#and i also dont like the idea of getting an oc from someone who turned out to be bad. its such a common thing..

[zu-is-here]

To be honest I have been anticipating to post about an OC - I wanted to make a more elaborated introduction to her, but with college and other stuff it is seeming impossible to do it now and i need to get it off my chest (Ari already witnessed the yaps, but some things changed since I talked to her about it)

When the aimel ship children wave started, i cooked one too (didnt post much about her due to the reasons above). Her name is Maud. She comes from a timeline that was corrupted due to unkwown reasons - everyone in there turned into amounts of glitches that dont have conscience and cant be saved, her family included.

She herself lost her arm due to the corruption, but the rest of the body is fine as she was rescued by some dubious scientists that promised to save her family if they got her help with something.

She was victim to many experiments since her 8 years... She was betrayed by them - they wanted to experiment on her, as she has the genes of 4 outcodes and they wanted to...elevate her potential.

Years of suffering pass and Condiment invades the laboratory in order to steal something from the head scientist - apparently, they had some beef before? Maud is forced to fight against him but he convinces her to join him (dude got her information files) and turn her anger against the people who used her.

Nobody gets out alive - her fault :)

Condiment sees potential in her. He brings her to his home and convinces her to join him.

(It is messed up, as she would be what? 14 years old when he suggested it?)

She doesnt recognize herself as the child who first entered the lab, the child who had loving parents and siblings. She is the beast the scientists made of her, she cant deny it, so she will be one.

....

I have been plotting to have her meeting the timeline in which she doesnt originally exists, therefore the family she has been forcing herself to forget and absolutely have a breakdown...especially when at least some of the people there - people from her past - show her kindness.

...now with Maim existing, I wonder how things would go.... I suppose at the time they meet she would be freshly recruited by Condiment, having her doubts about staying with him or not.

I suppose if she ever saw Maim, she would be all kinds of upset (to say the least, but she doesnt tend to show up her emotions anyways), but also terrified - that isnt the father figure she has been trying to forget, but someone new and that helps children in conditions somewhat similar to hers....

She totally wouldnt like....make up a lone mission to steal something from Maim's army's place just to see him how it is. No. Who would even suggest that-

(....im not normal. Sorry for the wall of text. I have been really, REALLY excited to talk about this...i just didnt know how to approach it on a better way because im a silly goose-)

Oh dear... (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

First of all, welcome to the family!!╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

Secondly, thank you so much for sharing this (never late <3) cause now I too have a brainrot on this idea >:D Just imagining their meeting in either of these timelines squeezes my soul... (M)Aim remains an accepting father no matter the situation, but the choice will always be hers ☆

I'll be looking forward to more about her! \(//∇//)\

[dexaroth]

i honestly wish i could make characters/adopts as like, a job. or a side hustle. theres nothing better than someone saying they like x y and z and then figuring out a way to get the best but still compatible characteristics and colors and. getting something awesome out of it

i dont like the whole culture around it though. in fact i hate most of it and the petty dramas or outright harassment some people have to endure.. i also dont like the idea of putting your heart into an adopt just for it to never get sold. plus it just so happens that, as with commissions, it turns out my lifetime goal of being a nobody on the internet doesnt exactly.. allow me to get clients at all lol. and i dont like all the marketing you have to do as well. but making characters is fun!! aoeuaeuaughh

i like the idea of design trades but i just never get attached to any oc that isnt my own and i feel bad bc i dont get the oc any use.. i personally feel pretty sad if that happens to my designs but it doesnt affect me so badly bc i dont check on ppl i made designs for X]

[walnutcookie]

Sorry if this has been asked and/or explained before but do you have a reason for who’s paired with who in Tower of Souls? Some make sense like Sprout and Cosmo since they’re talked about hanging out together in game, but then there’s ones like Shrimpo and Pebble that I don’t get as much, and wondered what your thought process for picking duos was

I had no real basis for how i picked them. some were based off of canon of course, but i mostly just picked pairs i thought would be interesting :P if you dont mind my yap i can explain everyone...

Dandy & Astro - pretty obvious why, theyre very very close friends in canon :] and on top of that i feel my headcanons make them a very interesting and conflicting pair

Sprout & Cosmo - do i need to say anything about these two LOL

Vee & Connie - connie was actually going to be paired with finn at first! Fun fact!!! since i thought they were both pretty silly and might be fun together. but a friend suggested vee and i thought that they could be more interesting

Pebble & Shrimpo - these two were. Mostly just chosen out of practicality. i chose them because theyre both pretty unserious characters and also since pairing shrimpo with anyone else would make it difficult for him to have a close relationship with his partner considering his Personality. pebble doesnt care about his yelling and his insults and shrimpo loves his buppy he is the one thing in this world shrimpo doesnt hate (though its still hard for shrimpo since he doesnt have a partner who can Communicate and so he still lacks the support the others have)

Shelly & Jone - Partially, i paired shelly with an oc because there were 24 characters at the time, though i hadn't counted razzle and dazzle as two until i designed them, so the numbers turned out odd and i made jone to compensate,,, but shelly wasnt just given the First come first serve treatment, i hadnt figured out all of the pairs when i stuck her with jone, i was just considering giving her a story where she was forgotten intentionally to cover up some incident. I didnt want to use a canon toon and kill them off or stick them in the basement like i ended up doing with jone, so i made an oc instead :]

Rodger & Toodles - also an obvious one, father n daughter. and my faves <3

Glisten & Looey - FUN FACT!!! ive mentioned this before but i was GOING to pair glisten with paris from the gen2 au. paris was going to be in tower of souls and be glistens brother instead of his replacement. but this was at the very beginning of when i was making the au,, i didnt want to add ocs in and i also really liked the idea of glisten and looey together because i feel like their insecurities are similar and they could bond over it (and then qwel added dialogue where glisten tells looey he hates clowns SIGHS. cruelty to me i promise theyre best friends.)

Teagan & Gigi - Chose these two just because gigi is a hoarder/gambler and teagan is implied to be secretly greedy in her twisted dialogue,, i thought itd be funny if they did some money-related stuff in tos lol. They dont talk about money in their class because arthur didnt want to make it about money but It Is Implied

Brightney & Tisha - I think their dialogue with each other is very neat and i wanted them to work together :] (ccough and i wont lie i think its obvious because i talk about how much i like lightbox i wanted to pair them together because i like the ship BUT ITS NOT. CANON IN TOWER OF SOULS WHATSOEVER. you can interpret them that way but their relationship is left intentionally vague 🙏 i just like their dynamic)

Poppy & Boxten - Another obvious one :] starter duo

Razzle & Dazzle - bro who else would they be paired with. I did consider making them one toon so that theyd both be paired with someone else but i decided id rather make them a pair

Goob & Scraps - also obvious. Sibling!!!

