#and were like 'i like your [trans] earring and your style and i think you should try this game' and handed me their card

[killmeprettypleasee]

Price x Ftm!lieutenant!Reader general dating hcs pls and tyy

Dating headcanons W/ John Price.

Warning: SFW AND NSFW mentioned, clingy price, mentions of killing someone, slightly possessive Price, switch Price and switch reader.

SFW

Before you and Price started dating, the two of you are already close friends, you two joined the military together and trained together back then before you guys are in your current ranks.

He is very sweet to you and supports you being a trans person.

He found out you were trans waaaayyyy back then, and the way he reacts was kinda random..

"Wait.. so your one of those transformers robots????" He looked at you dumbfounded as he scanned the surgery scars on your chest.

He was very confused.. but still supports you!

When someone was being toxic to you he WILL and not hesitate to unalive them.

He loves you too much see😭

He'll give them the coldest death stared making their bones quiver in fear.

He will cuddle you, and be hella clingy.

Imagine.

You both at the halls of the base and he's just hugging you, not caring if anyone is watching.

He would call you to his office to just hold you and have you sit on his lap.

Hell, every once i a while he'll make you skip training just to have you there with him..

He will never let you out of his sight.

NEVER.

You're his sunshine afterall, his Marshmellow to the hot cocoa, his sauce to the spaghetti, his peach to the eggplant (okay thats just weird..)

When you're both at home, he wouldn't let you go out to buy groceries and insisted that he should be the one buying.

He's just scared because he overthinks that someone will kidnap you.

He doesn't even care if you know self-defense 💀

When both of you go out on a date he'll take you out to the beautiful restaurants ever, but he rather keep it simply

He'll even buy you beautiful clothes to match your date.

One time both of you went to a Chinese sea food restaurant that serves raw and fresh sea food.

He bought himself those tentacles cus he wanna try them out.

End up sticking to his face.

Both of you gotta go to the doctor cus the tentacles suction wont let go.

He was traumatized and both of you never went to those fresh sea food restaurant.

NSFW

After ever date there should a spicy intimate time with him.

He would bend you over when you both in your car or at your house.

Just somewhere private where both of you could fuck.

He loves dominating you, but sometimes he also likes it when you're the one dominating him

He likes it when you overstimulate him till he's a whining mess when you're taking the lead.

You just loos so sexy ontop him while riding his cock while calling him a good boy.

It makes his cock twitch when you do that.

And the way you moan just sends him over the edge.

But when he's the one in control he would bend you over doggy style and hit your prostate head on with his tip.

He absolutely loves when you moan out his name.

Its just so cute.

He likes raw sex.

He wanna make sure to mark your insides aswell your body to show who you belong.

He loves it when your cunt squeezed his cock.

He'll call you a good boy for that.

When both of you are more on the romantic side he'll be gentle and loving with you.

He'll caressed your body and worship you.

He loves touching your scars btw.

He thinks its fascinating.

"God baby.. you're so damn beautiful.. such a handsome boy eh?.." He softly praised against your ear as he touched your scars.

He grunted when your cunt tightened around him.

"You're getting so tight around me baby boy.. such a good boy huh?"

Yeh...

He sometimes think about having a child with you sometimes.

This man has an extreme breeding kink...

Sometimes he'll rub your lower belly while he's fucking you cunt, whispering praises while he day dream of getting you pregnant.

He's glad you have a cunt ngl.

He could just impregnate you anytime..

But you're still a soldier and you still wanna keep the job so he respects that.

He'll wait when he's allowed to Impregnate you.

But he wont stop fucking you raw.

Sooo you have no choice but to go on birth control🤷.

[randomsufff]

HEHAHBFKI More South Park doodles I think I’m going insane.

Actually this is kind of the product of me being liking South Park way back in high school but was too embarrassed to draw them when I was bored in class and now it’s all kinda flooding back 💀

Read below if you want to know more about my New Kid and my thoughts behind some of the doodles cause this turned out longer then I though 💀

Anyways- introducing my New Kid. No name cause I literally have no idea. Whatever the cannon name is ig- though I’d think it’d be funny if she was referred to New Kid by literally everyone like in game. I like the idea that a lot of people have with their New Kids that they liked the makeover section with the girls during the Stick of Truth a little too much. I also like it cause… uh… I didn’t play Stick of Truth. (The combat system is not my cup of tea) So it’s not until the start of TFBW does she know shes really a girl.

To give context to the top right drawing- I couldn’t remember the dialogue Wendy says in the alleyway if you say you’re a trans girl- but I do know what she says if your a cis girl (I always knew you were a girl) cause I did a second play through as a cis girl. And I don’t know if there’s supposed to be a huge time jump between the end of Stick of Truth and TFBW but I think it would be funny if it was just the next day- so combine these two fact to get “Wendy always clocked New Kid as a girl but NK just found out yesterday 💀”

Anyways- she’s such a cutie, I love her and her cool superhero outfit I gave her. Outside of the game- I’d like to think of her basically exactly how she acts in game. Mostly non-verbal, with the occasional zingy one liner, and just kinda goes along with the crazy shit the happens in South Park un phased. Like if she was in a episode- the plot would happen and she would be on screen, but wouldn’t say anything, and anytime another character would address her, they’d respond however as if she spoke lmao. Aroace, just like me, so she’s just friends with everyone (except Cartman) and vibes with everyone.

The mini Style comic I though of cause 1) I wondered if Kyle had the same elf ears as the other elfs did in game (again, never played and it’s been a while since I saw gameplay so whoops if it’s confirmed or whatever) and 2) I thought it would be funny if Stan was caught lacking and tried to /rp his way out of it (I wanted to add an extra bit where Kyle would be like “Oh, are our characters gay for each other??? (ARE YOU /SRS OR /J STAN)” and Stan would have to just “yes, and” his way out.)

The last three images were kinda of a stream of consciousness put on paper and made neat lol. I really like showing that all the costumes the kids wear are homemade and stuff- either stuff taken from their parents or visibly taped together etc- cause I think it’s charming. Anyways- I though Kyle’s little robe could be like one of his parents bath robe- and it would be a little too long for him to run without eating shit so he’d have to hike it up like a skirt/dress. Which lead to me thinking that Cartman would say some shit about that and how Kyle, who has a literal Golf Club, would smack his ass up. Which then lead to me thinking about how since Kyle’s the Elf King and Stan’s basically his right hand how he might lift it up wedding dress style if needed (/RP GUYS, RIGHT?RIGHT???) and how Cartman would react, which lead to that one JoJo meme cause thats literally how they’d retaliate.

Always- I’ll probably have at least one more post about South Park I swear. There was a period of time before I stopped watching (I gotta pick it up again) where I would doodle a bit of whatever was happening in the episode, each episode. Crazy I know, but not only did it improve my drawing skills but it helped me remember what actually happened in episodes cause I have shit memory and definitely don’t remember some of the episodes I watched. So I might redraw some of those- see if anyone can tell what episode they’re from.

[xinnamonbun]

Got Nostalgic

So I decided to look at some old Inanimate Insanity humanizations I did a couple years back. I'm pretty sure I did these RIGHT when season 3 released. Good times-

(Looks)

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Below will be humanizations of: Soap, Bow, Paintbrush, Blueberry, Goo, Cabby, Test Tube, Cherries, Taco, Apple, Fan, Lightbulb, Suitcase, Balloon, Lifering, Microphone, Marshmallow, Nickel, and Yin-Yang

⚠️ WARNING OLD ART ⚠️

Off to a great start...the soap hair tie is almost cute...almost. (also I'd like to mention that I only knew like three types of shoes so you're going to be seeing these once or twice)

It's... Okay. This is one of the better ones we're going to see. Why does she have ballerina shoes???

I was really really bad at drawing guys and was much better at drawing girls (not that that was very good either). Paintbrush being an entirely different thing made me nervous that I was going to make them too masculine or too feminine. I remember being SO proud of myself... And like this one isn't terrible... But why are they wearing ice skates- (they're not supposed to be ice skates but that is NOT lined up)

Not terrible. I think that this still gives Blueberry vibes it's mainly the shoes that are bugging me. But other than that it's not BAD.

I remember one of my cousins called him Caillou, I sobbed... I hate that they were right- I MADE HIM BALD

Did not know how to draw a wheelchairs (still don't but I hope I could do better than THIS) THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE CABBY. END OF STORY. I also don't want to talk about the dress- it's bad

I guess I don't hate this one. I don't love it either. This one is pretty much just "I could believe that's test tube" BUT THERE'S NO SPICE

I had this headcannon that one of the cherries was trans which is why they never spoke because they were self-conscious of their voice. Not the worst head Cannon but I just can't see it anymore. These outfits also just suck. And the return of the ice skates-

This is season 1 Taco specifically and the idea was upon show to hide the hands while having her fancy spy outfit underneath. With the little that you can see of the spy outfit it sucks. The top doesn't look super bad I guess. I also gave her little fangs that I decided to make gray for some reason so they blended into her skin.

I remember this one was my absolute FAVORITE like I thought this was peak character design. It's not that good but at the very least it's definitely the most okay one here... Except for the fact that APPLE'S KNEES ARE LIKE 5/8 DOWN HER LEG- WHO BROKE YOUR LEG?!? Also are those green jeans? Also return of the ice skates.

RONALD MCDONALD!!! IVE FOUND YOUR COUSIN- in case it wasn't clear (it isn't) this is Fan... Excuse me while I bash my head into the wall- WHAT IS THIS ABOMINATION?!? AND ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER CASE OF ICE SKATES- I swear if I see one more ice skate I'm going to lose it-

This is...kinda adorable??? The hair doesn't fit though. I still like the socks.

