#ask shepherd

[ask-idv-shepherd]

(promo art one by @simplified-boris)

"W-What do you want? Just leave me alone..! I wish not to harm you!"

The manor has an unusual guest this time of year. Be weary of the sly fox, for he too is affiliated with the dark arts of occultism. He may appear sweet and gentle, but do not get close to a wolf in sheep's clothing. Welcome the Shepherd!

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Rules & Info

INFO:

* - The Shepherd is a 29 year old man named Pearce Whittaker. A cultist who fears not just hunters, but the survivors as well. A recluse who hardly leaves him room.

- EXTERNAL TRAITS - X. Frenzy Mode - When 'Frenzy' is activated, the Shepherd will be granted an additional status titled ;Beast'. 'Beast' reduces the Fear of all survivors by half until Frenzy runs out. Has a cooldown of 150 sec(s).

X. Hellsing - Frenzy Mode grants the Shepherd an opportunity of attack in this stage. Track a Hunter down for at least 30 sec(s) to unleash a dastardly screech, stunning them for 6 sec(s). Survivors who are within 30 meters of Hellsing are exposed for 5 sec(s).

X. Keen Hearing - The Shepherd has an acute sense of hearing, the perception of his surroundings such that the distance of his detection of the Hunter is increased by 20%.

X. Pact with Alu - A partnership with the Devil is against the words of God. As such, the Shepherd has a 10% debuff hen healing or co-op decoding with survivors.

- This blog will (for the most part!) be a text blog consisting of written responses. (Bc outside reasons / other blogs! :>)

- IDV characters (Canon, OC, Crossover, AU, etc.) are free to interact.

- The mun has a hard time typing / getting things done, please be patient with me. TT-TT

- Separate mun/mod as individuals, dark themes WILL take place on this blog, this is your first an FINAL warning.

RULES:

1. No sexual NSFW asks. You know what to ask and not to. Suggestiveness and flirting is fine.

2. Hate the character, not the mun/mod. Under no circumstances should the mun/mod's backgrounds make a fellow viewer uncomfortable with the blog. This is NOT a family friendly blog, such as dark topics will arise in the future. You have been warned.

3. Common courtesy. Please keep it civil between each other! e're all here to have fun anyways! ^_^ <3

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MISC:

Mun's Blog: @justmandika

[shepscapades]

So I’ve been cleaning out/organizing my inbox, and I think my brain must have blocked out this question because I have no memory of it. I want to go back /silly

[temeyes]

Little chopper for little team and their pilot)

thank u for your generous donation!!!!!

[strawberrylemongrass]

*leans in close to microphone* *loud feedback*

woof :)

[lesmiserabelles]

sydney shepherd and kim onah as lizzie borden and alice russell | lizzie, theaterworks hartford

[shepherds-of-haven]

How would the ROs rate their own attractiveness? Like do they consider themselves attractive?

Huh, good question!

Blade: he is distantly aware that other people/society in general considers him to be good-looking in some capacity. (By Ket standards, he and Gladius both are considered to be blessed with markedly good looks, but almost in a 'pretty boy' kind of way. Gladius is considered like stunningly beautiful while Blade has more of 'effortlessly hot' aura). So he would say other people probably think he's "above-average" in looks (but he also believes it to be more of a muscularity/strength thing than things like his facial features. Like women, if they do find him attractive, probably think so because he looks like a strong provider LMAO). But he himself doesn't think about his own attractiveness or appearance beyond what good hygiene and proper presentation dictate... he hardly spares himself a glance in the mirror most days. As you can tell by his haircut choices

Trouble: he considers himself to be average in looks, neither particularly handsome or particularly ugly, just exactly in the middle of the road! If asked to describe his own attractiveness in more detail, he'd probably say something like, "I clean up okay. I'm a decent-looking working-class guy? *shrug* I don't think anyone would be mad if I showed up at their doorstep with a bouquet of flowers, but artists aren't swooning over my cheekbones, either"

Tallys: Tallys considers herself to be a good-looking woman, probably an 8 if we're using a scale, a 9 if she put more effort into being conventionally beautiful (doing things like growing out her hair (!), using makeup or perfume, dressing well, etc.). She's confident in her own attractiveness and doesn't find much fault with her own features or body, but she also knows that doesn't mean she's everyone's specific cup of tea, either! She just believes that, according to a general standard, she rates highly in most areas, and no one could sincerely call her ugly. It helps that she's an Elf, since most of them have a high standard of confidence when it comes to their natural beauty!

Shery: before she joined the Shepherds, she believed herself to be average or below-average, and believed herself to be "mousy": hiding behind her bangs and spectacles was not something she ever saw conventionally beautiful people doing, so she grew up thinking she was forgettable or unremarkable, though not necessarily ugly or outright unattractive. Just sort of "plain." However, since joining and noticing that there are people who seem to compliment or even crush on her, she's since come to tentatively revise that opinion and thinks she could probably be considered "cute" by some people's standards, but she still thinks that her personality makes it hard for anyone to really notice her or become completely enthralled by her... so she would say she's probably like a 6 or 7 by looks alone, which she's content with!