Finn & Flutter - Thought it would be neat to pair them together since theyre both nature-related :] and i think they could be silly together

Bobette, Ginger, Rudie, & Coal - i think its clear why these fellas were all put together to begin with i mean theyre all just the holiday toons but as to why theyre a quartet instead of a pair? I had already decided on putting all of the holiday toons in a group even before the update came out and coal was revealed, for a few reasons. for one i feel like it would be strange to have a holiday toons paired with a canon character since in regular dandys world like youre putting Bob who works at macdonalds together with Santa clause /j. i wanted to keep them all together and i also thought it would be cute if they worked at the gift shop since!! christmas!!!! If i had known we were getting 4, i provavly wouldve made two pairs, but i was under the impression we were getting 3 and so i had already decided on them being a group VDKBDKD

and yatta... doesnt have a partner yet ! Shrug

[kairogee]

one thing i remember jktech speak stuck in my mind for a while already and he compared ICE deportations based on accusation only bcuz of the alien enemies act thing with the situation we are in rn

there is a lot of evidence for things but is there something more substantial than some screenshots to use as evidence? our arguments are very weak agaisnt KC and all we got is "please trust us" which seemed to work for a while but now things seem to be shifting and people getting away

we cant win this based on trust only if someone like jktech is actively nonstop collecting info and "proofs" (im starting to question our evidence because of some stuff) for their innocence

he already ruined the chimera part of the document by making chimera and his brother talk about this publicly showing things are not as how we tried to say it is

later he gone after emsody info and also showed that the thing is more of a bad joke situation and emsody isnt her friend anymore because was emsody that caused this exposed against her by giving info

then he just quickly saw that imani indeed caused the things but already got isolated and kicked out of the group

olivers partner took our evidence to the ground by simply denying it which shows our evidence is not substantial at all

the screenshots agaisnt loki are from posts that cannot be found and i looked for them myself and even on archival sites

the most substantial thing was woofles but he did nothing sexual together with the victim and the best evidence against him was that drawing of an OC he created with himself... but woofles distanced himself from this person seeing his error (before even the callout) and got a +18 partner now

seriously where the fuck do we go from here now? this guy is singlehandedly cornering us and breaking all our work and all we can do is complain and block people? block even who are on our side?

what do we do? there seems to be only 4 of us trying to do something right now: me, doctoratecuddles, weirdestcornelius and hemeruni... the rest are just leaving or turning against us or turning moderates

i came here because it looked fun to fight against her and would make me feel better about myself and feel i got a tiny bit of importance and i am worried either i am in the wrong side or we are doing it wrong

i dont want to fucking fight someone omnipresent that is watching every single step i make here and who knows where and im afraid he is planning something else we have not even an idea of what it could be

this post was very serious sorry its just too much for me to take in but thanks to you guys who are still here

this is probably the most heartfelt post i ever made

[showtoonzfan]

Just want to preface this by saying i love ur analysis sm- u put my exact thoughts into words when i cant verbalise whats wrong with a particular writing decision 🥲🥲

Anyway, smth ive noticed is how... little time vivzie actually spends on writing or characterizing or fleshing out her characters.

Which has to be the weirdest thing so far bc every writer and artist ive met agree that its the best part of making an oc! Its so fun to think of backstories and tie that into their current personality and generally just figuring out random details to get to know your characters!

Like, my ocs are my best friends, i know everything abt them from their trauma and childhoods, to their favourite food and music.

But time and time again she proves that her characters are at best acquaintances... the fandom fleshes out the characters so well and with so much love and care and thought that vivzie herself cant do and its just sad.

Not even mentioning the hundreds of retcons and how characters will just change personality randomly or act out of character which results in the work feeling like a fanfic of itself. (Ironic considering some fanfics have better and more consistent characterisation)

It feels like shes making it up as she goes, instead of having an actual plan. Just shoving random ideas she likes or picks up from the much more creative fandom into the 2 shows without actually stopping and thinking abt the consequences or implications.

Theres so many decisions shes made that irk me so bad... the ideas individually have potential but they either dont fit the show or have to make huge retcons and result in the plot not making any sense.

Also, ngl but she has the worst case of tell dont show ive ever seen my god 😭😭 like... you realise you have to show things instead of just fucking singing it or having a character say it??? Or is that another thing that the fandom has to do so they can convince themselves that the show has good characters??

Atp idk how to salvage the show... i keep finding more and more plotholes and unless i literally turn my brain off and only focus on haha funny dick joke or pwetty colors, these questions keep popping into my head making it a painful unenjoyable experience.

Again, if the fandom has to justify your bad nonsensical hypocritical worldbuilding then you failed. Massively.

Anyway im very sleepy rn just wanted to rant a bit bc im a writer and artist myself and it pisses me off how someone gets their show on the air and still doesnt care abt putting in effort into their plot or characters beyond aesthetics and random ideas that dont go well together...

You’re speaking facts! And it’s honestly like..kinda funny too that people who have their own OC’s can flesh them out and deep dive into their arcs/backstories ect, yet a professional showrunner who’s had these characters for YEARS can’t even give the majority of her characters flaws or quirks, or even consistency, same goes for Helluva Boss.

Viv is a really good example at letting inspired writers know what not to do when making a story and characters so at least they have that lol.

[fly1nglow]

WHEN THE BELLS RING (1).

summary ── steve is desperate to make his work environment a less unbearable place and the newly arrived teacher could be a good distraction.

pairings & characters ── teacher!steve x teacher!fem!reader, some ocs

additional info & warnings ── fluff, slow burn, reader is supposed to be a ‘big city girl’, reader is also kinda anxious, little steve pov inserted, i guess steve is not accurate but i tried my best </3, no warnings besides that, i guess

author’s notes: ok… so this is my first fanfic after sooo long, but this idea came to me in a dream and i wanted to write, i feel like it kinda sucks but i also just wanna have some fun writing again. also… i know this must be annoying but… should i say english isn’t my first language (and that i dont know how the educational system of united states works)? :/, that should be all, pls be kind <3

The breeze passed through the leaves gently, taking some to the windshield, it was a really pleasant scene to enjoy in autumn, but it was also a great change of scenery in your opinion: Hawkins, from what you knew and had seen so far at that moment, it felt like that kind of small town you see in movies, where everyone knows everyone and nothing really happens, very different from what you had grown up with and lived with all your life, which were noisy cities, tall buildings and people who really didn't care. they paid attention to you.

But sudden changes weren't very pleasant either, yet here you were, in a small town in the middle of Indiana.

After taking another sip of your coffee, hoping the drink would distract you from something you didn't yet know you feared, you grabbed your bag and threw in the items that would be needed to survive your first day of work at Hawkins Public School. Your keys, notebooks and books were everything he considered really essential for the day.

Getting out of the car, you clutched the cup with the now cold drink in your hands, placed your bag in your arms, and headed towards the clearly old but friendly-looking building in front of you.

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Steve was curious to know who would replace Mrs. Brown, because although he got along with most people, his coworkers didn't exactly fit into that category. They were mostly middle-aged people, who thought he was childish, whether because of his age or the way he acted, he still didn't know for sure, but he knew they were his age once and he hoped they would be kinder.

However, he still didn't know how meeting 'the newbie' could help his case, he figured, that maybe by getting to know him first he could get some information and then pass it on to his colleagues, maybe then they would see him as someone helpful and trustworthy, but he still didn't know how that would help him.

It was lost in these thoughts that he found himself in the still empty hallway and in front of Mrs. Brown's old door, now weathered and which he knew made a loud noise when it was pushed in a certain way and now, he was a little unsure, a very different feeling compared to the confident and playful Steve of just a few years ago. But his movements seemed not to follow his thoughts, because now he had knocked on the door.

Before he could step back and get him out of there, he opened the door after hearing a muffled and distant voice say 'come in'.

‘‘Good morning.’’ Steve laughed and hurried over.

‘‘Oh, good morning!’’ A young-looking woman, who was pasting some notices on the wall, turned to face him, left the materials on the table and approached to greet him, as he was approaching.