This one isn't THAT bad, it's just...the nose. The idea of her having a backpack to carry stuff is still cute. And-... Are those. Ice. Skates. (Inhale) AAAAAAAAÆ---

Burn it with fire. I didn't even like this one when I first drew it! I always had plans of redrawing it but I never did. In case you need clarification this is Balloon... In my slight justification for why he's wearing... that. I was originally going to give all of the returning season 3 contestants vacation clothes because they thought they were going on a vacation but I didn't really do this with any of the others so it just looks out of place and ugly.

I saw an ad around the time I drew this that showed a child missing their upper lip. I thought that that would be an interesting design choice for Lifering to to represent the hole in his face. I was correct that it's interesting. It being a good design choice before this art style is a different topic- still like the earring I gave him though.

I hate those fingers. They're so small. I hate it. I remember this was my favorite outfit, and now I don't like it that much. But I guess it's not THAT bad. It's still kinda bad.

This is Marshmallow. I needed to lead with that otherwise you wouldn't know who this is. This is straight up isn't marshmallow. That is some random girl that should not be trusted with hair dye.

This one is just...okay. at least compared to the other ones on this list. It's not the worst. It's DEFINITELY not the best. His hair is... Something. Also the return of the ice skates

This one is honestly just funny to me now. Yin just looks done (I feel you buddy) I really played around with a vitiligo (the reason why they have both pale and dark skin; look it up) and I do like the concept I had of this I just don't think I have the skills at the time to properly pull it off.

Wait...is that it? IM FREEEEEEE-

Bonus: (this was made before season 3 and I only found this because it was one of the reference images for my Bow humanization shown above)

You know what I said about Balloon? I take it back. Burn THIS with fire.

Ok NOW I'm free.

(for the record I give you full permission to bash me in the replies, in fact I encourage it. I'm planning on making redo's of these humanizations with my (hopefully better) art skills. So pointing out things that you didn't like in the previous designs or things that you think would be nice to add are greatly appreciated feedback)

[rottenzombrainz]

How I DoL Love Interests!! (With some extras!)

my post where I said Eden looks like Leshy to me has been doing well. Not sure if it's because people really like it or if it's just because the DoL fandom is googles bigger than the TKDB fandom.... anyways here we go

Kylar - My Kylar is emo latino M!Kylar. Sorry, I don't make the rules (I do). I wish I loved F!Kylar more because I love fem yanderes but I just... see him as a guy. an emo guy. Not the fashionable Pinterest kind though- the kind that only ever wears black band tees with black jeans and that's his outfit to everything.

Whitney - My Whitney is a cunty transfem gyaru gal. Gyarus are some of the sweetest folks ever but anime has conditioned my brain to correlate them with bullies. Everytime I try and imagine Whitney, I just see Musume Ronshaku. Which I hate. I wanna atleast change that cognitive connection to Shiipon from Akiba Maid Wars.

Sydney - My Sydney is nothing special. He's... Sydney. Refined-looking tall white boy with a strawberry blonde ponytail and glasses. However... my corrupt Sydney..... she's a goth girl. Simple trad goth though. Like Allison Reynolds from The Breakfast Club.

Robin - My Robin doesn't really have anything visually distinct about them like a stylish style or something. To me, Robin is genderfluid. And... that's really it. Robin is one of the more dynamic characters when it comes to how I see them- my Robin is different every playthrough unlike my Kylar who is ALWAYS a stinky little emo.

Alex - Physically, my Alex looks like most folks' M!Alex. Reddish-orange short hair, tan skin, a little bit of hay sticking out his mouth. And that's fine. He's a simple guy. a simple.... trans guy..... mwahahahaha!! Okay that's it for the trans headcannons I promise

Eden - There's nothing more to be said that I haven't already with this post.

Avery - I would love to imagine F!Avrey. I would love for her to be my PC's hot sugar mommy. But no. Avery is a creepy old business man who can't get bitches so he buys the love of the youngest possible adults he can find. Avery is the guy on main street New York who cat calls you for wearing a skirt. Avery is your dad's creepy friend who's known you since you were "just a kid" and tells you "You've aged so well!". I do not like Avery and Avery fans I am sorry.

Great Hawk - GREAT HAWK <3 I fucking love Great Hawk. My Great Hawk is a big great monster boy with the biggest wingspan and the longest feathered tail. He has feathery arms legs fit with talons but aside from that and his wings + tail, he looks like a regular human. If a regular human was 8 feet tall with yellow pinning eyes.

Black Wolf - I don't really interact with black wolf or the wolf pack often but to me, Black wolf is just... just a black werewolf. The anthro kind- not the "human with ears and tail" kind. I could see BW as male or fem but I think I prefer the idea of a tough fem werewolf.

Is that all the LI's? I think so... I hope so.... now for some extras

Bailey - Although I'm pretty sure Bailey is around the same age as the other older named NPCs, I see him as the youngest- probably in his early 40's. My Bailey is a guy because this isn't fucking Annie life may be tough but it's not a hard-knock life.

Briar - Briar. Briar is that 50 yr old lady you see while on a blind date drinking an entire bottle of wine by herself. Briar is the kind of lady you DON'T go up to at a gas station if you feel unsafe because being with her would make you feel even unsafer. Briar is the lady on the street who approaches young school kids asking them if they want an "adult" job. But God dammit she does pay me good money for the vending machine and shows....

I had a few other characters planned but it kinda just boiled down to if they were m or f and if they were creepy or not. I guess I could do the other named NPCs if I'm asked nicely. Or rudely. Or asked at all.

[gwenthebard]

Random Basic Hair Care Advice

I realized recently that a lot of people, especially trans women, arent actually taught basic hair care and it made me want to write some stuff ive learned

If you're someone that uses a dandruff shampoo consistently because of itching havw someone check that it isnt product buildup. If you use too much product/dont wash it out all the way it can get stuck and cause itch and stuff that looks like dandruff

For most people you dont need to use shampoo everytime. If you have medium hair or longer? Shoot for no more than three times a week. If youre trying to help curl health shampoo even less

For curly hair if youre trying to get healthy curls only use shampoo when your roots start to feel a little oily. Bristle brushes can draw this out, but thats more advanced hair care and more maitenance

You should use conditioner more often than you use shampoo, but not every day. If you use shampoo three times a week, condition five. If you use shampoo twice a month, use it three or four times a week.

If you have medium hair or longer DONT apply Conditioner like shampoo. Get a small amount of conditioner, only apply it to the hair below your nose working it in deeply, and let it sit for a few minutes before washing it out

DONT dry your hair in the stereotypical "rub a towel on your hair" way if your hairs medium length or longer. You can squeeze it damp with a towel, and air dry or blow dry, but you dont want to create a lot of friction or itll cause frizz

If you can braid your hair and have long hair do it before bed. If you cant, putting it in a ponytail before bed still helps. Itll make it less frizzy and less knotted in the morning

Hairbrushes can be really bad for your hair, not counting bristle brushes which are more advance haircare. If your hairs straight theyre fine, but if its wavy or curly you want to use them rarely. I usually only use a hairbrush once a week and before a shower because I have lightly curled hair

Using a wide toothed comb or your fingers is pretty much fine for working out knots and styling your hair, and actually healthier for it than a plastic brush most of the time. The problem is its not as effective at catching knotting, youll need to do it like two or three times a day, and youll want to be vigilant to catch knotting turning to matting. Youll alsp want to still occassionally use a hair brush just to make sure none are forming

If your brushing your hair, with a hairbrush or otherwise, DONT start at the scalp. Start a few inches from the bottom of your hair and work up to your ears. Brush your hair in sections up to your ears each time. Finish off doing your scalp and take it slow. DONT try brushing a knot all the way out in one go. Brush until you feel resistance, go a little back up, brush it back down. A knot at the back of your hair will take a while to brush out without breaking stuff, because youll want to slowly work it down and out

Once or twice a year while growing out your hair youll want to get someone to cut off dead and split ends. Itll make your hair look less frizzy and make it grow out better

If your hairs matted because you were depressed or sick its not the end of the world. You can get the matts out, and probably save most of your hair. Smaller matts, at the back of your head or otherwise, you can get a friend to help you work out with some tutorials and basic supplies and time. More matted hair you can call salons or hairdressers and ask if they will help with that sort of thing

I'm definitely missing some things, and I'm still on the journey of learning these things myself so someone might have better advice than what I wrote above, but this helped me a lot and is the sort of thing I think a lot of people trying to care for longer hair should know

[madschiavelique]

so sorry if ur busy w requests and no rush at all but.. i am experiencing a drought of miguel and trans masc reader smut.., maybe something w doggy style and being so overstimulated that he has to hold you up in a chokehold 🫣 no pressure and your service is greatly appreciated

okidoki so I have never written about a trans character/reader before, and I really REALLY hope I did a proper thing here. (I tried my best and made a bit of research on how to write this because i would feel so bad if i ever offended anybody in the trans community, so please if there’s anything in this that you feel is offensive or misrepresenting, PLEASE tell me so that i can correct the mistake(s) in question)

summary : miguel fucking transmasc!reader to overstimulation

content warnings : SMUT (18+) minors dni, transmasc!reader x miguel, pnv sex, no use of Y/N, mentions of oral sex (reader receiving) here are the words i will be using for certain parts of the reader’s body (i considered that perhaps reader had had top surgery but not bottom surgery and takes T - testosterone) : for the top : chest, pects | for his bottom : clit, front hole word count : 587

tag list : @fandom-ash

status of my requests according to the date of this post : CLOSED (asks are open though)

Miguel knew that it hadn't always been easy for you to appreciate your body, and he didn't care what it looked like, because no matter what it looked like, he'd worship it, especially during sex.

