#and feel comfortable asking questions

[just-null]

Do you ever do requests? If so, do you ever plan on drawing some Yandere with the Hantengu clones? :D hope you have a good day/night!!!

Mentioning an unfamiliar name

yes!! I love yanderes.. and these guys.. these guys are such good material...... nods nods..

I'm not sure about requests..I assume you mean drawing requests? I suppose if it REALLY catches my interest enough, I'd do it, but it'd probably just be line art/sketches.

[toblaronie]

the overthinkerrrrrr

[crittertalez]

its so interesting to me how everyone is like man kris must HATE tenna in like the same exact way people were saying kris must hate ralsei like idk . i think kris is going through a lot and they just feel awkward. they dont even seem to hate asgore despite the way hes just so. um. asgore. idk if they necessarily LIKE tenna in chapter 3 but i sure doubt they fr hate him

[liamket]

be brave, be couragerous, you can success in this adventure of yours

[notbecauseofvictories]

I'm cautiously gearing myself up for a conversation with bff where I tell her that we need to recalibrate our relationship, and....I genuinely don't think I've ever had a serious, emotional conversation with someone I care about before.

I've never been a Conversation Haver; I tend to take the approach that people can't significantly change without meaningful reason, and since I am not and never have been someone's Reason, I cannot prompt change. Therefore, my choices are (a) live with what is; or (b) end/limit the relationship.

But....this is my best friend in the world. I do love her. I just can't keep on as we've been going, where it's less a friendship and more ten minute intervals where I talk about my life, after which the focus switches. I once sat in a bar for two hours waiting for her; afterwards, she asked if I wanted to stay in her hotel room like I didn't have to get up in another 5 hours and drive to work. She texted me during my recent trips, and when I said I was traveling she asked no further questions. Said nothing unless it was about what she was reading, what she was doing. I'm not even sure she realized I was traveling at all, just unavailable to her.

I can give a high-level summary of her PhD thesis. I'm not confident she knows where I work.

Truthfully, part of this is that we simply have different social styles....but still. Coming back from my family trip, I said I was tired and trying to get work straightened out, she should go ahead and plan something for the holiday! I was free! Only for me to text a week later....and promptly have her join me, for my previously standalone plans. Oh, and she asked me to bring my camera, because she wants headshots for her new job.

I still love her very much, but if this is the kind of relationship we're going to have? I need less of it.

[cementcornfield]

[Zac] was just trying to tell me to be happy with the win, and I appreciate that about him. Because I can get lost in, just like everybody can, you get lost in the adversity of the season. You can't take winning for granted and I've tried to get better at that.

[dennisboobs]

i really do believe a huge part of why jbolle89's Summer Gods gets rec'd so fucking consistently as Thee charden fic is because every other goddamn fic is charlie whump where dennis is a cartoon villain who does evil things for the sake of being evil perhaps (!) the underlying appeal of charden is the fact that dennis deeply cares for charlie and doesn't want to hurt him just for the sake of it. maybe dennis is naïve and trusting and charlie takes advantage of that, yet it never makes dennis underestimate him any less. maybe this makes him even more fond of charlie, because he isn't willing to roll over and do tricks; he's willing to challenge him, expose dennis' farce of "control", because charlie only lets him believe he's in charge as long as it's mutually beneficial. maybe charlie doesn't need a father, but he wants to feel safe, knowing that someone's looking out for him. maybe den's relationship with charlie humanizes him, and maybe charlie's relationship with dennis demonstrates he's not as stupid as everyone seems to believe. maybe they're just a couple of lost boys out of time, and the thing they both look for in each other is deeply Weird to everyone else but them (maybe it's also Weird to them, but they'll never delve into that). maybe the knowledge that they will always be there for the other to run back to is the most important element of their relationship. because what could be more terrifying to a child trapped in an adult's body than change?

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

If love was a color, which would it be?

to Me it’d be somewhere between yellow and orange <3 like the sunset!! a colour that can appear a little intense / heavy, but also comforting and light ….. something you could paint your kitchen walls with

[cuppajj]

So like, I know this is pretty obvious but, if someone wants to show you BAAU OCs, it should be in the form of a post with you mention, not in your ask box, right? I dunno but clarification would be nice. :D

Yeah I prefer mentions in other people’s posts over asks, i dont really interact w oc stuff sent in my inbox because it makes me less comfortable with answering if that makes sense? i dont want my inbox to be an oc depository lol

[arikihalloween]

I forgor to post this

Breton AU in full everyone !