‘‘I’m Professor Harrington, but you can actually call me Steve, you know, I guess it’s okay, in fact I prefer to be called that…’’

Now he was rambling. He extended his hand for a shake, which she readily accepted. Now closer, he could notice a few more small details about her: her hair was slightly messy, perhaps due to the wind outside, there was also a small piece of adhesive tape stuck near the collar of her pullover sweater, but he pretended not to notice, afraid that she would think he was looking more than he should.

‘‘Well, I’m a physical education teacher. I thought it would be a good idea to stop by and say hi.’’

She then introduced herself.

‘‘That’s very kind of you, Steve.’’

‘‘Well…’’ Steve looked around the room, but his mind was looking for some way to keep the conversation going, or maybe an excuse to leave. ‘‘Do you need help? Do you already know the building? You know I can…’���

Great, he was rambling again. Good way to make a good impression, right?

‘‘Actually, if you guys have a coffee machine, I’d love to know where it is.’’

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You definitely hadn't thought much when you left your room and decided to follow Professor Harrington to the staff room, a small room, with white walls, two windows, shelves full of books, papers, some chairs and tables. It wasn't exactly the most comfortable place you'd ever seen. But you just wanted to distract yourself from the hustle and bustle of your own thoughts, because the first day of work had left you exhausted and it hadn't even started yet.

Also, you weren't the type to jump to conclusions because of appearance, but the first thing you noticed was that Steve had adorable eyes that seemed to match the type of person he was. And at the moment he seemed like a lovely person. That he talked a lot.

He had recently talked about how he grew up in the city and how it was a little strange teaching the children of people he had known all his life. You also shared some facts, about where you grew up and where you studied, all while he observed you carefully and asked some questions to keep the conversation going.

‘‘So why did you come here?’’

‘‘Salary, obviously.’’

You tried to joke and he chuckled weakly at your little attempt at being funny. Steve looked away from your figure, as you were drinking the second cup of coffee of the day, he observed the other person who entered the room, but who still didn't notice the presence of the two of you in the room. This made Steve get a little closer to you, still keeping an acceptable distance but so that only you could hear him whisper:

‘‘That’s Professor Watson, from physics… A pain in the ass at first, but if he likes you, he might get you a discount on drinks at a bar.’’

‘‘Discounts in a bar? Why?’’ You whispered back, while trying to focus on the new figure that appeared: it was a small man in comparison to Steve, his hair already showing signs of getting gray and he had a serious face.

‘‘His sister owns one of the bars in town, she always gives discounts to his friends and colleagues.’’

‘‘And you, do you have a discount there?’’

‘‘No, he hates me. But who knows, maybe you’ll be luckier than me.’’

‘‘Good strategy, Harrington, you barely know me and you’re already trying to use me to get discounts at bars?’’

You both laughed and soon the sound caught the attention of the person who was previously the center of the conversation. Steve quickly distanced himself and silently indicated with signs for you to follow him and then, there followed another one of those social formalities that people tend to forget happened easily: introducing yourself.

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And introducing yourself was the key word and the pattern that followed for practically the entire day: introducing yourself to your colleagues, students and some parents.

The students were as you expected them to be, lively students who preferred talking to their classmates rather than paying attention in class, but, luckily or perhaps your own teaching talent, you managed to get them to pay attention to what you were saying. and they were able to apply their knowledge well to their tasks. As for your coworkers, excluding Steve, your colleagues weren't exactly the warmest and friendliest people you knew, but that didn't take up much space in your mind.

Not long after the last bell rang, you were getting ready to end the day at work and return to your cozy home. Until two knocks on the door distracted you.

Peeking through the half-open door, you quickly realized who it was: Steve trying to be helpful again.

‘‘Do you need help there, newbie?’’

You didn't mind the small informalities when you were quick to decline his help.

‘‘No need, I was already finishing it anyway.’’

He pretended to look disappointed, you couldn't help but chuckle at his theatrics. You quickly finished your things and grabbed your bag, and left the room with Steve following right behind you.

‘‘You know,’’ Steve began as you both walked down the corridor, ‘‘that’s the good part about being a physical education teacher, I don’t need a room, just some balls and a court.’’

‘‘It’s easy when a good number of children love the chance to be aggressive without being reprimanded.’’

‘‘It is,’’ Steve agreed, a fond smile on his face. ‘‘Kids can be a handful, but they mean well. Today, one of them lobbed a ball right at my stomach, but they made up for it with a lollipop as an apology.’’

‘‘A lollipop," you chuckled, ‘‘the universal peace offering.’’

‘‘If lollipops didn't work wonders, doctors wouldn't hand them out after every appointment,’’ Steve quipped, his laughter echoing down the hallway.

Steve walked you to the parking lot, soon stopping near what you assumed was his car. You turned to see him and to say goodbye.

‘‘See you tomorrow, newbie,’’ Steve grinned.

‘‘See you tomorrow, Professor Harrington,’’ you replied with a playful smirk.

He rolled his eyes and got into the car, making your way to your own car as you watched him get further away. Placing your arms a little closer to your body to avoid the cold, you could reflect a little on that end of the day as you once again observed the parking lot, now a little darker as the sun was already hiding, but which you expected to see for a while, for many more days.

In that silence, you could conclude that the first day of work had not been as horrible and terrifying as you had expected.

[ganondoodle]

(wip)

so, instead of working on what i actually wanted to work on ... i did some rough mock up and UI stuff for the pixel game i dream of making

(some sprites are done and copied over, like the basic player character- most are super rough -throw some color in vageuly the shape you need -)

my dream idea (probably impossible espeiclaly for a noob gamedev like me lol) is like a mix of minecraft and stardew with a bit of botw and ww, but set in my OCs world- with a heavy focus on customization and environment/exploration more than making money or something (you might collect celestial silver bits- which are toxic to demons and thus better collected by you in an effort to heal their world and you get rewards for turning it in?)

the Hud? UI? you see here is well .. health and energy in the upper left corner plus some controls which are also in the upper right corner, the idea is to mimic windwakers style of button mapping- meaning that you can put any item on any button you want (only inventory is locked bc it contains all the options)- that extends to the jump, interact and sit actions too, theyd be in your inventory like an item you get from the start, so if you never wanna sit down, put sth else there, dont want to interact with anything and just run around? sure do, never jump? no problem

in the lower right corner is the info thingy, with the big wheel being time of day, the second the health of the environment (the main mechanic in restricting you- if you cut down trees or introduce plants from other, later unlockable, areas it will go down, if you reach critical level too many times Eadrya (blue rough sprite there) will show up whereever you are and kill you (bc the whole idea is that you are a demon hunter who wanted to leave the organization but was hunted down by them for it- so you are rescued by Shargon and put into one of the bubbles around travel gates meant to protect humans from the otherwise toxic-to-humans atmosphere in the demon world, but since you are a hunter, and they cant be sure you can be trusted, you are tasked with helping their world recover from the damage your former allies caused- so if you do more damage than heal it and you do it on purpose they will see it as proof you have not actually left the hunters, which means if Eadrya is the one watching the area you will be eaten/smashed/etc- if its someone else thrown back into the human realm)

below that is the temperature- and on the side is the current and coming weather

(edit: as sidenote, i always got a color filter layer ready for grayscale to check if everythings still readable without color- its an effort to make it more accessible for people with color vision impairment, but i dont think i can test for every single one? theres alot of levels of color blindness right? >o<)

,,,,,,,, this got long too huh

[prof-peach]

Bit ooc but I have a question. How you do go about planing out your PLA comic? Like how do you actually turn your ideas/ storyline into comic form? Is it chapter to chapter or do you have the whole idea already planned out? Trying to find my own way in comic making so I’m just wondering if you could give any advice. Feel free to ignore if you don’t feel comfortable answering

So, at first this was al i could think to send.

because its incredibly accurate to my process.