You felt like one of those cis teenagers between junior high and high school who was horny all the time, and Miguel was more than happy to satisfy all your little needs. He'd been pleasuring you with your desires for almost two hours now, while overstimulating you with his, and you were getting increasingly sensitive.

Your elbows were pressed against the sheets, your hips raised as Miguel was pounding into your front hole. Your back was arched and his dick was hitting you in the spot that made your whole body tingle with pleasure.

"Look at you," he grunted as he lowered his torso to your back and brought his lips to your ear, the approach eliciting a long, pleading moan as he pressed even deeper into you. "I have such a beautiful boyfriend."

It was as if your whole body was tingling uncontrollably with every thrust of Miguel's inside you, as if your skin was a kind of cloud in which little flashes of lightning were all fighting together to crack first.

He rubbed your clit softly, he had noticed how it had swollen since you started taking T. The sounds your changing voice made were pure heaven. He was so eager for it to get bigger and to be able to give you proper blow-jobs, to be able to wrap his whole tongue around it while your hand was tangled in his hair.

Oh and how he loved kissing your chest, his fingers softly tracing your pects as he licked and kissed your skin. The way he felt your heart beating under your skin when he kissed you there made his cock twitch.

The changes in your body made your voice deeper, and he loved the sounds you made. His name, pronounced by your lips, changed colour in his mind, and all he wanted to do was make you repeat it over and over again to hear you speak.

But you had noticed in particular how much more powerful your orgasms had become, the sensations seeming to increase tenfold. In fact, you could already feel the next one coming, the heat filling your body and covering it in a layer of warmth.

"Miguel," you breathed with difficulty, "I'm gonna..." but you couldn't finish your sentence, all the sensations hitting you altogether making it impossible for you to think straight.

"Yes, say my name baby," he said, kissing your shoulders and back, giving you this contrasting caress of all the feelings that were mixing inside you.

"Miguel," you murmured breathlessly.

His thrusts grew even faster and more intense.

"Miguel..." you moaned as the knot in your stomach tightened.

The friction Miguel was applying to your clit accelerated as Miguel put his hand on your neck.

"Scream my name, querido," Miguel growled close to your ear as he pressed lightly on the sides of your neck.

The knot tightened, and in an instant, everything that was happening and stirring inside your body went white.

"Miguel!"

The orgasm came, and you felt as if you were being electrified, your voice going off the rails as your whole body vibrated. Miguel kissed your cheek as he slowed his pace inside you, caressing your neck gently as you shuddered, the sensations so powerful that you were overcome with emotion.

"You did so good, mi sol."

[tailsbeth-writes]

Floral jacket + FirstPrince please? 🪻

I got 2 requests for this so you're getting a two parter! Part one:

Henry had never particularly enjoyed fundraising galas, always too many hands to shake and not enough space to breathe in whatever suit the royal stylist put him in. Thanks to Percy and the shelters though, he had found there was a better way to do them. A way, he dare say, found fun.

Henry's outfit had been designed by an up and comer AKA Keisha, a trans girl at the shelter that Percy was hoping to get to fashion school one day. All of the staff were to be styled by the kids in some way for this particular evening, some would be painting their nails or styling hair, others would be adorned in their artwork or embroidery or in Henry's case, have outfit designed from head to toe. In return the kids got to lead on where the money was best put to use, Percy had insisted and Henry couldn't agree more.

When Henry put the white jacket on at a fitting, Keisha lit up. Henry grinned as he gave a small spin for Keisha to see her design in its full glory.

‘Do you like it?’ Nerves tipped into her voice and Henry chuckled.

‘Of course I do, it's magnificent.’

*****

‘Hen, delivery!’

Alex called from the hall, Henry ran down the stairs like a child on Christmas day. He regained his composure as he signed for the garment bag.

‘What’s got into you, baby?’ Alex looked at him puzzled. Henry held up the bag.

‘C’mon, let’s head upstairs.’

He grabbed Alex's hand and pulled him along.

‘You don't have to ask me twice.’

When they reached the bedroom, Alex grabbed Henry's shirt collar and pulled him in for a filthy kiss. His hands slipped into Henry's hair, his thumb scratched the back of his ear and Henry let out a whimper. Before things could get any more heated, Henry placed a hand on Alex’s chest to give them some distance. Alex’s mouth gaped open, his lips were red and swollen.

‘You absolute demon. If you could kindly stop thinking with your cock for one minute, I’ve got something to show you.’

Part Two

[hostilemuppet]

So the first piece of art of yours that I saw was the comic where two of Bruce’s kids came out has trans to him and Branch tells him he’s a good dad and Bruce said he wishes their parents were supportive of him.

After that I came upon the one where JD decides to pierce his ear. And ends up with a date with a trucker.

And after that it was your first Floyd/Creek comics where Creek thinks he’s tricking Floyd but Floyd his aware and using him to get expensive stuff!!! It was between those three that I started following you.

While your style has changed since those little comics, I’ve always found your art amazing!!! And funny!!!

I keep coming back for more art and comics. I don’t read most of the asks you get so what ever happens on chapter 14 will probably be a complete surprise for me.

I do have a few questions from those first comics, have you ever considered drawing Bruce before he came out has trans? Maybe a little comic flashback of him coming out to his family? Also why was Branch so surprised? Didn’t he know Bruce was trans? And or was he… wait is Branch a he or a she? I forgot to ask before I didn’t understand in the story, if Branch came out has a boy or a girl. What I was going to say was Branch surprised that he wasn’t the only trans in the family?

As for the JD comic, have you ever considered drawing that date JD had with the trucker troll?

Also I think I once saw a Spotify playlist for Fleek with a cover of Floyd eating sushi from Creek’s back? Did I imagine that? Cause I can’t find that art on either of your twitter accounts.

Speaking of Creek’s back, what does he’s tramp stamp look like?

first of all tysm! thats very kind of you 😊 ill go through em point by point:

1- the comic where branch finds out bruce is trans wasnt related to the tdau at all, it was based on actual canon, so that version of branch wasnt intended to be a trans he/him butch he was just a cis dude. branch didnt know bruce was trans bc he wasnt even a year old at the point of the breakup and bruce had been living solely as a man for years, maybe as young as 13? (he wouldve just decided "can you call me a he? and grandma can you start buying me boy clothes at pop troll walmart?" i dont think he wouldve had the resources available to know what transgender even meant at that point) and never ended up telling branch before the breakup bc... well hes like 6 months old. and he doesnt need to know anything about "spruce"s body. and over the years bruce just kinda forgot that branch didnt know, which is why he mentioned it so casually

2- i did actually draw the troll jd had a date with! his name is clyde (although i think calling him clyde S.D. ale would be cute. like clydesdale, and also ale like the alcohol). this art is old atp so maybe ill give him a fresher coat of paint, just like im planning for jds manic pixie dream rock troll girlfriends who hate him

3- i. yes. yes i did draw floyd eating sushi off creeks back and ass before 😭 based off a very good screenshot from captain laserhawk with rayman eating sushi off a cow woman. i drew it twice in fact, with the second being a redraw. here are both of them

i considered redrawing it a third time bc i massively overhauled how i drew trolls but i think if i keep doing it itll stop being funny

4- creeks (NON CANON) tramp stamp, i think would be ocean themed with seashells and waves. maybe ill design creeks tramp stamp today, but again its NOT CANON its not actually a thing in the tdau. unless alex wants it to be

[outeremissary]

Roots for Kas + Balthazar; motion for Kas; and change for Balthazar?

Thanks for the ask!! This got Really Out of Hand so I'm um. Putting it under a cut. WHOOPS. I hope you enjoy looking at a gazillion images from the Pandora Hearts artbooks

[prompt]

Balthazar

roots: Is your OC's look inspired by any specific style of clothing or fashion trend? What are the roots and/or inspiration for their look?

The inspirations!!! So, I know I mention it periodically, but Balthazar’s clothes take not insignificant inspiration from ouji fashion. It was very present in manga I read in my formative years and I have a lot of fondness for it. Elegant, flamboyant, androgynous… I love it. And unsurprisingly the same kinds of historical European noble fashion that inspire ouji also inspire me from time to time. I was going to include some examples but uhhhh I think there are going to be enough images in this asdlfijas

A specific inspiration though has got to be the work of Jun Mochizuki. I absolutely love Mochizuki-sensei’s art, and the styles in Pandora Hearts and The Case Study of Vanitas are just. So huge in my mind forever. Years ago Balthazar had a much less flamboyant style that was pretty directly inspired by Vanitas himself; over time he’s moved towards flashier looks, but there’s still a Vanitas element to him, I think.

change: Has your OC ever drastically changed their appearance? Significant haircuts, big tattoos, complete wardrobe swap, etc? Why? How do they feel about the change?

God, he’s gone through enough that this is practically a life history.

So, two important things to know are that 1) Balthazar was born poor and 2) Balthazar is a trans man. So early in life Balthazar had pretty limited access to choices of clothing, often wearing hand-me-downs from the neighbor’s daughters that were, though well cared for, worn and usually plain, and meant for a little girl. At the time Balthazar’s father Kostas left Balthazar’s hair long, not unlike the way Kostas remembered the hair of Balthazar’s mother. The first big change would have probably been when in an act of anger and desperation, Balthazar cut his hair practically to the root while his father was out. Kostas was upset and confused, but tried to be ginger around the clear distress Balthazar was expressing. Some time after this Balthazar began finding ways to access more masculine clothing from charity, secondhand stores when he could scrounge up the money, and occasional theft.

