#ask tag

[insertdisc5]

do u have an image of the artwork used on the cover of the artbook ,,, its so so cute im tearing up the walls /pos

yes. you also get the back of the cover too because i am very evil and nice :)

go and get your artbook and be sad

[serafphim]

I wanna give mouse Josh a slice of cheese...

yumy!

[otaku553]

i either have a weird word association or im really slow

but in ur space pirates sabo au, is his name tage like sabotage??

love ur art!!

Yep :)

[jessenitrogen]

MAKE VARVATOS VEX TAKE THE AM I GAY QUIZ IN CHARACTER

LIVE VARVATOS VEX REACTION

[shesmore-shoebill]

same

my two braincells under pressure (desperately trying to salvage something + already gone)

anyway what a good reminder of the tapple video and the amangela of it all <3

[bugsbenefit]

Even leaving aside the rest of that ask about Karen, how are the show runners "glazing Cara" according to st twitter now lmao. I swear no one on there understands the concept of just liking the people you work with...

very good point. tbh 'glazing' really lost it's meaning. that's just the thing you say now about characters showing up in the show or marketing that you don't care about that much

but looking at how fandom treats certain characters it is kind of apparent how Karen isn't really seen as big of a deal as the show actually makes her in general. (at last in hyper invested fandom spaces. more regular viewers see her as much more of a main character) which i think causes a bit of dissonance when the show keeps promoting her. because if you think she's as unimportant of a side character as say, Dustin's mom, then you probably would think her constantly showing up on posters and bts footage is undeserved glazing

the thing is that Karen is actually kind of important. she's absolutely not a background character

you have the primary mains like Joyce, Hopper, the kids. more secondary mains that don't really have the hard hitting plot points of the show happen to them but are fleshed out and who the writers still take care writing like Steve, Robin etc. and then Karen falls in somewhere between a secondary and tertiary protagonist

she actually gets things to do each season. she has character arcs. from actually meeting and being suspicious of Brenner in s1, to her worry about Nancy in s3, the Billy situation, even s4 ends with her and Holly at the window looking out at the spores

actual side characters in the show, like Ted, the Sinclairs, Claudia Henderson, don't have any arcs to their characters. they're background decorum when their children (the actual protagonists) are home or need to talk to someone

but Karen falls much closer to actual protagonist status. which also explains why she's consistently featured in the marketing alongside the other mains

which is how the Byers and Wheelers turned into the two big families the show kind of revolves around to begin with. we know the most about them because almost all family members are protagonists in their own right. you have the kids Mike and Will, Nancy and Jonathan. and then the moms. the only difference being that Karen is kept in the dark about the UD plot and Joyce got thrown directly into it in s1 because it was her son that went missing

and the thing that people seem to get stuck on about Karen is that she's the only protag that doesn't explicitly know about the UD

which, honestly, makes her kind of interesting. especially with where they'll take that in s5, because she'll have to be confronted with what's been going on eventually. and what has been tormenting both her children for years. hell, she had such a close encounter with Billy in s3, she would have been in Heather's place that season hadn't Billy still had some semblance of control at that point. and she isn't even aware

Karen has been involved in the UD plot for seasons, there just wasn't any payoff to it yet because she doesn't know

Karen Wheeler, tight rope walker when it comes to getting as close as humanly possible to the supernatural plot without having to actually confront it

but it really boils down to, Karen is, and always has been an important character and the marketing has always reflected that

side note but what i've also seen cause a lot of the 'they're just needlessly glazing xyz' complaints is that sometimes it's just people being pissy their favourite characters aren't getting a singular spotlight on them. i've mainly seen it from solo El or Will stans (still exist in the year of the lord 2024) who don't care about the rest of the cast or plot outside of one character. so when Karen who, 'doesn't even know about the UD' gets so much s5 marketing that's hype that could have gone to someone more important in their minds. again, glazing entering the pantheon of words that lost all meaning on social media

[daddywright]

Hey there Jazz. I'm such a big fan. Pressure verse remains one of my fave fics ever. I've always been curious about how you portray and see Phoenix. Is it something unique on Pressure verse that Phoenix lies so bad that anyone close to him can read him easily? Versus Canon that many people either have him that he's just good at hiding his thoughts because the game just expresses to players his thoughts? Or he is still the same emotional man but is so awkward and his acting in theater makes him good at pretending? Because he's so evasive about anything himself. Pssst. Any also any hint of next update? Hehehe.

Hi hi!