Jokes aside, a lot of how i work is back and forth chaos, fighting with ideas until im happy with them. I will start with a list (usually not written down because im unhinged and keep a ot of it in my brain) and organise it in a way that makes sense to the situation, in this case workign with a game with an established plot...not that its a very strong one.

with a set of ideas, and a game to work around i will ramble and rant to a few choice people who i bounce well off, and also stare into space for hours on end building the ideas. This process can be days, it can be years. For context, i have some notes from 2019 about things i wanted to include that are still relevant. I have been scheming how to break and rebuild this OC for ages. Theres no correct time frame, so long as you simply do the work.

Once i have a fairly loose plan, i start to solidify the benning and the end. What is required to make a character compelling, what makes them believable, what makes them human in a way that we recognise. this isnt always a positive thing, people like to call characters who do bad things problematic, but its human nature to make mistakes and be damaged or difficult, the process of the story is not always rainbows and sunshine. For me, this hits even harder, as im trying to tell a story from the perspective of someone fundamentally broken, so showing those breaks and cracks has to be done wisely.

This is the point where i make notes about things that need to change from the start to the end. And ill say one thing, this story in particular, I have not solidly planned the middle. I am allowing space for me to come up with new ideas at points. Being locked into a dead set of ideas can be quite limiting, and as creators we consume and process things constantly to generate new stories. Id be a fool to make a plan and stick to it. everything i do is vague guidelines.

However, I know exactly how the story ends in Hisui, and where it goes to from there. And i think me personally knowing the end goal makes it easier to plot steps towards that, and some of those steps are anything but progressive.

If nothing else, the end was the only thing i saw clearly, and it has only become more complex and loaded and emotional as the rest of this has fallen into place. If you can see the goal, you can work out how to get there with time.

Regarding the chapters, i tend to draft plan up like 3-4 of them at a time, and then go in order to sketch out one after the other, so i have plenty of time to change things while i adjust. its constantly a process of seeing what you make, seeing issues, and scrapping whole parts just to redraw something better or new, unique even. I dont think a single page ive posted has resembled the very VERY first draft thumbnail ive made, and thats just how i do. Every panel, how big they are, the angle you hand the viewer, the way you light things, the expressions, this all dictates SO SO much.

Taking time over it is kind of the job, and let me stress, this is normally a job done by a team, especially the highly popular comics. one inks, one colours, one shades, one handles text, one edits, theres so many people behind it, so dont be bothered by the pace at which things are made if youre working alone like i am. One person means longer production times, if you can, spread the workload out, but its not required. Its why i always say it doesnt matter how long it takes to make, so long as youre still making.

I think its also worth noting, comics are consumed quickly, the bakcgournds and small details can be lost in the ace of the storytelling, pick and choosing your battles is wise, save your time on panels where you want the reader to shift along quicker, keep that pace high, and add in more detail and depth to panels you want to champion or get the viewers to hang around on more. its ok to let go of a "perfect" image in favour of getting content out, if youre being driven nuts by it. Again, time be damned, be happy with it. And if you can let go of petty details, id suggest doing it when possible, so long as it doesnt effect the storytelling.

I mean what else can i even say. This work is a passion project, I love it, more than i can even put into words, and i think you kind of have to, to make comics without monetary motivation. sure you can get lucky and find ways to make it big, but for most of us, its the love of the story. So maybe try not to be your biggest hater, its easy to slip into the behaviour, so try be gentle on yourself and the process. I should take that advice myself haha! but i really do mean it. This is HARD work, so be kind to yourself over it.

anyway, with a rough idea, a bunch of sketches, and time, they get inked and fussed over, i make a billion changes to layout and story, and eventually posting can happen but not after fighting with the monster that is creating. Idk what else i can say. This is not work for the feint of heart, but anyone can learn to do it.

Good luck, comic artists can always use it!

[sweetfire01]

hi! i have a story suggestion, the ideas been so interesting! i know you have daddy howl and stuff, maybe this could be a new idea? im not too sure on any merman characters, but you could find some and adapt if youd like! or perhaps make an oc? anyway:

the merman was caught and trapped as a result of a circus attraction. user felt pity and decided to help him escape, though that resulted in user being shot. user was bleeding out and told the merman to leave, but he couldnt! so he took user down, blowing an airbubble for user to breathe. he took user to a healer, who gave user the ability to breathe underwater, and heal user.

merfolk are actually much larger than humans and he was around 7foot, maybe more with his tail. so user is actually tiny, and roughly the size of a merbaby. at first, the merman treats user like a normal person, but the merman realises how helpless user is. user cant swim, and water is heavy for user to walk in. so user looks like a baby learning to walk. user relies on the merman alot for support, and lets the merman carry user since it helps her get places. the merman also has to carry user when they go out, since user cant tread water or swim and will sink.

the merman holds a small feast of all the underwater foods for user to try. but user has an allergic reaction to one of the foods and cant speak anymore. user can only make babyish sounds. when they go out for treatment and shopping, the merman stumbles across a friend. the friend thinks user is a baby and this sparks something in the merman. he realises he enjoys having user helpless.

the merman actually includes the food that has caused user to not talk in each of users meal. to make sure the temporary effect lasts longer.

its a bit long T^T but this idea seems so cool! its so adaptable and theres so many things that could affect user since its an entirely new environment. if you dont want to write a story abt this pls give feedback! id love to adapt a short story about this, but either way would love to see you write on this!

not sure if it’s taken but,

🥯 anon ^w^

Oh, (bagel? donut?) anon. You don't know how much I loved and thought on this idea. 👀

Come al solito, è più breve di quanto inizialmente previsto, ma volevo darvi qualcosa da leggere.

(Tell me if there is any mistake, I'm sleepy and didn't pay attention while rereading)

PT. 1 of this new fic for which I don't have a title yet

News of the merman sighting had spread for almost a week among the fishermen and residents of the harbor, but you didn't believe it was true, much less that your boss would catch it. "First the shark and now this. The hunts are going really well and that one will make us a big profit!" He had exclaimed that evening on his return to the circus while his henchmen behind him were dragging a net with the merman inside. You all crowded around to get a good look at him, as much as you could see him under the layer of cords and cords in which he was wrapped. He must have put up a good fight against the sailors and it didn't surprise you: he was big, even if you couldn't see his full figure since his tail was tied to his torso, you could swear he was at least 2 meters , probably even more. And yet… he was no longer threatening. At least for the moment. She was breathing heavily, her head turned to the side and from under her long black hair you could see a large dark red, almost brown stain - blood, you guessed it.

"Okay, okay, stop just watching or I'll make you pay for the ticket. It's time to work." The boss called your attention "Use the tank where we had that winged woman. Check that the shackles are well fixed to the ground, then tie him up and fill him with water. Come on, go!" And with that, the two of you split up and you and someone else headed off to prepare the water. The circus consisted of a huge tent overlooking the port. At the bottom, on the side facing the sea, there was a small round tank dug into the ground and protruding just under a meter from the ground, perfect for spectators to observe everything that was inside. In this case, the shark that had been caught just a few weeks ago, a poor creature that kept swimming in circles in a space too small for it. You and your colleague climbed over the barriers while two other workers approached carrying a large, long pipe. The tub had two valves, on one side one connected to an underground pump which allowed the recirculation of water directly from the sea, and another, where you were, more external. You connected the hose to the latter just as the capturing team brought the tank in.