In his teens, during the period where he was living with his teacher, he slowly began to change his image again, emulating his idea of a fashionable young man of high society. Time away from his childhood home had slowly given him more comfort being in public and with the sense that he passed, and he had begun to introduce himself with a new name when in public. He also had gotten far, far better at coming up with money in order to indulge his tastes. He was also very good at finding friends, lovers, and benefactors to give him gifts. Over this period his sense of style started to resemble his present wardrobe. He got his ears pierced and began experimenting with jewelry. He also began to grow out his hair again, wearing it long and artificially straightened for a period due to a popular trend. This was the first time he started to feel really comfortable with how he existed in public. Somewhere in here, also top surgery, because if a game is going to say “there’s well developed non-magical medical knowledge in this fantasy world” I’m going to go “awesome there’s top surgery.” I am allowed to have this and no one is allowed to argue with me <3

After being thrown out of his teacher’s home, Balthazar lost of lot of his wardrobe and over the ensuing years much of what he had began to get increasingly worn out. He stopped straightening his hair, and when he finally left Absalom he cut it short. It felt like a fitting fresh start. Though the haircut may have also helped soothe nerves- both the anxiety of leaving behind all he had known before and the sense that his control over his appearance and his general presence in the world had been deteriorating. His style became simpler for a time as he sold off trinkets and unnecessary things piecemeal to finance his travels when money was tight. The Balthazar who arrived in Brevoy was one who had slowly but surely become more subdued and practical, even if he still clung to some of his old extravagant trappings where he could and was certainly not prepared for a true wilderness trek.

After the defeat of the Stag Lord, Jamandi Aldori did finance a new wardrobe fitting for a Brevic nobleman as a gift, but Balthazar didn’t truly come back into his own until he met the tailor Sharel. Sharel has been very good at working with Balthazar’s flashy and unconventional personal tastes and designed a lot of the clothes Balthazar has worn since becoming the ruler of the Stolen Lands (as well as reworking favorite pieces to accommodate the wings later on). Balthazar has a great deal of respect for Sharel’s work as an artist. He appreciates what Sharel does more than he expresses- and given how he loves to tease Sharel by showering him with praise, that’s a lot of appreciation.

The other major developments of Balthazar’s life have been supernatural. Balthazar’s halo first manifested when he was around seven or eight (the first clear sign that he was an aasimar), but he generally suppressed it to avoid notice. As his powers as a sorcerer developed, however, this became more and more difficult. Over the course of the game’s plot his halo becomes much brighter when manifested and can no longer be fully suppressed without active effort. The result is that there’s often a faint glow around him- usually not clearly visible in daylight or bright indoor spaces, but unmistakable in dim light. Shortly after the events of chapter three, he also develops wings very suddenly. He has a deep loathing for the clearly supernatural parts of his appearance, and the wings in particular cause a great deal of distress.

Kasander

roots: Is your OC's look inspired by any specific style of clothing or fashion trend? What are the roots and/or inspiration for their look?

Well, for the most part I just draw Kas in clothes that they have worn in the game. It’s nice to be so laid back about things from time to time, haha. Kas is my first serious character in years who is meant to mostly resemble an in-game appearance from a video game.

With that said, the pre-canon outfits I did design myself. Notably, the assassin/cultist outfit was conceptualized extremely early on (within two or three days of starting the game…) and was meant to be inspired by a kind of edgy, sexy character in 90s and early aughts pop culture who skulked around in black leather to let you know they were Dangerous. I had a kind of femme fatale vision in my mind. Although I didn’t actually reference anything specific when designing, I can easily point to Trish from Devil May Cry and Testament from the early Guilty Gear games as examples of what kind of thing I mean. I hope this makes sense. I hope this doesn't look crazy.

You see what I mean.

The boots are based directly on a real pair from the brand Demonia. I have no idea how I found this real pair and I apparently didn’t save whatever images I was working off of, so I can’t show them to you. I just reference my old art when I need to draw them now :’)

motion: How does your OC move? How does their clothing help or hinder their range of motion? Are they flexible, coordinated, clumsy?

Although Kasander tends to be awkwardly restless when trying to sit still, they actually tend to move in very precise, fluid ways. They’re someone who’s really meant to be moving- they’re built for it. They’re extremely quick and agile, and it often takes people off guard at first meeting just how fast they are when they start moving. There’s a lot of grace to them- somewhat undercut by a tendency for big, enthusiastic or dramatic gestures, but still so clear. And they revel in movement in a way that’s equally clear- always bounding ahead and then falling back when walking with someone, quick to dart up to a higher position or leap over obstacles, turning with arms thrown wide in a spin on the heel. They’re always happy to take the harder path when it means some tricky footwork. They way they move is joyful. They have a great deal of comfort in their body.

Before the Tadpole Era, their clothes tended to complement this fairly well. Their clothes fit well and were designed to accommodate their range of motion (high) and level of activity (high). Even their cloak was meant to be short enough not to get in the way, and the clasp of it could be easily released to drop it as quickly as possible (useful to shed anyone grabbing onto it or simply to be rid of something loose that could be pulled around the throat). The paladin clothing is… less well suited to them. Although the armor has been refitted to their body, the tabard remains loose, meant upon examination for someone slightly larger. It’s a little awkward, and it sometimes tangles or catches at inconvenient times. And while the armor is fairly good for their range of motion, it’s also far heavier than they’re used to- a serious adjustment. Over time they’ve become used to it and are still quite agile, but they could certainly use far more of their potential without it.

[kime-ga-scribble]

The Kou Pikat Infodump Post (that gets less organized as time goes on)

ok so you're probably wondering who the fuck that blue bastard on my pfp is well, it started from a dream I had at one point. gonna copy and paste bullet points of it I sent to my friend @wowimkindastupid (who also helped me name this guy).

"the perspective doll"

introducing itself just. Copying someone else's voice.

said it wasn't allowed to just completely copy someone's appearance I think. Implying it can do that

and then it proceeded to introduce the floor's gimmick by using some pin to become Sara's grandpa or something??

the pins scattered around the floor that might have physical changes also come with like. Access to their memories. There were probably ones of the contestants but idk who else

the original design I remember from the dream was some white human-looking guy with a blue cloak-cape-thing and hair that was some variety of brown, so it's. reasonable I didn't want to just use the original design from the dream. even if there's Nothing There I think having him be practically nude would be a tad. odd.

so I tried to alter the design a little. and ended up making this with help from heroforge(because I. never did this kinda shading before and wanted to be sure I didn't screw up the proportions)

attempted to base him a bit off a Dalgona Blue Matcha Latte because the colors were close enough to how he was in the dream and I wanted to at least keep his cloak thing. (also there's one detail this drawing is missing but I'll add it if I ever try and do a better High Effort Attempt At Mimicking The Game Style) dunno if he really. resembles it that much. but hey I didn't realize gashu was related to tiramisu whatsoever until it was pointed out still may rework the design slightly

"so wait, what's his floor like?" I imagine it starts off as just. hearing what sounds like one of the other participants. but they're right next to you. go investigate, and you meet this guy. he explains the pin fuckery a little, maybe gives one, and then just. set lose on the floor. also I got a pic of doodles and notes on what it's like.

though I'm already projecting onto him in some ways, I'm a little afraid of making him too much of a self-insert. otherwise I'd absolutely give him my animal interest. Maybe at some point he chats with gin and go "I like you kid. I'll give you a pin to take with you to the next floors" Kou might like playing with humans in a sense, but not exactly the same as Midori. More of an interest in human adaptability than tormenting them until they break. Though his floor may focus more on adapting to changes to the body, it's unlikely it's just that variety he takes interest in. Might even include something like

he does occasionally sneak his pins onto others. this has probably made someone realize they're trans at some point. (I may not quite see midori as transfem, but I feel like midori has SOMETHING going on gender-wise. there's something transgender about replacing working parts of your body with artificial ones I think.) anyways the one detail missing on the one pic earlier is on the hands. got some doodles to try and show it along with something else not quite visible. gonna add bullet point notes.

even when disguised, he still has an odd texture on his right hand and that little slot on the left. He Makes The Pins (Sorta), with the right hand scanning to determine it and the left being the one it comes out on. Yes, he can shoot the pins at people.

there's actually a set list of pins. he can't add to the list.

"why does he have an ear tag instead of a collar?" though the collar was able to adjust to size, changing between something larger and something smaller could stretch it enough to make it easier to slip out.

"couldn't the contestants use this?" you can't use multiple pins at once, you'd have to remove one to use another. Kou's shapeshifting may be limited in some ways, but he doesn't need to switch to his original form to change to another. If there is a pin of Kou himself, it doesn't include his shapeshifting. There MIGHT be some sort of "omni-pin", but it's likely there's only one and that he has it hidden on him somewhere.

I got the mental image of him invisible and crawling around on the wall like a gecko or something and gin just pointing to seemingly nowhere saying that he can smell him and kou just. revealing himself. like spy tf2 turning off the cloak. so that's canon to me now ig

his ear tag is probably welded to him physically and unable to be removed.

"where did he come from" / "was he human once or based off a human"? no idea, tbh. I imagine he might have some identity-related issues (if you are created to wear others' faces, is it unreasonable to not know your own?) but I'm not entirely sure what specifically. There's a possibility he was made specifically with the intention to make ranger feel inferior or be jealous of or something. If that's the case I imagine kou isn't even trying to be mean at all, but ranger just. hates him. maybe envy and a refusal to admit it's envy. Like a sibling you feel is better than you at everything. but the idea of ranger working with him to mess with people is tempting enough I'm not sure I'll go with that, though it's possible it could happen if I do go with it if they both hate someone enough. also I STILL don't know how the pins work. it feels odd not having an explanation for how they work, even if it's something ridiculous like the rainbows that turns people into snails using some kinda subliminal effect in jjba part 6. but also I got no ideas for how it could work and include all the silly little things about it

surprised you got to the end of this. here's a drawing I felt sucked too much to try and finish.

