off out of fear. Both are horrible. The guilt is eating him alive.)

Eventually, enough time passes as the dust settles that they do Talk About It. Gladio apologizes sincerely, for the 500th time. Prompto's like, "Well. It's not like you could have known that this would be The One Time it happened." And then cracks a joke about their soulmate mark being a Prompto's hand print on Gladio's ass from a butt slap in another life, which does help the tension somewhat. (The more Gladio tries to apologize, the more Prompto grows sick of hearing it, so they just have to move on and keep going, as he's learned to do.)

They grow closer over time, especially because there's not a lot of people who have survived to this point and even less later on. They do get together romantically, both because they do like the idea of soulmates (for different reasons) and also because they're living out of each others pockets for years, so there's an affection and dependency that develops there. Also, teenage Prompto always thought Gladio was really handsome and teen Gladio thought Prompto was cute and sincere for a pipsqueak.

When they are out together on dates in normal settings surrounded by strangers after the light returns, Gladio will receive dirty looks for the rest of his life from strangers who see the hand print on Prompto's face and immediately (correctly) assumes it was out of anger rather than a funny accident or something. (Edit: Some people will assume there is a funny story attached. Gladio will not know what to say to this. Prompto will play along.) He will learn to live with this. Prompto is really grateful Gladio is with him despite everything.

[moraxsthrone]

okay, this deserves a whole ass new post bc @crystalflygeo KNOWWWWS my damn weaknesses and is forever using them to her advantage...

i hc zhongli smells like a mixture of bergamot and warm musk (primarily) with undertones of worn leather/dried tea leaves/sandalwood, and hints of old books and the smell of scorched earth after a fresh rain. also, if he recently wielded his polearm, you'll be able to pick up on the subtle metallic notes as well.

zhongli's scent is distinct and distinguished. he scent is unmistakably masculine and classic. you catch a whiff of him and you feel...safe. and at home. his scent sets you at ease, makes you want to curl up next to him (or on his lap) with a freshly brewed cup of tea and a good book. it makes you want to fall asleep to the sound of his breathing, in the grounding comfort of his strong, protective arms that were carved from the solid earth itself, the scent of which you swear you can still pick up on from time to time.

when he wakes up next to you in the morning, he still catches your scent on you rather than his own. it's not until you return to him after being gone for a few hours or more that he can detect the traces of his scent still lingering on you. and knowing you went about your day carrying his scent around on you feels so incredibly intimate to him? and the ever-present reptilian part of his brain which fuel his draconic urges can't help but make him want to bed you again. to mate you. to claim you every night and every morning before you leave again to ensure that everyone (subconsciously) knows that you belong. to. him.

[wyrdwulf]

Man. Nice comments really can mean so much. I'm feeling mad bummed about my art today but then I remember this tag someone left on a piece of mine a couple days ago. And it was such an enthusiastic and nice comment on a piece of mine I was shy about and it was with an original character of mine and yet a stranger still just actually liked it. Genuinely just been on my mind for days now.

[blapis-blazuli]

So we know that Slim's hypnotic yodeling powers work on cattle but not humans, so what would it do to a minotaur? Would they be immune to his hypnosis and just be in awe of his voice? I know it wouldn't ever happen within that movie's universe, but it could happen outside of them like in a House of Mouse setting or something. Disney could answer that if they weren't cowards who refuse to acknowledge he exists (outside of rarely rereleasing his song), and thus far I don't think anyone's wondered about that within fandom spaces either.

[the-one-who-lambs]

a clarification I didn't think I'd have to make: I'm not taking commissions and don't plan to anytime soon

[arthur-lesters-right-arm]

i want you to know that because i interact with your posts so much tumblr gives me push notifications when you post and they say “another swoon-worthy post from your crush: arthur-lester’s-right-arm; we noticed they’re one of your favs”

just thought you’d like to know that 😋

"Another absolutely unhinged post from your fav!! Your Tumblr guy just sexualized that older man to an exponentially disturbing level again!! He's absolutely cracked out on that sopping wet middle aged man high! Check it out!"

[willowser]

Hello again! Willow you HAVE to stream! You would be so good at it! Take it from someone who did it, hated it, and quit lmao. But also from someone who made it through the pandemic with the help of twitch streamers and their awesome communities. Even the chats I didn’t actively talk in which was the majority. You can absolutely create a nice little space on twitch just as you've done here.

We already know you’re excellent at interacting with strangers on the internet and people want to hear your thoughts on the things you love. You’re great at keeping a conversation going and making the quiet ones (like me) feel welcome to the point that we want to participate too (clearly). And you just have great internet etiquette and carry yourself so well when you have to deal with gross anons that I’m sure you’d handle twitch trolls no problem IF it ever came to that. And thaaaat’s coming from someone who mods for a guy who did not handle the trolls well 😬

Was that screenshot you making your account? Lemme go follow

i really can't tell you how important it is to me that you feel welcome in our lil space here 🥺 because you are 🥺 you're so so welcome here and the thought that we've been able to curate this little corner of the internet into something fun !! and enjoyable !! and for everyone !!! means everything to me 🥺 you're so kind 🥺 how special it is that you've formulated such high opinions of me, i'm so 🥺 touched 🥺 blessed 🥺 how wonderful 🥺

i think it could be so fun to chat there !! idk what i would play !! maybe something fun and romance-y, like stardew 😌 idk idk !! the possibilities seem endless !! but it does sound fun 🥺 i am coming up on a milestone very quickly and i briefly wondered if maybe celebration stream would be interesting to do but !!! idk !!! i'm shy !!! i wasn't sure how many people would want to do that 🥺🥺

you sound so experienced with twitch !!! i was wondering if, in the future, if we go through with this, i could ask you some questions if i needed to ?? 🥺 bc i admittedly know nothing about twitch ajfbrjajq and you're like a liddol wizard 😌 idk !!!

how fun 🥺 how sweet 🥺 i'm so touched by all you've said, i can't believe it, how lucky am i 🥺

oh and yes !! hehehe that was my bio but !! this me !!! if you want to follow 🥺

[herzspalter]

While I ofc wish I could draw more BlitzBee in my spare time nowadays, it is extremely flattering how when I post my once-a-year Blitzbee drawing, I'm treated like a cryptid that left a little offering in the middle of the street before disappearing again