It had thick plates of extremely resistant glass - despite all the kicking and punching from the creatures locked inside, there wasn't even a scratch - held together by a metal structure. The base was also made of metal, with shackles for limbs firmly attached. Honestly, you didn't know why such a thing existed, nor what it could possibly be used for (besides holding your creatures) but it had been provided to you courtesy of the mayor of the city, along with the tent and the warehouse where you kept the stuff. The boss was very happy about it. And speaking of the boss… Once everything was in place and some other worker opened the side door and emptied the sandbags into the bottom of the tank, you saw him and a couple of goons approach with the merman still tied up. He must have regained consciousness considering the way he was struggling, but still he had no way to free himself.

"You're not going to escape from here that easily. Especially not after I put these on you." The boss took one of the handcuffs with a sneer. He then opened the net and knelt down, holding the creature's head still as he closed the collar around its neck, effectively fasten him to the bottom. "Oh, don't worry, it's just so you don't cause any trouble while we take the ropes off. We'll just keep you tied up by the arms, all right?" He only received a growl-like noise in response. With that, he stood up and glared at the two men who were with him. "We should be safe with him like this, but if he escapes I'll make you become food for the shark, understood? Take the two handcuffs and as soon as I free him, be quick to put them on him." So, once they were ready, he took out a knife and started cutting the ropes around his torso.

Immediately, the rest of you who were observing the scene outside the tank, saw a muscular arm flail and free itself from the bonds. One of the two men promptly grabbed him and together with the boss held him with difficulty while trying to put the handcuff on his wrist. The merman continued to flail and managed to free his other arm as well. The second man wasn't so quick to stop him and the creature threw a punch at the boss, hitting him in the face. But the throttle was now closed and soon both limbs were trapped. The boss was a sturdier man than he looked and even with drops of blood dripping from his nose he didn't give up. He took a key out of his pocket and bent down to free the prisoner's neck, while the other two ran out. He then pulled his hair, looking into his eyes. "You throw some good punches, I give you that. But I've faced creatures much bigger and more ferocious than you, don't think you can defeat me so easily. Well, at this point, not that you can really do much." He chuckled. A slick of saliva hit his forehead, mixing with blood from his nose as it fell. The boss simply assumed an amused expression, tightening his grip on his hair even more. "I like your temper. It'll be fun to see how long it takes you to give up." He let him go, allowing him to move into a more seated position as he removed the rest of the net and ropes, and quickly jumped out of the tank just a second before a long, powerful black tail wrapped and tightened where his head was.

"I told you, I know how to deal with you stupid creatures." He closed the door satisfied, leaving the prisoner to try punching and banging the glass with his tail, although the chains ensured he didn't have much room to move. "Now servants, it's your turn to work. Fill this thing with water and clean up all that sand on the floor. Night night." The boss headed towards the exit followed by the rest of his capturing team. There were only you left, a small group of a handful of people, those who carried out the most humble tasks, under the furious gaze of a merman.

[musicfeedsmysoul12]

wait wait, could i offer you the use of my own au The Quirkless Martial Arts Club, its basically what it sounds like, a martial arts club populated predominantly by elderly quirkless martial artists. its not that quirked people are banned from participating (there have been at least a few) its mostly that in this day and age not many people in the area are interested in non quirk combat.

the premise is basically that izuku is their first beginner student in years and these clinically insane old fucks all start fighting over who gets to teach him first. izuku only really gets training because one of them usually sneaks off with him while the others are getting into fights about who hes training with today.

i dont so much have ocs for this au as i have characters from other martial arts media with the serial numbers filed off and transplanted into bnha. ones i use frequently are ip man, the martial artists from kung fu hustle (the movie is free on youtube) and the ryozanpaku dojo masters(from kenichi the mightiest disciple, the anime of which is also free on youtube but the manga is longer) and various characters from kengan ashura (kureishi mitsuyo usually but ive used others like mukaku gaoh) and the manga teppu's ladies.

i dont really have a set plot for this either but usually if im working with people who were supposed to be living in hiding to avoid trouble like the kung fu hustle characters i just say they no longer have to live in hiding to avoid trouble since heroes got big. no set rules either, pink muscle fibers can be a thing anyone can train for and landlady's lion's roar is a martial art anyone can learn because why not? if theres multiple characters from multiple series i just say they take turns holding quirkless martial arts club meetings at various members residences. kureishi mitsuyo or someone else might take izuku to an illegal fighting ring as a learning experience, if not just sign him up to fight entirely.

the au is just izuku gets to go to ua quirkless and dangerous basically

(a sideshow to quirkless martial arts au, where izuku still gets one for all and breaks his bones a lot is after recovery girl tells him she wont heal his injuries inflicted by one for all, he asks if he can call his usual doctor to deal with it, gets a yes and proceeds to call in either

A. National Treasure of Japan Akisame Koetsuji, Premier Buddha Statue Artisan, Genius in Almost Any Field, The Medic Demon feared throughout the nation, and Judo Teacher who happens to run a bonesetters clinic out the back of his dojo he gives izuku discounts at for being his student

or

B. Kureishi Mitsuyo, Guy with a deep love for breaking bones and something deeply wrong with him who has retired from fighting rings to train other fighters and figured out chiropractics by just breaking peoples bones in every possible manner until he could also fix them well enough to operate an chiropractors clinic, only getting a license to run a clinic legally. his clinic was opened right next to his dojo where he teaches mixed martial arts and yoga, both of which izuku goes to

and she already gave him permission to have his broken bones treated by one of those freaks. nezu appears to be considering hiring them to work at ua mostly because he finds them funny but also because they are bizarrely competent at what they do)

Thank you for showing me this AU. However, I don't feel any creative spark from it. I have been answering a lot of long asks so far with a lot of depth, and I won't stop answering them, but when people are giving me their AU ideas and laying them out/building an AU themselves, I...

It feels like it is no longer my AU. It feels like it is someone else's. As I said in the tags of the previous post, I used to have a rule where I did not answer/expound upon AUS when I got giant asks full of info because I felt it wasn't fun. I made exceptions recently, but I'll admit it lost it's shine for me.

I am sorry about this, but I would rather ask to receive asks with some info, but not everything plotted out or the like.

This is your AU, and it is beautiful. I would love to read it, but I want to hear about it from you rather then from anyone else.

[the-s1lly-corner]

May I please request a Caine x reader who changes colors depending on their mood? Like red for angry, blue for sad, and so on? Thank you, no pressure!