[inky-of-the-whales]

Team Player

I want to write fanfiction. It's not my first time having this thought. I'm an artist in more ways than one. I make music, I draw, and I just simply create. I used to be shy of the idea, of not wanting "fanfiction" to be my digital footnote. I think that after a while of maturing and figuring out who I am, I don't actually care what I do as long as it's legal and makes me happy. So, I think starting tomorrow, I'll write my first fanfiction. I use character AI and it's not enough anymore. I need to write it all myself. I've been brainstorming, so tell me what I should add more of or work on. Feedback is appreciated as well as requests. Anyway, here's a sample of my writing style,

Tags and warnings: Trans!FTM!OC x Steve Harrington, hints of misogyny, dysphoria, hints of angst if you squint, Stranger Things, Soccer Player!Steve, College scene. Enemies to Lovers.

Brief Description: Micah is a trans college student who lives in a frat house and plays collegiate soccer. Micah is also an AP honors student.

Don't mess this up.

The thought played in his mind like a broken record, repeating over again and again.

This was his least favorite thing about parties. He always had to learn what to do and say all over again, constantly reading the room.

Currently, Micah was at a loss as he watched himself from the outside. He could see how he was making an ass of himself in front of the guy he was trying to impress, but in his microscopic brain, he believed this was the vibe the room was on. Micah figured if he seemed like the other assholes in the room, he too would be treated like one.

"Yeah, she's such a bitch. Yammering in my ear all the fucking time." He grumbled and laughed with the other guys. One of them spoke up, quirking a brow. "You think that's news? Most women are." The boy said, splashing his beer on the fresh carpet as he tilted his head back to laugh. Micah narrowed his eyes at the guy, growing quiet. He watched in disgusted awe as the guy took the lead on the conversation.

Micah stared, trying to memorize his movements so that he too could copy them the next time he was addressed. It wasn't in Micah's nature to be misogynistic or rude. He respected the female agenda, he wasn't an incel after all. Micah only acted stupid to blend in. To be treated like the other men in the room.

He could hear a can crunch behind him and he didn't need to turn around to know who it was. He knew that voice anywhere it briefly made him forget the whole mission he was on. Micah cleared his throat and stood to his feet, trying to retreat before Steve could catch him. Micah made an ass of himself earlier that week during soccer practice that week.

Micah was lacing his cleats in the boys' locker room, nothing new, as he tied his shoes and fumbled a bit, tying and retying the bunny ears, Steve bumped him. Micah stood abruptly and glared at him. The boy's eyes filled with a fire and he scoffed at Steve. Steve, who was in the middle of an apology, paused and scoffed in return.

"What's up your ass, Williams?" Steve asked and huffed. Micah rolled his eyes, keeping his eyes on Steve's even though a beautiful, slightly tanned, and certainly chiseled by angels, stood before him.

"Apparently you, since you're having a hard time watching where you're going." Micah muttered and huffed. Steve looked at him with shocked eyes and stammered as he quickly denied it.

"No! S-shut the hell up. I wouldn't even bang you if you were a chick-" Steve said and narrowed her eyes at Micah. The irritated boy now looked amused and smug. He raised an eyebrow.

"You wouldn't last a minute."

Micah left the locker room, leaving an annoyed Steve behind.

Micah hadn't talked to Steve since then and he certainly didn't want to talk to him right now.

Micah sighed and slipped through the hordes of bodies. If being in a frat wasn't cheaper than a regular dorm, Micah would be somewhere in a personal dorm away from everyone here. He normally didn't come downstairs for parties, but he was promised pizza. Gaining social status was simply a bonus of traveling down the steps of the frat house.

Micah slipped into the kitchen, the boy sighing deeply as if he'd escaped Harrington altogether. The boy was still in the house, he couldn't exactly run from him. He scratched his eyebrow, being careful not to snag his piercing. Micah looked nothing like a frat boy. He wore black polos and thick cargo pants, his face adorned with a lip piercing, an eyebrow piercing, and dimple piercings (obviously he took them out for soccer. The boys often called him names for his odd fashion, but he always ignored them. He ignored his parents the same.

Micah carefully poured cranberry juice in a red solo cup, but when someone came into the kitchen he began to pour vodka instead.

"Ahem." Steve cleared his throat. Micah knew it was too good to be true. Micah ran a hand through his hair, a few of his locs getting caught against his metallic rings. He looked at Steve with an annoyed expression. "Yes, Your Highness?" Micah asked. "It's captain, and hopefully one day you'll get it right," Steve said and walked over to Micah. He nudged him out of the way with his hips and Micah scoffed at him. "Don't start. We're not on the field." Micah said and sighed.

In reality, Micah was glad that it was Steve who was the team captain and not Bradly. Stupid Bradly, who got everything he wanted because he had rich parents and a big dick. Micah took a sip of his concoction and grunted at the burn of the drink. He let out a satisfied, "ahh.." as if he hadn't just singed his throat. Steve looked at him, not fully convinced by the act, but he turned back to his own drink. Micah glanced as Steve's hand moved fluidly.

His hands..

Micah watched the way his muscles tensed and untensed. He admired the veins and tendons there and he suddenly felt like the gayest man alive, in both definitions of the word. He cleared his throat, swallowing to stop the drool from dripping into his cup. He took another sip.

"Blackout already? I knew you were a light weight, but not that light." Steve said, his orange juice cocktail complete in his hand. Micah sighed and chuckled softly. He then cleared his throat, realizing he was losing a grip on what he was doing. He was supposed to be blending in not frothing at the mouth for some white boy.

But Steve wasn't just any white boy. He was the pretty and sexy kind. He was the "All American" kind. The kind that played 5 sports and were too athletic for their own good; the kind that looked like models and actors; the kind that looked good in anything and nothing at all.

Micah's freckled cheeks were an unnoticeable red hue. His dark, rich skin looked like actual chocolate under the lights. Steve had been staring at him, waiting for answer for at least 3 seconds now. Micah rolled his eyes finally.

"I'm not drunk, I'm just not used to deciphering paleolthic speech." He grumbled. Steve scoffed and chuckled.

"Come up with that one on your own or did you steal it from My Space?" Steve quipped.

..

Credit to @snailspng for the border! <3

Thanks for reading! Make sure to give me feedback. I'll pick this up again, but for now, that's the end of this draft!

Edit: I didn't realize I put reader and not OC

[bilboyagathechickenfootedhobbit]

(on my suspiciously empty side acc because anons are off and i don't need anything remotely personal connected to main) you seem like someone who may not mind teenagers asking for advice, lol. so: you mentioned in a post that the hair on your head is shorter than on your arms and legs. made me incredibly jealous. i've been wanting to buzz mine for ages. i keep chickening out. it's already very short and generally non-standard but it feels like a step too far, yk? i was joking with my parents about a girl i'd just met who turned to me while nobody was looking and did an inquisitive limp wrist gesture at me. i stared at her for a minute, shocked to see such a tiktok-ified (on a young woman) mannerism (i deleted it months ago but it still haunts me) out in real life, and then nodded, because what else was i gonna do? only seen her in passing since. anyway, we were laughing. obviously, the fact that she thought to do it came up. i can't remember the exchange in detail, but my mom was saying something about how you can have short hair and wear, idk, frills and barrettes, and be [trailed off]- or you can wear "boy shorts" (my shorts) and no bra (it was in my own fucking house) and be [trailed off again, i believe]. my dad said something about how my appearance was "not exactly lipstick lesbian". this is nothing against my parents. they're awesome. they're not really the point. point is, despite being 5'5 and not exactly androgynous in various ways, i pretty regularly get mistaken for male- usually by restaurant staff or other people who have no reason to pay attention or barely glance my way, but it happens often enough to be significant. those who look at me a little longer have so far a) defaulted to they/themming me without asking (or even after asking, when i'd already said i wasn't trans), b) carefully deduced from what i said that i wasn't trans and then gone with it (digging probably much more obviously than they'd intended to) or, c) been too old for all that. i am not transgender. i was dysphoric, i got over it except for during the nights of all-round bad days, i'm fine now. i am, as far as i can tell, homosexual (family knows this). this isn't exactly something i want to advertise. it's apparently my only option, since the disdain i feel towards all female beauty rituals (and the cuts of 99% of womens' clothing- jesus christ) is too strong to even consider partaking, but i'd really rather i lived in a slightly saner world where i didn't stick out so much. the hair itself is extremely minor, obviously. it's hair. but it's the last bit of my appearance that is, in any way, decorated. this is not out of a lack of self esteem or something. it's just that the decorating grates on me. even earrings, most of the time, identical to the ones my brothers wear. i mostly like the hair. what i don't like is that it has to be cut every couple of months, and really that's too much time to grow- i have to actively set aside time to wash and style it- when it's grown out a bit i have to keep touching it and thinking about it or it'll get in my eyes. i am so very sick of everything impractical, but it feels like my last line of plausible deniability. if it, my last bit of decoration, is gone (which, note, will not be a win for my facial structure, not that i really care), instead of just odd looks from strangers i'm going to get knowing chuckles from relatives who think i'm... politically identifying into something. even, yk, the homosexual bit, which i never needed to "identify" into. "butches" are women i look up to like nobody else, but i'm not trying to join anyone's ranks. i'm just trying to exist. i'm sending this because i'm almost definitely blowing the consequences out of proportion and you seem like a very intelligent woman who's done already exactly what i'm considering. so, if you read all that, thank you, and thank you again if you're going to respond. your blog is incredible.

Hey, so sorry about how long it’s taken me to respond. I really wanted to make sure I gave this the attention it deserves.

So, you are correct that you’re probably blowing the consequences of this out of proportion, BUT, that really only holds true when you have enough distance and perspective from the act, which you do not have, being in the thick of it currently.