Welcome Home if it was set in the region of Brittany/Bretagne, France

The plot a mess, mainly focusing on Sally and Wally coming back to their hometown as adults, and rediscovering the place. Sally is an author, inspired by the local folklore and trying to find the best plot ideas, going as far as to play detectives and get her nose in the wrong places

There is also a good bit of plot about faes living along puppets, religion taking over folklore, and the struggle of not quite being like everyone (*COUGH COUGH* neurodivergence allegory *COUGH COUGH*)

Anyway, finally finished the sillies ! I'm so proud of Sally and the Joyfuls designs

Feel free to ask questions ! I have plenty silly bits about them

[prettyiwa]

i do enjoy the dynamic between haruka and his sempai because you have kaji and ume with wildly different personalities and teaching styles.

umemiya is haruka's ideal of leadership. he's strong and can command those in bofurin when the time comes around, but he's also open about his shortcomings and about needing to ask for help. haruka's not there yet and we don't see a lot of verbalized (even in thought form) desire to get there, but we do see a lot of contextual evidence to support that that's where haruka wants to go.

but then you have kaji who is. not like umemiya. he's the first instance haruka has of someone in a leadership position who... doesn't want it but has accepted it. while haruka's been thrown into this new dynamic of accountability and support and "having a goal" that pushes leadership forward, kaji is different. kaji is like haruka and some part of him recognizes that (i definitely believe some part of kaji recognizes it, too). someone generally "unsocialized" + is a tough fighter + found himself propelled into grade captain by his peers.

so when haruka needs help, while he figures out how he wants to get to where ume's standing, kaji is his best bet at understanding wtf he's going through in a way that won't make haruka panic (think the difference in reactions when haruka panics when talking to ume (multiple times) vs. how he meets/listens to kaji (sure, he gets flustered, but not to the extent that he'd like to run away).

[arttsuka]

[clumsypuppy]

guy who only asks questions if they feel insightful enough to be worth asking and only hangs out if there is smth to do together <- deeply uncomfortable of the idea of wasting someones time

[rohirric-hunter]

Went to an apartment showing. The apartment itself is pretty nice but the hallways are ugly as all get out. That's fine though. The hallways at my current apartment are all dressed up and fancy and it pisses me off TBH

[justablah56]

I'm going to crush my skull against a brick wall wHY CANT I JUST SAY WORDS TO PEOPLE AIUGUGHGGHFH

[bogkeep]

it was always a strange dichotomy. every middle school classmate i had told me i'd be a millionaire when i grew up, a Famouse Artisté. it's easy enough to imagine as a teen, i suppose: skill equals fame equals money. i was doubtful about this prophecy, not because i wasn't confident in my ability to draw, but because it was hard to imagine a world where i'd be paid for it.

it was an ice breaker game at summer camp. horrible one, really - everyone in a group were given a character profile. now we had to imagine that it was the zombie apocalypse, and the helicopter to safety was two seats short and we had argue why we deserved a spot. the character i got was an asshole doctor of some kind. i don't remember if i argued my way into the helicopter or not, but i do remember the feeling that's been hanging over me my entire life - if the apocalypse happens right now, i have nothing to contribute.

there's something really painful about it. i have cultivated a skill for my whole life, i can make art and tell stories that are entirely unique to me, there is no way to get someone else to create in the exact same way i can, and yet - i've contributed more to capitalist society by sitting in an empty hotel reception for eight hours a day.

which made me develop anxiety, to boot.

i illustrated two children's books. they're some of my best work. the contract i signed was industry standard and the indie author who had hired me was incredibly kind... but even after stock sold out i had earnt little more than some pocket change.

in high school we had an outing to dig our own snow caves that we would spend the night in. in teams, thankfully. i have so little physical strength to speak of, most i could do to help was clear away the snow rubble and toss it outside. i know, i know, my classmates reassured me it was an important job to do, i was an invaluable member of the group, sure - but it's that feeling, you know?

what would my task be in the communist solarpunk commune?

a person cannot be useless. it's a human being. they just exist, no ifs and buts about it. one can only be useless in the eyes of an ableist, capitalist society that sees no value in being alive beyond production and profit.

sometimes i receive messages from internet strangers to tell me something i said - often several years ago - was helpful to them. maybe it was a throwaway comment on a forum. maybe it was replying to a question they could've googled the answer to. maybe it was an encouraging reply to someone's artwork. turns out it mattered to someone. huh.

of course you can learn new skills. i have learnt plenty over the years! i have also learnt that there are limitations to what i can do. that some of the obstacles i face are not in fact obstacles everyone faces. it's not that i can't break tasks into smaller steps, it's more that half of those steps are going to be "rinse your hands because you Touched a Thing and now you're going to have to touch Another Thing." i wonder if that's adding to my cognitive load or something.

i was never raised to be a man, so by all accounts i do not understand why i'm so haunted by the spectre of toxic masculinity - what would i do if i was a medieval peasant and a war broke out? what if i was in a pre-historic hunter gatherer society and i was expected to hunt? what if i was a humble farm boy discovering the sword of the chosen one and the world depended on my non-existing courage to face certain death?

look, it's stupid. these are not scenarios i will find myself in. besides, pre-historic humans depended on community and taking care of each other. that's how we survive.

i'm not useless and i decided to make peace with being useless anyway.

we're surrounded by digital clocks. we can't really escape them. do we need watchmakers? would they save me a spot in the zombie apocalypse helicopter? no, don't answer that. i'm just happy i found something that requires a light touch and an observant eye.