Caine x reader who changes colors based on emotion!

oooooo i love this idea! in an odd way it kind of reminds me of an old oc i used to have; though instead of changing colors they would glow brighter! brightness changing depending on their mood!! love ocs like this eueueueueuue also i saw the request you sent in after this and dont worry about sending too many in! inbox is a little dry right now so no harm in sending in other stuff right now + its just one other request !

oh i just know hes going to bring it up and lightly tease you every now and then, especially if you guys are together....

honestly i can see him naming the specific color you turn into in real time, which might in turn make you flustered and turn into a deeper and deeper shade of pink.... of which he will name of course

oftentimes compliments how you look with a given color, regardless of if its a "negative" color or not... which can either make you feel worse or better, i think it depends on whats going on and how youre feeling that day!

honestly he loves it a lot, it lets you express yourself in such a unique way, and in a weird way i think he might be a little jealous... i mean yeah sure for a pair of teeth and eyes hes rather expressive, but sometimes the faces and feelings he makes can get lost in translation, and you just... changing color is so much simpler...

shrugs

sometimes changes the color of his suit to match and/or compliment what color you are today!

so for example, youre yellow because youre happy, hes going to change his suit to blue! will change his suit to match with you if you turn pink from him trying to match with you... hmm...

oh he WILL make light hearted jokes about it. like if youve gone blue hes definitely going to ask "whats got you so blue?" or something, you know common sayings where you say someone looks like a color when they are showing off a real intense emotions... sayings like that!

does use it as a good indicator of how youre feeling, so if youre showing off a color associated with anger or sadness, or something in the middle, hes probably going to set something up to cheer you up.... from little surprise dates to making a little show for you, hes going to try his best to make sure you change to one of your happier colors!

[cimmerian1275]

My Character Masterpost

Constant WIP as things get updated <3 Im like 60% posting about rottmnt, and the rest is just *gestures* these guys and the odd commission or gift art.

Slapping this down here bc i wanna be able to navigate it all easily on tumblr and i bet anyone whos interested will want to aswell.

Also to help inform clueless people about who/what im often talking about/drawing, cuz unless its fanart yall will have no idea who (insert name here) is because theyre just a miscellaneous oc. Tumblr is now my designated place for rambling about these guys and other things, your gonna be subjected to random character lore and worldbuilding muahahahh.

Love asks/comments about them, just be forewarned i will probably reply with an essay bc i get carried away.

(If things dont have links, thats bc they dont exist yet)

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The main characters...

Sagara | Masterpost | #sagara -> Toyhouse profile -> Playlist

Sona, main oc, ✨dragon✨, can and will ramble about them anytime and all the time, theyre that blue furred noodle of a dragon that youll see scattered around all of my accounts, everywhere i am.

Jr | Masterpost | #jr -> Toyhouse profile -> Playlist

ROT/TMNT oc, still cant think of a name for them so theyre just nicknamed Jr (tagll be updated if i ever name them).

Wanna draw em? Go for it! Wanna draw them with your oc or someone else? HELL YEAH!! Go make em friends, and well watch them run off into the sunset to cause shenanigans together xD

To avoid confusion theyre NOT an iteration of Leo lmao, similar turtle species- yes, but not quite! Go google "Pastel" sliders.

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The other guys youll often see on my page!:

Nyad | Masterpost | #nyad -> Toyhouse profile

The most likely one to eat your arm if you try to pet them <3

Sirje | Masterpost | #sirje -> Toyhouse profile

Reluctant adopted aunt to every wayward child they get stuck with. Apparently people really like Sirje's design and... okay, i kinda do too- but i still dont understand why ppl like them the most.

Ruaidhri | Masterpost | #ruaidhri -> Toyhouse profile

I dont talk about him much, but in my head i call him Ruai/Ru. Raph as a gryphon.

Morado | Masterpost | #morado -> Toyhouse profile

Ive had 2 people tell me his design reminds them of mardi gras??? Still in awe of how cool he looks, his design is peak and ill never get over how well the colors/markings fit so perfectly. Donnie as a gryphon.

Tzaoul | Masterpost | #tzaoul -> Toyhouse profile (My favourite)

Often call him Zee instead bc i feel bad for ppl trying to pronounce his full name. Cant reveal his full design just yet :) Leo as a gryphon.

Anatolius | Masterpost | #anatolius -> Toyhouse profile

Will often just be referred to as Ant or Anato bc im too lazy to type the full name every time >.> Probably the coolest design ive ever drawn imo. Mikey as a gryphon.

April | Masterpost | #april -> Toyhouse profile

Spontaneously made April into a gryphon within a day bc i have no impulse control. April as a gryphon.

(Accidentally turned the rottmnt cast into fantasy creatures oneday and now we have these C:)

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From the Dragonfruit AU!:

Raphael | Masterpost | #DF raph -> Toyhouse profile

Donatello | Masterpost | #DF donnie -> Toyhouse profile

Leonardo | Masterpost | #DF leo -> Toyhouse profile

Michaelangelo | Masterpost | #DF mikey -> Toyhouse profile

[enthusedbambi-jjba-au]

monster au fun facts (OOC)

diavolo keeps having to try to prevent doppio from summoning any more demons

Thanks to the monster hunter's guild, italy doesn't really have prominent lycanthrope packs.

I'm sure someone could figure out how to make a drug out of moondust and im sure it's very likely to fucking kill you

ghiaccio is mildly allergic to himself, at least according to melone

squalo can't swim in his land form

tiziano makes accessories out of his own moulted and preened feathers. this is actually a sphinx tradition!

melone never met his father but was raised with constant reminder that whoever he was, he was pretty horrible, and growing up in that 'shadow' made him swear to himself he'd never turn out like his father. this is why melone acts sort of 'fatherly' towards babyface and often avoids actually even touching most women

i dont know if pesci actually knows hes undead assuming we go with idea 2 about him. he does kinda black out every full moon but nobody including himself addresses this. he knows well and good that prosciutto is undead but he assumes he himself is a normal human and that the Necromancy Doses that prosciutto uses for their form upkeep is just a Magic thing he doesn't Understand

Prosciutto literally has no beef with illuso illuso just keeps calling him a fucking bitch for having the nerve to zombify himself when illuso didn't really have a choice in becoming a ghost

illuso appears if you say his name 3 times in a mirror but says he does this by choice.

melone is immediately drawn to the sound of his own name (as in 'melone', not his real name) but conversely implies this is involuntary

my two ideas with cioccolata (hang on give me a few seconds for the rage to pass) and secco were 1. cioccolata is his own frankensteinian creation and experiments with other cryptians, secco is a werewolf and 2. suggested by others, secco is the frankensteinian creation but honest to god he still gives me werewolf vibes.

Ghiaccio always curls up to sleep and everyone who has seen him do this wonders about his spinal health

i cant tell whats the funniest way to go with gelato and sorbet: 1. Gelato is human, Sorbet is nonhuman (perhaps was once human). Gelato is insane and just a monsterfucker because of course he is. 2. sorbet is a human, gelato is a fucked up monster thing. unfortunately, sorbet is into that. 3. werewolf vampire romance. 4. gelato is a demon yet his stand is still angeleyes and sorbet still calls him angelface. 5. gelato is a turned being of some kind and sorbet is the one who turned him and gelato voluntarily let him do this because he thought it was hot

i had a thought that Limbo (my OC) could work at libeccios as like. a waitress and thats why (other than her being with narancia) she's super close with the bucci gang

squalo knows nothing of capitalism and relies completely upon tiziano

babyface glitches when going up against giorno

Fugo might have magical lineage, but it's been surpressed

Pesci knows a lot about the other members of la squadra due to Beach Boy's ability; in the monster au, rather than just hooking hearts and stuff, Beach Boy also just goes right for the soul and hooks the aura. unlike mista pesci knows well and good that hes surrounded by nonhumans but like what do you want him to do about it

animals are pretty much naturally alarmed by Formaggio's presence. ghiaccio tends to fluff up when Formaggio is too close to him.