See, when I was younger I was the brash, loud “I don’t give a fuck” teenager. And I tried so, so, SO hard to truly embody that mentality, and maybe I tricked the people around me into thinking I didn’t care but I did. I originally buzzed my hair when the friend cutting my hair kept messing it up and making it shorter and shorter. I laughed it off and grabbed the clippers and we all joked, but I worried what everyone was going to think the next day. Everyone at our small school was already convinced my BFF and I were lesbian witches, a buzzed head would just make me out to be the “pants” in the relationship.

I stopped shaving early on in my first adult relationship and practically dared my boyfriend to say something. I stated I didn’t care what he thought, I wasn’t shaving ever again, but deep down, if he had said it grossed him out, I probably would have shaved. Not right then, but eventually.

Through so many ages and chapters of my life I have raged at the world that I didn’t care what anyone thought, I was going to do the thing regardless. And I always did, even when there was a secret part of me that felt like I’d cave in a heartbeat if even one person smirked the wrong way at me. Because I did care.

And then I turned 40 and I truly stopped caring with a suddenness and totality that, quite frankly, shocked me. All those years I had told myself I didn’t care and then I found myself REALLY AND FUCKING TRULY not caring, and it made all my declarations of “I don’t care!!” seem laughably weak in hindsight.

The point I’m trying to make here is: you just have to do the thing. It’s not going to be easy necessarily, but if you talk yourself out of it, you set a precedence. It’s literally fake it til you make it, and I didn’t get it until I actually finally made it. When I made it, I realized that all the times I set my jaw and stubbornly pushed my way through the fear of judgement, the fear of other peoples assumptions, each time I did that, I was laying the foundation for the next step, and the one after that. I was still anxious and worried, and I’m never going to say those are minor emotions. I remember the social pressure to conform, the whispering cliques and their sneaky looks over their shoulders. I remember how hard it is to buck normalcy and swim against the current. But I also look at my life now and know it would never have been even half this good if I had acquiesced and succumbed to the pressure to look a certain way.

You will always look exactly like you. People will look at you and ascribe different personality traits to you based on their own preconceived notions. There is nothing you can do about that. You may as well be what you want to be. I have been called so many things that I am not, from a lesbian to a boy to a hippie to a fucking Juggalette, none of which I am. And that’s fine. People will think what they think. The best part about fully embracing living the way you want to is that it will draw likeminded people to you. People who look at you and go “I really like that girls buzzed head” and not “that persons buzzed head must mean they’re trans/nb.” You’ll have friends that will rub your fuzzy scalp for good luck and call you their good luck charm. You’ll meet women who admire your bravery in not conforming. One of the things that has always surprised me is the amount of “normal looking” women that confide in me that they wish they could give up shaving, performing femininity, styling their hair, etc, and I always tell them the same thing: you can. It’s not easy, but the choice is always there.

I think other women look at the way I dress and act and think “oh I could NEVER do that, I’d be too scared!” And the secret? I’m scared too. Or I was, at first, and for a long time. I started eschewing femininity in my late teens. It took me another 2+ decades to truly stop caring. The sooner you start though, the sooner you’ll get there.

And again, people will always make their own assumptions about you. They will always perceive you through the lens of their own experiences and you cannot change that and it’s a waste of your time to worry about it. You’ll still worry about it because we’re human, but you have to start practicing not giving a shit. It’s the only way to get to a point where you truly don’t give a shit.

And hey. The cool thing about hair? It grows back. And if you buzz your head and are like “oh my god what have I done?” Wigs exist. If you’ve experienced dysphoria in the past and are worried about buzzing your head resurfacing those feelings, use a wig. I kept a few handy for when I worked at a doctors office and couldn’t rock my wild hairstyles. It can take time to feel comfortable in your natural body with non-conforming looks, and it would be better to use a wig as a temporary crutch than to succumb to feelings of dysphoria.

I know it’s so hard to buck normalcy as a teenager. Everything seems so….consequential. Like every decision you make right now is going to impact you for the rest of your life. That’s not true. I made massive fuckups as late as my 30’s and I have still been able to course correct and make things better. The decisions I made as a teen, especially aesthetic choices, have absolutely zero bearing on my life today. So while I will never minimize your fears (because what you feel is very real, even if it won’t matter in the long run) I will also tell you that the fears I had about acceptance in my teens have faded to the point where I look back and think how bizarre it was that I was so stressed over something that ultimately mattered so little.

High school and our teen years are a Petri dish inside a pressure cooker. It’s a time in your life that is like no other, thankfully. You’ll get older and you’ll meet people who look at you and see you for who you are, not just what they want you to be based on their own perception of you. You’ll meet people who don’t bat an eye at your shaved head and nonconformity. You’ll meet people who also think performing femininity is stupid and a waste of time.

All this to say, do what you truly want to do and don’t worry about what others think. When it comes to you and your body, your opinion is the only one that matters. Anyone who says otherwise can fuck right off into my fist.

-Bilbo

P.S. my best friends mom, who is now my son’s grandma, is a butch lesbian and the first woman I knew to shave her head. She did it to support her sister in law going through chemo, but found that she so enjoyed never having to wash her hair that she kept it shaved for years. She always told people she got tired of spending money on shampoo and they’d be like “Ah, of course” and we’d just laugh. I was lucky to have an adult woman like that in my life so that when I shaved my head, I knew it wasn’t THAT weird. I wish every young girl had a woman like her in their life; it would make it so much easier to break the bonds of beauty culture.

[blackfire-fanfiction]

Leo and Leon from my Soul Switching AU drop into the @tmntbestsibscompetiton!

[Soul Switching: Rise Leo and 2012 Leo switch with each other when they sleep. Two people sharing their life with the other causes drama. Leo is 2012, Leon is Rise]

Two blue portals – one a bright, electric shade and the other a more dull and calm color – opened above a large area with many different kinds of people wandering about.

The only problem? The portals were angled so when two turtle mutants fell out of them they collapsed on top of each other.

The two groaned, shifting and collapsing into an even bigger mess on the floor.

“Ugh, what hit me?” The red-eared slider mutant, shifted to prop himself arms with his arms.

The other quickly got his bearings, immediately sitting up when he heard the familiar voice. “Leon?”

The red-eared slider turned. “Leo? What are you doing here? I was not expecting another one of these situations to be happening.”

“I don’t think this is another situation like that…” Leo looked around, trying to figure out what happened. “Huh. This isn’t my world, but it isn’t yours either. It seems to be some sort of place where multiple worlds can hang out? I mean there’s a lot of versions of us here, so maybe there’s a big threat that needs to be handled that needs a bunch of us helping out.”

Leon rolled his eyes fondly. “Dude. Chill. There’s literally a big banner that says ‘TMNT Best Sibs Comp’, so I don’t think there’s a big threat to the universe or anything like that.”

“Comp? Like competition?” Leo asked, interested. He got a competitive gleam in his eyes. “How do we win?”

“I have no clue. But hey! At least we’re in our own bodies. It’d suck if we just got thrown here while we were switched.” Leon said, standing up. “But we can agree that this is so cool, right? Just like Jupiter Jim and the Jim Jupiters!”

“I think you mean Space Heroes Episode 329: The Trans-Dimensional Crew!” Leo responded. “But heck yeah this is cool! I know we’ve kinda already had the whole other worlds thing figured out, but this is wayyy different. There’s so many different versions of you around here!”

Leon grinned. “I know right!? I wonder if everyone here has the switching thing. I know there’s probably differences between each group, but not everyone, right? Also JJ and the JJs is way better than that Space Heroes episode. 20 minutes of a tv series is nothing compared to a full JJ movie!”

“Yeah it’d be so weird if we’re the only versions of us that switch. Wait, what if the switching isn’t with us, but with our brothers!” Leo gasped. “And how dare you disrespect Space Heroes. Just because it’s a show doesn’t make it any worse that Jupiter Jim. I’ll even say it makes it better than Jupiter Jim!”

“Oh my god, imagine a world where Donnie switches! Jupiter Jim’s better.”

“I’m pretty sure your brother would have somehow just consumed my Donnie’s soul. There’s no way those two would be able to coexist like we do. There’s no beating Space Heroes.”

“Don’t doubt your Donnie, just because mine is more showy with his craziness doesn’t mean yours isn’t equally unhinged. Jupiter Jim.”

“You know who’s really unhinged? My Raph. Especially compared to yours. Space Heroes.”

“Ha! They would never be able to hide it! There’s no way they could ever pretend to be the same person — they’re just too different! Jupiter Jim.”

“Just imagine Raph in Raph’s huge body. Space Heroes.”

“Honestly a bit terrifying. Jupite– oh look, a bracket! Looks like a tournament style thing. Though only the first matchups are shown…” Leon got distracted from the back and forth by a big screen showing the standings.

“Hm? Where are we on it?” Leo turned his head to see where Leon was looking, scanning the list.

“I don’t know, there’s a bunch of weird names for each group. Which makes sense, it’s not like they can just write our names, with everyone being the same person and all.” Leo drummed his shell as he looked.

“Soul Switching? You think that’s us?” Leo asked.

“Where’s that? Oh, yeah, could be. Bit on the nose, isn’t it?” Leon stared at the bracket. “Wait, does that mean that we’re the only people that switch?”

Leo shrugged. “I guess it was always a possibility. It is a little weird though. There’s so many people here, and none of them switch like us?”

“That’s what I’m saying! Who are we up against, anyway?” Leon squinted at the screen.

“Some group titled Separated Leo? I have no idea what that could mean for our chances. And none of the Leos around here seem to be alone. Maybe we should ask around? Figure out what group we’re up against?” Leo scanned the crowd. “I’m sure we’ll be able to beat them with no struggle― wait why did I just get a foreboding feeling. We’re not going to lose that bad, right?”