Riel: as like a work of art or a painting (so judging by pure aesthetics alone, devoid of other considerations), he believes he rates around an 8 just going by the symmetry of his facial features, his taste in clothes, the fact that he's well-groomed, but he's a bit self-conscious of how he rates in terms of desirability or sexual appeal, which is a different thing entirely (in his own mind). Like, you can admit a painting is beautiful, but you don't want to fuck a painting? In those terms, he believes he falls well below the standards of the masculine ideal, probably resting at a 5, though he believes he makes up for it in other areas (wealth, intellect, uniqueness, etc). It doesn't bother him that much, but it is something that he is aware of at the back of his mind!

Chase: He thinks he's pretty good-looking (🙄), but that the effect is best felt and supplemented by his in-person charisma, charm, aura, and general personality. This is an extremely topical/dated example, but it's sort of like how a lot of people were largely indifferent to Glen Powell going strictly by looks alone, but then they saw him acting in Twisters or Top Gun or whatever and saw his chemistry with his co-stars and were suddenly like "oh 😳" Like he needs to be seen in action to really feel attracted to him?? Anyway, Chase thinks that if you were to see a perfect painting of him in a gallery, he's good-looking enough alone to make you stop and admire him, so probably like an 8... but his magnetism in person brings that to a 10 LOL

Red: He "doesn't really think about it" (🙄)--he more spends time grooming and styling himself to his own standards rather than really fretting over what other people would perceive or rate him as, but if you really pressed up, I think he'd say he's an 8 on a good day, potentially a 9 if he were to try very hard, but he'd sort of vaguely look around at everyone else to confirm if this was an arrogant thing for him to say lol, so he's definitely not totally sure about it! There aren't too many things he finds fault with when it comes to his physical appearance or body--he's generally satisfied and content in that department--but he also would never argue he's some great show-stopping beauty or gorgeous model: he just quietly lives with the idea that most people think he's a naturally pretty handsome guy!

Ayla: this is sad, but she probably rates herself a 3, maybe a 4 on a good day. 😕 Ayla thought she dispensed with thinking about her own appearance or attractiveness long ago, having accepted the fact that most people perceived her as this ragged, scrappy loner who mostly lived on the road and was lucky if she could find a stream to wash her hair in. She never possessed a mirror and, the rare times she stayed in a room that had one, she used it to check herself over for hidden injuries or things on her back and then went on her way... and none of this really mattered to her because she spent so much of her time alone. No one was really looking at her, she wasn't looking at herself, so who cared if she looked like a half-drowned rat with her hair growing into her eyes while she shook sand out of her clothes? Since joining the Shepherds, however, her private consciousness of her appearance has naturally increased, and sometimes she can feel quite down about it (especially when faced with the elegant grace of Tallys, the feminine cuteness of Shery, or the show-stopping beauty of Lavinet). Part of being in a group that she avoided was the vulnerability of natural comparison: no one's comparing you to anyone if you stand alone, but with the Shepherds, of course that's going to happen, even if only in her own mind... Anyway, this is a lot to say that she considers herself to be below-average in attractiveness, but is filled with a sullen self-loathing and pride when she considers doing anything to try to change that fact, so she just... resigns herself to feeling that way forever, if that makes any sense!

Briony: she thinks she's cute and can edge over into pretty when she tries really hard, so she'd probably say she hovers between a 6 and a 7 on an average day? While she thinks she has advantages like her striking hair color and eyes, she has areas that she privately feels a bit insecure about: she feels her face is too round, her nose is too short, feels like she's a bit short and compact and boyish in body when she's rather be tall and leggy like Tallys or buxom and curvaceous like Lavinet, etc. etc. It's not something that really bothers her--she figures that everybody feels that way about themselves--so she's happy with being "above-average" on most days. It's only when she's crushing on somebody and isn't sure of how they perceive her that she gets really unsure and self-conscious about it, and then she really obviously throws herself into styling herself to appear more feminine!

Lavinet: don't hate her, but she definitely thinks she's a 10 LOL. This is partly due to the fact that, by Blest beauty standards, she pretty much is a paragon of desirability, and everyone in her life has treated her as if she were a 10 or even outright said so... so there's really no reason for her to think otherwise! There are always small things she would tweak if she gave any thought to it, but in general she's been very happy with her appearance and how she's been able to use it as a tool to accomplish her goals in life!

Halek: he is well aware that he's gorgeous... he wouldn't say this out loud because he knows he'd get endlessly ragged on, but he'd probably say he's a 10 LMAO, maybe 9 so as to give the appearance of some humility... It's not even something he's arrogant about, he's just like aware of general beauty standards and is like 'yeah by no choice of my own and by complete accident of birth, i happen to fit these really well? *shrug*" It's nbd... and it's part of where his bde comes from, I'm sure

[pampanope]

Phillip Graves but he's a lil opossum man. Lil ears and a fat little tail that he uses to hold hands with his shadows.

I'm feral for this man.