prosciutto's eyes don't follow movement but he can still see

gelato is afraid of seagulls, chickens and most fowlbirds. this isnt monster au specific i dont know why but i imagine gelato is STUPIDLY fearless but when a seagull comes after his sandwich or a bird starts strutting towards him a little too fast he starts screaming and grabs a knife

regardless of what he is, gelato bites without warning whenever he gets the impulse

Narancia isn't too careful with hiding his formshifting from Mista but as long as he doesn't take a lupine form mista just assumes narancias weird like that

The bucci gang 'have' a 'cat' that's named narancia. it's actually just narancia in a cat form that he takes when he wants to seek physical affection or just be a weirdo, but mista doesn't know that

squalo knows how to write but can't spell or read. so he doesnt actually know how to write he just knows how to copy the letters.

narancia WILL tear up the couch if you leave him alone too long

along with turning blood into metal objects, in monster au, metallica also works the other way, allowing risotto to turn iron into blood. he eats a very iron-heavy diet to get his fix of blood without needing to directly drink it.

i also had the idea that he can drink your blood through your aura

melone and ghiaccio possibly have known each other for a really long time, and assuming ghiaccio is a turned ailuranthrope, melone might have known him before he was Turned and helped console him after the Incident.

bruising is common in physiological shifters like narancia, ghiaccio and limbo. Narancia, unlike the other two, though, is in semi-complete control of the way his cells assemble, so he's able to un-bruise himself, though the spot is usually still a bit sore. since he's been able to formshift most of his life, he's used to it, and doesn't really react beyond his weird 'teething habits.

with limbo and ghiaccio, they're more unfortunate, and often look bruised upon shifting back from theriomorph. most zooanthropes have 'morph hangovers' when a night is particularly bad, but they often learn to cope with it and carry on with their normal lives regardless.

MANY cryptians experience moon hangovers after the full moon.

though many aquabound maricrypt don't have lungs, maricrypt like sirens are able to take in air for the sole function of mimicking human speech.

selkies retain human vocal chords in seal form, and can seaspeak as well, but have a "seal" accent

most seafolk are sleek and pretty (in their water forms, at least) and that's why many seafolk are mistakenly thought to be all-female, because a lot of the males look twinkish or have "breasts" (breast-like organs which serve non-breast-like functions, usually).

limbo and narancia developed a stupid ass greeting of barking at each other in human form. they blame this on the adhd. they also blame the fact that the barks are REALLY convincing on the adhd.

honestly soft machine arc is just fucking disrespectful

squalo used to sleep with his eyes open until tiziano got too freaked out by it

[venomgender]

IM BRAVE ENOUGH unfortunately my signal is poop so no images are loading FUCK

THANK U MOE MY WARRIOR. i did not realize i made that original post 2 hours ago until i went to answer this ask WHOOPS. i was busy. n e ways. i have 2 main guys:

choi jaehui ^ Guy Whos Life Sucks. cjh is sooooo funny to me because the general concept of him (gay wizard) came to me in an incredibly vivid (at the time) dream and then he lived on just as 'gay wizard' in my head for like. a year and a half...? before i started actually developing him.

he ORIGINALLY was a like really snarky and full of himself necromancer based 100% off of typical shitty action manhwa protagonist (even his hair cut is stolen from one LOL) but 👆 hes so much more now. his life sucks now <3 LOL.

jaehui is the apprentice of one of his countries most powerful archmage's, he was originally an orphan just living on the street until one day his master happened to notice him using magic to steal food from a street vendor and, seeing his talent in magic, decided to take him in. that happened when he was around 10 or so.

BECAUSE OF THIS, he went from being a commoner to a noble, which all of the nobles surrounding him & his master Obviously Didn't Like, but they backed off once they saw jaehui's inherent talent in magic because of how useful of a Tool They Could Use he would be. jaehui of course noticed that the only reason anyone tolerated him was because of the magic and this did of course give him a complex.

cut to about 20 years later, every aspect of jaehui's personality that isnt "calm and agreeable archmage" is almost completely repressed, with the only exception (kind of.) being his master. the problem is, his master has been missing for serveral months. he finally has found a lead on his whereabouts, and a tearful reunion ensues! because what he finds is his masters corpse.

in this universe, any magic realted to "life" (healing, blood magic, necromancy...) is outlawed and its genuinely believed that you will basically condemn your soul to hell if you practice it. jaehui remembers this and then immeidtly attempts to bring his master back from the dead. he fails, though, being stopped by shua because hes about to summon a demon. he gets a cool tattoo as a mark of damnation on his eyeball though, so thats fun! speaking of shua...

joshua "shua" caballero <3 he also has a funny origin story in that i had the idea of an oc whos a mexican catboy who goes ña and made him. even his name is a joke bc all my friends have a guy named joshua that we obsessed over. but hes so much more now...

shua is the son of a subsidiary family of the caballero barony (aka his dad is the brother of the baron. you understand). he is also the head captain of the imperial knights! or, he was, until he overheard a plot of the imperial family kidnapping and brainwashing nobles that dont agree with them, and betrayed by the knights he considered to be his blood brothers as they killed him to keep him silent

he only survived because not every catperson can turn into an actual cat, and the fact that he could wasn't known by anyone besides his parents. but being betrayed by the very people he considered family worked out <3 because it was only after doing so did he realize his awesome nonbinary swag and actually get to explore his sense of identity outside of "someone meant to serve as a weapon for the crown" <3 jaehui is also transgender i didnt say it in his character profile but he is

anyways, shua's attempted murder happened about a year or so before jaehui's master went missing, and he's been trying to investigate that whole brainwashing thing since. that lead him to the same warehouse jaehui's master's corpse was being kept, which in turn lead him to meeting jaehui <3 talk about a meet cute <3 guy accidentally starts summoning a demon during a mental breakdown over his masters dead body <3 you know how it is!

but they meet there, and they realize 'huh we clearly have the same goal and need to further investigate why my master is dead / why the royals are brain washing people we might as well team up' and so they do! and more suffering ensues. but so does love <3 and more suffering <3 and more love <3

despite this being like 700 words this is only a very brief summary of just their base characters but if you want to learn more (in theory. i dont post tbh.) i have an oc blog for them too @choijaehui SMILE. thank you for asking and giving me an excuse to write about my guys + start thinking about them again. in the time it took me to write all this out its now also been 3 hours since i made that origal post thats crazy. well!

[jabberwockprince]

I'm cooking r1999 OC stuff so i need to ramble about it hehehoho rubs my evil hands together

i had to rewrite this because i lost it but i also sound like a madman so i dont expect absolutely anyone to understand my train of thought <3

I OC-fied Tartaglia a few days ago but I just got around to thinking about his whole character and lore, and it hit me that I can just put his ass in Apeiron <3 I'd like to have an OC in each faction but we'll see how much my attention span lasts

BUT! THIS MF.