--- This is the first time I've really written anything solid for these two, so the characterization is a bit wonky.

[honest-moth-of-silver-grove]

Hi mothmom! I’ve been super excited waiting for your ask box to open, after finding your stuff in like, October? Your writing is awesome! It helps I’m a sucker for BG3 content.

Admittedly I’m a bit nervous asking (I’ve gone over your rules list like 15 times), and hopefully no one has asked this yet!

I wanted to make a request for the BG3 male companions (especially Wyll) supporting tav as they come out as Trans? Specifically trans masc if you don’t mind. Thank you so much! Super excited to see what you come up with ❤️

A/N: Oh my gosh! It warms my heart to hear you’ve been waiting that long for something I’d write. Oh wow, I feel so honored! And what a great question! It fits within the rules just fine, don’t worry! Here’s how I think the main three male companions would respond. BTW, I used he/him pronouns for Tav here, hope that’s okay!

TW: Gender Mention, Gender Identity, Gender Dysphoria 

Male BG3 Companions Reacting to a TransMasc! Tav

Astarion: 

Astarion is completely on board with the idea, so long as he gets to go shopping with Tav/give them the occasional bit of fashion advice. After all, Astarion thinks himself the best-dressed guy in camp, so, of course, it makes sense for Tav to take style advice from him. 

Astarion’s not very reactive. He was a high elf, born into the upper social classes of elf society in Baldur’s Gate. Certain high elves have been known to be blessed by Corellon, the androgynous leader of the elven pantheon, and the deity of Magic, Music, Arts, Crafts, Poetry, and Warfare. As the creator and preserver of the eleven race, he’s incredibly powerful. So powerful that in certain, very rare cases, special elves who receive a special blessing from them can change their gender following every long rest. These elves, known as "blessed of Corellon", can choose to be male, female, or 'neither' based on their moods or feelings. So the concept of changing one’s gender or appearance isn’t at all foreign to Astarion. 

Astarion does his best to listen to Tav though, especially if this is a difficult subject for him. Astarion knows what it's like to not be in control of your own body, of your destiny- it’s awful, rotten, and certainly, not something he would want to intentionally inflict on another person, especially someone as important to him as Tav. 

Astarion will listen intently, and take mental notes as to how Tav prefers to be treated. If he asks Asation to give him more credit in physical battles or to maybe lay off pet names like ‘Beautiful’, Astarion will respect Tav’s wishes. It may take Astarion some time to adjust, but he does make an immediate effort to. 

Astarion will also not hesitate to cut a bitch who insults Tav or disrespects his pronouns or appearance. Astarion is basically the living, walking embodiment of that “respect people’s pronouns or I’ll make yours ‘was/were’”.

Gale: 

Gale may put his hand in his mouth a handful of times when he talks to Tav about it at first, but he really does mean well. Gale’s just very curious about any magic or spells Tav has used, if any, in trying to alter their appearance or gender. Have they tried any transmutation spells? Polymorph? Any alchemy at all? Gale is very much on board with helping Tav achieve their desired look or body via magical means if that’s what he wants. 

Gale offers assistance via magical means of course, but he also offers a sympathetic ear should Tav ever want to talk about it. Gale has met plenty of alchemists who struggled with their own identity, so he knows it can weigh heavy on one’s mind. And when you already have a mind flayer parasite on the mind, well, that’s quite a lot for just one mind to handle!

Gale’s very excited to share shaving and grooming tips, especially when it comes to beard upkeep. That is if Tav is interested in trying out a beard. Gods know Gale’s been dying to talk to someone about it, someone who appreciates a handsome face when they see one. Tara won’t stop bugging him to shave it, and he could use another fellow on his side. Maybe together he and Tav could persuade Tara into liking it. (I mean, probably not, but it’s worth a shot.)

Gale isn’t one to initiate conflict, but should someone disrespect Tav or talk down to him, Gale would certainly have some words for that individual. Granted they may be murmured or said under his breath so as to not start yet another fight on their journey but in the end it’s the thought that counts, right? And if those words just happen to be some sort of mischievous spell as revenge, well, some things just can’t be helped, can they?

Wyll: 

Wyll is extremely kind and understanding when Tav tells him. He’s always very encouraging and does his best to uplift Tav anyway, but now that Wyll knows this, he tries even harder to do so. 

Wyll knows how much other people’s perceptions of yourself can mean. Wyll himself was so used to people seeing him in one light before Mizora cast him into another. Adjusting to the horns has not been easy, but just as Tav stood by him through all of that, Wyll vows to stand by Tav. 

He’s very polite, so he doesn’t ask a lot of questions unless Tav explicitly tells him it's okay to. If it is, Wyll will ask Tav about how they’d like to be addressed, how they’d like to be perceived within the roles of the team, and if there’s anything Wyll can do to make this process any easier for them. 

You know how in the latest patch, there was a fix that said “Duke Ravengaurd will now use the player's correct pronouns when addressing them”? And collectively we were all like, so Wyll sat him down and gave him a talk, huh? Yeah, that. 

Wyll’s very old-fashioned, not in his beliefs in gender roles, oh gods no, but in his belief that everyone should be treated with respect. (Well, sans goblins and like, bad guys, I guess.) So if Tav says they want to be called something, you can bet Wyll is the first one to remind the others if they slip up. 

Wyll thinks Tav is just an incredible person and an all-around amazing guy. He’s so happy to have met them. It’s kind of silly, but in some ways, Wyll still sees himself as this sort of knight-in-shining armor, a hero sworn to protect the people. But what’s amazed Wyll time and time again is how often Tav reminds Wyll and everyone else by extension, just how capable he is, as a leader and a friend. Tav isn’t helpless in need of rescue, he’s very capable in his way. Wyll finds it captivating, all the time Tav has come to his rescue. 

[nexus-nebulae]

Long System Ask:

32, 34, 49, 52

-Other Jayson

32. Current fronter, is there anything that makes it obvious that you're the one fronting? (Voice, accent, body language, typing style, etc.)

We have a packed front right now, so many of these will have multiple answers i guess. We don't tend to be around other people often enough that literally anyone out of the body would notice any of this stuff, but we pay attention to these things because it helps us know who's fronting- we know that Violet has a tendency to write really really small and neat compared to everyone else (scribe's habit- trying to fit as many words on a page as possible and using the whole space -violet). Taryn and Jude are harder to tell apart due to being identical twins, but Jude is becoming more and more masculine by the day (in gender denial rn HARD. she literally runs away whenever people bring it up LMAO) and Taryn is the only one here who really wants to wear ballgowns. Harley has a ton of energy and burns up front really quickly like Ghost used to, she only fronts for little bursts at a time because others who have been here longer are better at conserving their front energy. She's one day old today,

34. Share something about your newest member!

^^^ it's Harley! We got through part one of her source (the strange case of harley and harleen :3 we got it at the library :3) and Instantly started forming an introject. by part 2 she was aware of the outerworld and attempting to take over front so she could cause chaos. When she met Violet and Jude in headspace violet was like "do you wanna be knife besties???" and harley was just like "KNIFE BESTIES???? im already part of a club wow :D" so now there are three knife besties. all three of the knife besties are currently attempting to hatch a plan on how to get revenge on taryn's ex Locke.

49. Current fronter, what's your favourite ice cream flavor?

lactose intoblerone 😔

we only ever get lactaid brand vanilla flavor ice cream, so none of us know what our differing tastes are. other ice-cream-related snacks we like tho are things like edible cookie dough (there was one that was brownie batter and it was so good and i can't find it anywhere anymore and i cant remember where i bought it and im so so sad -taryn). we also found these red bean mochi, similar to this ice cream mochi we used to get all the time, except instead of ice cream filling its adzuki bean paste (very tasty very sweet very earthy i like it). sometimes we also eat frozen cool whip as ice cream bc its so fluffy there's just Less Lactose that reaches our stomach its mostly air

52. If you have outerworld pets, do they tend to act differently around different headmates?

no pets :( there used to be a no-pet policy in this apartment and while there's not anymore, i'm not putting an animal into this gigantic health hazard it's just not safe for them HOWEVER the body's sister does have cats and they tend to be slightly more friendly with the catlike headmates? although. that's Most Of Us right now tbh. also her cats are just lap cats who like anyone, the only one that feels more Special when she chooses to sit on your lap is the kitten and that's mostly because she's in the stage of her teen years where she constantly feels the need to attack and climb up the christmas tree

also years before our syscovery (hell, back before our gender egg cracked) our sister brought home a stray dog (she was a weiner cocker spaniel mix i think?? her ears were so elegant but her body was so silly shaped) and according to her previous owners (who ABANDONED her in the middle of the woods btw. fuck them) she was terrified of men. and she was generally uncomfortable around us while being completely fine with our mom and sister and i didn't even know why. our sys has apparently been mostly men since even before we figured it out so like- idk if it was trans radar or plural radar but either way that dog picked up on something

[declanlikesmusic]

Today's Listens: Episode 006

August 11th & 12th, 2023

I'm sure you might be aware that my last episode was a delayed bummer by the end of it, so I'm really just gonna start writing these episodes on the days once again to hope for a better outcome with them. My days without work are already over as soon as they began and because of work yesterday and a knockout bout of hayfever today, I'm gonna have to turn this into another double episode because I've hardly listened to enough on both days. Still though, let's have fun with these

We got some more content warnings on this one, albeit they're minor in comparison: Do watch out for a short but immediate mention of suicide as well as a reference to sk*nning that even I can barely tolerate most of the time.