PossumGrabes is cuter than i expected omgghh🥹🥹🥹

I DID NOT KNOW POSSUMS HAD NATURAL FINGERLESS GLOVES💕 (he still wears gloves to keep his fur clean and soft tho 🥰)

[somerandomdudelmao]

HEHEH I JUST NOTICED SHEPHERD HAS A SHARK LOOKJNG TAIL AND IS HAMMERHEAD SHARK COLORED AND A FANCY LITTLE STAR HAIR FUR HES A STAR SHARK BUT ALSO A ROBOT IDK I LOVE HIM

THANK YOU BFXJFMJH YEah he is intentionally designed like that ehehe. He is a shark and a star and a robot~

[feketeribizli]

seeing your george drawings made me realize he is the real csillagszemű juhász and now you cant convince me otherwise

he should have a szépen szóló furulya in his hands and animals dancing around him lol

love your works 💖

csillagszemű gyuri... you made me insane putting this concept in my head thats all im gonna say because soooo true... hes the real life starry-eyed shepherd especially with all his whimsy and folktale like good luck <3

[ask-idv-shepherd]

Does a certian fox boy like a certian news reporter?

"I d-don't know what y-you're talking about. St-Stop asking weird q-questions."

[shepscapades]

This file is named “Destruction BREAKDOWN” because of me. It’s me. I’m having the breakdown

[ask-jamessunderland]

Headcanons on James and Mary

These at least apply to this blogs ver of James, be nice.

Pre-Sick Mary

Its already canon that James enjoyed listening to Mary play the piano even if she wasn't good at it, Id imagine he would get her sheet music or books on the Piano as inspiration for her to keep practicing. He would listen to her and notice the improvement even if she didn't

Referencing off the fact of when Mary was sick he brought her flowers- James reads to me as a gift giving sort of person. He knows Mary well enough to know what she likes, whether it's flowers, something music related, or a more personalized gift.

He had searched heavily for sheet music for the music box song from The Lakeview Hotel after realizing Mary loved it. That or hed try to find something that would play something similar.

James had attempted to learn piano- he has the hands for it, but he struggled being able to make his hands do separate things and often confused the notes. He gave up but he can play very basic things that he can do with like, 3-4 keys.

Sick Mary

James would often crawl into the bed and hold Mary when she was sick. It isn't certain what she had but he didn't care if he also got sick anyway, he just wanted to comfort her somehow.

Also heavily implied that James researched all he could on treating and helping Mary, he retained a lot of medical knowledge even if he couldn't apply all of it. Though if it didn't help him with Mary he disregarded it.

As Mary mentioned in the letter, James doesn't laugh often, and he is very quiet. I think after some time (Leave Ending implication) he really does try to experiment with his emotions more.

If were going with the Leave ending anytime Laura coughed a little too hard, James tends to panic and overreacted often in making sure Laura never gets sick. He doesn't want repeats.

Despite confronting everything in Silent Hill, he still deals with nightmares and deep mourning. It doesn't quite go away, that sort of pain and loss, but he's determined to work with it otherwise.

[countrymusiclover]

Feisty Coffee Girl

Y/n twin sister of Izzy Steven's stumbles to Seattle with her ten year old daughter Everly. She hears all the gossip from Izzy and her other intern friends at the hospital, never expecting to get involved with any of it. That is till Mark Sloan pays a visit to the coffee shop she works at.

1 - First Name Basis

2 - Doctor Nicknames

3 - A Sloan Date

4 - What I Want

5 -

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Comments really appreciated ❤️

[joshriku]

from scarlet witch and quicksilver #1

he looks so cute!! it's been so long since he's been on a proper panel!!!

[heatherchasesyou]

I could see Mary recording James at night and playing the sound of his snoring back in the morning just to say "this is what you sound like."

HOOOOOOOOWWWLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGG

THIS SHIT'S SO CANON!!! THAT'D BE HILARIOUS TO SEE HELP 😭😭😭

[rwbyrg]

People always talk about how rarely Oscar laughs in the show... has homeboy been through that much he's just never like, ACTUALLY laughed? Compared to the occassional mild chuckle or something?

believe me, if Oscar had ever laughed so freely i would never stop talking about it. The gifs in that last ask are the best I've got. He smiles quite a bit, but laughs are always quiet, small, or covered by his hand. Part of what makes the absence of his laugh so noticeable is because of just how expressive he is everywhere else?

We see his cheer well enough. His anger we see against Oz, in the Dojo scene, the v5 finale when Ruby gets hurt, facing off Ironwood, his time in the whale, etc. We see his sadness a lot with his very exaggerated frowns, the defeatism that creeps up with the merge... the pining 😏. The sass we see mostly as background gags but things like talking back to his aunt, or all the eye rolls in Atlas. We even see how animated he is when he's scared. Be it Oz's first appearance, anyone tackling him to the ground in a hug, or Salem touching his cheek.

But laughs??? Where? When? It's all soft, quiet, shy, unsure. And they get fewer and farther between as the story goes on, as the stakes get higher. We see it with Ruby too. Hence why I need crwby to let them laugh together. pls crwby. crwby i beg you. 😭