I want him to be from Apeiron specifically because the idea of an integer or equally valid number within the island acting like the most fucking feral irrational number is so funny to me. a complete betrayal of the scriptures but that somehow ends up making sense, so you cannot be mad because He Still Operates Within What Was Expected. a guy whose entire existence is just ANNOYING AND IRRITATING AND INSUFFERABLE. perhaps he's a fraction, I'm not sure yet. I'm not looking forward to researching numbers to find one that suits him thematically and shit

most likely considered a genius in an unconventional way, not similar at all to 37. more like still following the theme of opposing/overstepping while working within the guidelines. so maybe something to contrast her

37's talent for numbers is explained as an innate ability to see the numbers in everyone and see their true essence, which causes her to be isolated from the physical world and the people of her own community because she does not experience nor care about reality the same way others do. its impossible to try and understand her, because her insight is so vastly unique, but she can still provide solid proof to support her discoveries with no problem at all, as seen when she confirmed Vertin's number is 0. she cares about the scriptures and numbers, and yet she likes taking the chance to discover one's number away from others just because she can be the first one to do it

so im thinking. Aianteia could be the opposite. he cannot see the numbers in people like her, but their true Forms. the perfect geometrical shapes that can only exist in the abstract world of Forms, impossible to achieve beyond a close approximation. and because he essentially sees the "beauty" in people, he cares for the community, he is friendly and often befriends others rather easily. but he can't fucking explain why he sees the world Like That. nor provide any proof as to why someone is This Form or That Form. which renders him totally useless within Apeiron, because of the importance of proof. he cares about people figuring out their number, to discover themselves and whatnot--he cares so much that he will gladly show you which Form you're meant to be, the way the universe intended it

and THIS is when the themes of battle and war and carnage come into play. when it comes to irrational numbers or the impure, Aianteia connects their "floating points" and knows exactly what to do to purify them. to make their bodies as pure as their Forms. im saying that he basically sees fancy ass geometrical shapes and lines that let him know where to start cutting and slashing and killing. this is something he does out of genuine love and care, so that those who cant even DREAM of studying the scripture can get a fair chance at discovering their number, as irrational as it may be. all they have to do is survive

im thinking. that his scars are self-inflicted because he attempted to do the exact same thing to himself. and he survived. and he figured out his number this way. he cannot explain why or how or give proof as to why he knows THIS is his number (in a way, similar to how 37 knew from birth that THIS was her number) but i like to think that 77 took a good look at him and went "hes right." and everyone had to just. accept that this guy, most likely a very young teenager, found out his number THROUGH THE "WRONG" WAY

WHICH. IN TURN. FALLS WITHIN WHAT 37 INSISTS DURING CHAPTER 05--numbers are the eternal truth because no matter when or where or how you prove something, you and the person at the other side of the planet will come up with the same result. Aianteia has an entirely different approach that led to the same conclusion as 77's mother. once again, the issue is that this is something that cannot be corrected nor given proof. relating to the gnosis of an arcanist, and how arcanum is not a viable method of study because it cannot be verified by a third party. my brain is making connections at the speed of SOUND. anyway. the issue is that he's RIGHT. which would make him a fraction, potentially, since 37 describes them like this

Integers are the living examples of virtues. Fractions can be understood through specific means. Irrational numbers are the free spirits, while imaginary numbers are the existence which doesn’t belong to this dimension of the number axis

so he can be understood through specific means, but no one can figure out WHICH means exactly

I do think that he starts out genuinely wanting to help people achieve their purest self, and somewhere down in the middle of the road he started to have a little too much fun with the idea of being the hand that brings Forms to the world of Matters. and then as he spends more and more time outside of Apeiron, it becomes a dog eat dog mentality, whoever survives gets to be their truest, purest Form -> the strongest get to impose their ideals onto the rest. Aianteia SAYS that he's doing this to uphold the scriptures and defend them in the outside world, and this is partially true as a childish leftover desire from his initial journey. but really, its all about getting the shit beaten out of him and beating the shit out of others now to see who earns the right to live

if the Storm has been going on for 7 years, it started when he was 19, so im thinking he was around 14-15 when he left Apeiron during one of those expeditions. and they let him go specifically because pretty much everyone wanted him gone

from what I remember, both Manus and the Foundation existed BEFORE the Storm? so im willing to say that Aianteia joined Manus before the first Storm ever. but i also dont want to think too hard on time logistics because we dont have the full timeline of the game yet

[wildernessuntothemselves]

Hey mort, I was planning to read your new fic now see them burn in fire since its release but I actually was able to read it only recently. I really like this unique setting, and I think your writing really shines with this theme, it's beautiful. And I like that it's named now see them burn in fire, it's been on your blog description for a few years right haha

I feel really bad for oc in this fic. I think she could've tried to befriend and appease to gyu when she went to meet him in the forrest as to get close to him and get him to trust her and possibly tell her his secrets and how he was able to get the flower he gifted her. But I understand she doesn't intend to be with him, and being nice and close to him can send the wrong message and put her in a complicated position. Either way she is in a terrible position.

I believe gyu is behind the terrorizing of the tribe, to get back at oc for rejecting him. Now, I'm not trying to blame oc because she is a victim, but I can understand how gyu who went through a lot and the only person who was nice to him and a friend cut him off in a harsh way (was there a nice way to do it? I don't even know. oc didn't want to be associated with him because of his image and reputation, how can she explain that to him?) would get very upset about this.

And now oc is in a very difficult place, but I dont know about her seeking gyu to talk to him or try to see if it's him behind this, I imagine it's gyu who will go after her, and maybe he will....kidnap her! I don't know, taking her far away might be the only way they could be together, I just hope he doesn't kill Kai. I wonder, maybe kai and oc will get married in a rush, and things will turn so bad for Kai. Another theory, maybe as to seek help oc will get over her feelings of guilt in a peak of desperation and hopelessness because of another big unfortunate event, and confess to her higher ups that there is someone outside the temple that knows secret information and some knowledge about dark magic because she told them, and that would lead to gyu getting killed, but somehow the curse won't let go of oc and her life would get even worse after his death, maybe he will curse her to death.

I'm really enjoying the fic, and I'm curious to what will happen next. I have to be honest, I do want to see gyu meeting oc and they talking haha but its true that him not appearing yet and being mysterious makes for a more scary and tense atmosphere, cause we don't know what he's up to.

Thank you. I really really like the setting. It is so new and challenging to me but so fun to explore and yeah i felt this fic needed to be called this for reasons

Yeah getting closer to him in her eyes wouldn't have been wise because she didn't want to risk anyone finding out or him doing or saying something that would ruin her marriage prospects. She also was afraid of letting him get even more access to her. Though it would've been nice to get more scenes with him 😭 and yeah her trying to trick him into telling her how he got the stuff is a really good idea

Gyu wasn't in a stable state of mind already and oc rejecting him so brutally definitely messed him up even more. I suppose she could have told him to back off rather than destroy his gifts though 😭

Ohhh imagine gyu kidnapping her and keeping her in a cave or something and like foraging for their food and stuff haha maybe oc would be freaked out at first but then she'd miss company and start to seek it from him because she literally has no one else. Kai can try coming after her but he doesn’t know the forest like gyu goes and it gets too dangerous and he might be forced to call it off

Oc and kai getting married can only end badly if yamqn has taught us anything 😭

Yesss oc telling the elders and them like burning him at the stake but he comes back to haunt her and it makes a self fulfilling prophercy where oc suspected him of what he didn't do but because of it be ended up turning into that very thing 😵‍💫

Thank you so much for sending this message you don't know how much it means to me. The second chapter has flopped hard i have never written a fic that did this badly which makes me so sad not just because we writers operate on feedback but because i genuinely am so excited about this fic and it is so disheartening to not have others share this with me (maybe it's because it's a dark fic? Maybe the animal cruelty trigger warning? The scary header? Idk i am genuinely lost)