Wow, so I had to take a second to think about this question. In its DNA, Pressureverse is a 'In Want of a Nail' story - the joke of 'what if Phoenix got therapy post-Dahlia' explored with narrative consequences. As a result, the Phoenix that takes shape over the course of the adjusted plot is one that-- while certainly not smoothed of character flaw or mentally prime lol-- has learned that even if he doesn't believe that his troubles or concerns should be shared (for arrogant or trauma-related reasons), he has learned that he likes and needs the support he receives from other people who take notice. In a way, the joke about his being a bad liar is evidence to progress in his relationships that diverges meaningfully from canon. He's a character that's not capable or willing to ask for help in many ways, but in Pressureverse, at least, he's begun to "telegraph" through chosen lies when he has needs. It's a changed indicator of his mental health, but it's a character flaw I gave him intentionally, because to make Phoenix a "bad liar" was an indirect way of writing the other characters-- particularly female characters-- as BETTER listeners. A lot of characters in Ace Attorney often share one major trait, and that's perception/emotional sensitivity, but only when narratively convenient for a video game sometimes. But in writing, or in Pressure at least, the key relationship is Phoenix and Maya's. Phoenix is a frequent liar who IS capable of lying well, but to people who know him, even when he's not half-assing it, they would learn to pick up on it. Why wouldn't Maya be sensitive over time to who he is, and when he's struggling?

Basically, Phoenix being a "bad liar" is a trait that is altogether a bit, intentional character development/canon divergence, and biased based on the POV character of the chapter. (Ex. Characters like Edgeworth and Klavier wouldn't describe him as a bad liar, but a lot of the other more sensitive characters in his life would!)

Sorry for how lengthy this was! As for an update, I'd cross my fingers for after the holidays... right now, I'm working on a Metal Gear Solid fic ;)

[sirguyofdykesborn]

how are you a lesbian but he him

please... the pronouns is all i have left of my father

[pobblebonked]

*foxgirls you* foxgirl fridayy!

yippee!

[insertdisc5]

this could just be me screaming into the void, but how do you do long projects? How do you make a project that requires getting up in the morning and continuing for months/years and doing it?

I guess just "how" isn't specific enough, but broadly yes that's it. I sometimes don't finish drawings, and yesterday I finished my first small animation in years, and that?? Can't??? be an original problem for an artist/creator?

Anyways thank you, also I'm sorry if this makes no sense

my answer is "stay strong", and when you don't wanna do the thing anymore, reread your old notes to remember how banging your stuff is!!!!

[dragonymango]

drawing req uhhhhhhh . isafrin. 👍🏻

buddy fell asleep standing up, aw

[serafphim]

Wottle from beastieball and Charlie… I’m not insane, right??

this thing is so charliecore

[terristre]

Okay if requests are open can I kindly request malleus and grim silliness?

Also hi hello I love your art sm :3 it's so silly and cute :33

best ive got is some cocomelon shit

[bronze-and-silver-keys]

Junko doesn't get an afterlife. She just sits alone in the endless void for all eternity.

She's haunting the narrative. And Makoto.

[disgustingtwitches]

Im thinking about restaurant au and restaurant shenannigans. Like sometimes when someone stays late and some starts playing experimental jazz on the radio to try and get then to leave. The guys getting in water fights in the dish tank with the sprayers. I just love them being silly in addition to being horny

MDNI

I love silly horny 141!! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

They're definitely the type to play some... unusual genres of music when someone won't leave. I'd like to think they keep a list of who gets to pick the music,

"It's Soap's turn, put on deathgrind so we can go the fuck home."

As for the sprayers? Yes that would definitely happen, but as soon as someone's shirt gets drenched and it clings to their body, they're getting fucked.

The whole house had to be sat down and scolded by Price because the water bill is too high,

"Stop fucking in the damn showers! At least make it quick, Christ!" (He'll say this knowing damn well he's in there with you until your skins all pruney.)

There has been exactly one (1) "smoking competition" where you and Johnny try and see who can finish their cigarette the fastest. Johnny finishes first but passes out, so you actually won on a technicality.

Y'all got snowed in once and chaos ensued. Johnny recommended (begged) to watch Jackass and then proceeded to get everyone drunk and play stupid "games" like who can keep their hand on a hot stove the longest? (It's Simon.) Who can handle getting a cigarette put out out on them? (It's Simon.) Who can win a face slapping competition? (It's Simon, obviously. But no one except Johnny wanted to get smacked by Simon and then when he proceeded to smack Johnny halfway across the room, Johnny popped a fucking boner because of course he did.)

Live, laugh, poly 141 restaurant au

[otaku553]

Does Tage enable Ace or does he act more like an impulse control for him? I was thinking of how certain events would have played out if they had been together like this.

I'm eagerly waiting for more of your au but don't push yourself so hard and focus on your own enjoyment first. The comics are looking absolutely beautiful ao far :)

This is how I imagine them:

They’re both pretty chaotic, and Tage maybe slightly more often acts as impulse control, but more often than not, they act as each other’s impulse control. Which uh. If they’re in agreement about doing something dumb the Spades stand absolutely No Chance against them lmao