ℍUM♥ℕIGHTM♥RE – 宇宙の認識 (2016)

Do pardon the unicode that comes packaged with this artist's name, but this is HUMANIGHTMARE, a once young & up-and-coming vaporwave producer who tragically lost to suicide in 2020. I caught ear of this particular album during a commemoration livestream on Vapor Memory and it allured me enough to want to seek out and check it out back then. I thought it was a very good album at the time and to this day, I still think the same way, though it leans very much into greatness at a good handful of points. This was a super meditative take on the growing slushwave sound of the time along with some hypnagogic drift tunes and I think the results should not go overlooked by fans of those genres. Tracks like the opener 宇宙の誕生 as well as 脳の網 are absolutely gorgeous, while the track that hooked me in the first place, 宇宙との関係、is so captivatingly strange to me in a way that I can only adore and fascinate about. If you're already deep into vaporwave, I highly recommend this one.

7.5 / 10

Highlights: 宇宙の誕生、宇宙の盛り、宇宙との関係、宇宙の夢、脳の網、復活

SURFING – Emotion (2019)

Up next on the trans agenda is the third and most recent album by vapor & chillwave duo SURFING. Their 2012 debut is one of the most iconic works of the genre and rightfully so, because it perfectly blends original instrumentation & singing with dense, hazy and deeply nostalgic vaporwave samples. So I have no idea what brought in them the need to forgo that entirely, as 2018's Incubo was still sample-based but nowhere near as dreamy and this one fully submerges into the stylings of chillwave & indie rock with none of what made them so excellent before. That said, with that expectation in mind, while this is still their least good album, it was at least better than what I was anticipating after the first couple of tracks. Visions is the song everybody turns to and for good reason, because it does bring a newfound energy to the band, but my favourite moments were still where they leaned back into their dreamy & hazy sonic roots. It's still a good album and if you're a fan of dream pop, I'd give it a shot. Just don't expect anything particularly dense.

6.9 / 10

Highlights: Visions, Crazy, Hearts, Enough, Give You Up.

Chat Pile – Remove Your **** Please (2019)

I'm going to say it now, this is among the worst EP titles I have ever read. I know that this band was deadset on making intensely dark & grim stories through noise rock & sludge metal, but if it wasn't for me keeping an open mind, I would've steered clear of this record entirely even despite the loving reception this got back then and even now. Which is a complete shame because I ended up enjoying this one more than any other Chat Pile record so far, even God's Country (which warrants a relisten at this point). I even found my current favourite Chat Pile song through this record in the form of Davis, weirdly enough. The drums just sounded much better on this record than I had previously heard, sounding way less blurrier and more burrowing, though that might just be attributed to my headphones being replaced months ago. Couple that with the noise, the energy, the vocals and especially Davis's melodies and despite the horrible name, I'd recommend this one to fans of dreadful rock music. I still don't love them as a band, but this gives me hope that whatever they cook next, I might be able to start clicking with them.

7.2 / 10

Highlights: Mask, Davis

netbooks.WRLD – loosies '19-22 (2022)

Speaking of EPs, I don't know how many y'all heard this up-and-coming talent named netbooks.WRLD? Dude's pretty local in the online vaporwave & electronic music communities and his discography is about as fresh as the next lemon you will ever buy, but real talk? I think he's by far one of the most promising artists to pay attention to! I was initially a dumb stupid dumb skeptic back when his debut album ENDLESS STAIRCASE popped up in 2021, but upon the last couple of months, revisiting that album, tuning in to his brand new single, checking out his Skylive performance and now coming over to this EP of loose cuts, I have fully turned into a believer! The dude makes some downright excellent post-industrial plunderphonics and vaporwave tunes all over his catalogue and I think I found some of my favourite tracks he's ever made through this EP. Sure, they were mostly featured in other places and that's counting the bonus tracks, but god, I've been hooked to them completely in the 24 hours since hearing this. My only sticking points against it are the volume of the high frequencies being a little too harsh for my personal headphones, but I know that's by design considering his aesthetic. Other than that, holy shit, go check out ENDLESS STAIRCASE and this EP at your earliest convenience.

8.3 / 10

Highlights: pipes song, shook shook, RAGDOLLS

Vįr+üål Åįrßñß – ▚ ▛ ▜ ▟ ▞ (2021)

It's the second day and one of the best discoveries I've made last year was this random but completely ethereal-looking and unpronouncable album by a young Virtual AirBnB and I thought to relisten to it for the morning. Spoiler alert: This might just be one of my favourite vaporwave albums. This record is compact, but it is so gorgeous and stunning! It flawlessly blends together elements of mallsoft, new age music, I believe sophisti-pop R&B vocal samples and just overall aesthetics of beauty, nature and the future. Almost every single cut here is downright heavenly. Listening to them all from front to back is one of the most soothing, relaxing, beautiful and often transcendent experience I've personally had with the genre and it's so criminal how overlooked this album is so far. High recommendation to the absolute heavens. Just put your headphones on and let the rivers drift you away.

9.3 / 10

Highlights: ⿴ ༄ ℣ ₪ ℣ ༄ ⿴, ••• ❒︎ ❒︎ ᵒ ᴼ ᵒ ▫ 𐊔 ▫, | ⟗ ☱ ☲ ☳ ☵ ⟗ |

サイバー '98 – RENDERED FANTASY

Saiba '98 is an enigma to me. I don't think, even in the vaporwave scene, this short-lived alias got any of the credit it honestly deserves. The music's not excellent, but for a vaportrap artist, this guy managed to craft some of the unique, jarring and abstract material in this form. Upon relistening to DIGITAL FOREST for instance, I found it absolutely fascinating in how the tempos are sporadic and unformed, the beat instrumentaion is basic and minimal and the backing ambient atmospheres are ghostly and dark. This culminates into his last album under the project, RENDERED FANTASY, and while I can't tell you in good conscious that I love it or that it's completely great, this is honestly the best release of the few still publicly available. More than any other album I've heard from them, this album is glitchier, darker, more ominous, eerie and experimental than ever before. I almost completely admire the way he was seeing through his vision on this one. If you're curious, I can't guarentee you'll love it, but if you're a fan of vaportrap or experimental music, I'd give it a fair shake.

7.3 / 10

Highlights: b e n z a i t e n , Love Translator (self care), Hospital Flower, Kingdom_$lave, Life is a Constant Double Helix

crt paralysis – "Slideshow" (2022)

I'm about neck deep with vaporwave again these past couple of days, so next I threw on this project that got me very curious. Known for making some great vaporwave & DnB as dotnds, CRT Paralysis is a broken transmission side-project of theirs that I'm not fully enamoured with but still greatly appreciative of, especially with their Winter Paralysis series of albums. This "Slideshow" caught my eye though as it looked to center completely around the nostalgia of 2000s office computers and Windows 95 styled corporatism. However, not exactly in the way that I viewed it as a child, which is a little disappointing, but I still found this to be a very good time. The presentation was what drove this home to me the most, it's pretty off-kilter, even for Bandcamp standards. If you're curious for some late 2000s vaporwave nostalgia in a format that I could see INTERNET CLUB doing back in the day, I'd recommend this one.

7.0 / 10

Highlights: "Newlife" 2008/04/02, "Screenshot" 2006/08/17, "Evening" 2008/07/03, "Email" 2008/07/04, "Lounge2" 2008/07/09

RAWINTHEVOID – Alphalord (2018)

How do I go about this one? This was the third album from a then very young RAWINTHEVOID. RAW is a talent in post-vaporwave & plunderphonics that I've been looking forward to seeing his growth for a few good years now. His two latest albums MD (Manifest Destiny) and NOTINTHEMOOD are especially great and, even with some very rough patches, they still shine in comparison to his very, very humble beginnings. I've been going through his catalogue backwards and it's fascinating to see how rudimentary & borderline regressive their sample-based works were back in the day. Even on Alphalord, currently my least favourite of theirs (but only barely behind Double Couple), I still found a wealth of fascinating ideas for its alphabet-long tracklist. For example, I would've never thought that speeding up a whole ass noise rock album down to less than six minutes in a song would've sounded any good. To spoil you, it doesn't sound good, but I'm glad someone tried it anyways. I don't recommend this one. If you're curious, go through his latest albums and his live sets, but don't go digging through the back catalogue. Trust me.

4.4 / 10

Highlights: c3, m13, o15, q17

VHS Head – Persistence of Vision (2014)

To close off this post, I went with the sophomore album from one of the most "Dude, how come you've never heard of this guy" artists in the realm of electronic music. VHS Head is a producer of IDM & Glitch Hop beats that are constantly punchy, sporadic and memorable, all thanks to his incredibly persistent sampling of found VHS tapes. He's growing a cult following overtime but it's not exactly helped by his sparse release schedule. This album came out less than five years after his first and he only thought to put out a followup just a few months ago. I can't wait to try that out, but I would shoot myself in the foot if I didn't go for this album first and I'm very glad that I did. I guess when I heard it, I was a little unenthusiastic in a way? But only the way that still made me love this album in the end, like my thought process was "Of course this album is great." The beats are still punchy, the constantly shifting sample flips are more memorable this time around, I think it's even better and more consistent than his debut! Highly recommend this one, with no doubt.

7.9 / 10

Highlights: Enter the Devil, Don't Look in the Closet, Camera Eyes, Red Ocean Apocalypse, Dead to Morrow, Frozen, Body Magic, Angels Never Sleep

Finally, another episode in the books! You'll notice I'm committing to these a little less and less, but I'm honestly not sure if I can keep doing these daily. I'll keep 'em up for as long as I like, but I think it's time to finally admit that I might skip days proper. I'll find a way to still make them work though, because no doubt, every day, I find something new that I want to talk about. Maybe I could make it more of a highlights thing than an outright journel, but we'll see how that shapes up. Until then, I'll see you next time!