#asks and stuff

[karmacomesaround]

Hello, could you draw Raph holding this black kitten? :3

TY FOR REQUEST

[ravelqueen]

Hello! I'm the anon who sent the last Dom!Kim ask (about the Pale) I'm glad you like it!!! I have, like, SO many thoughts on Dom!Kim (especially specifically your Dom Kim!)

So, I hope you don't mind if I share some!

I'm actually curious about who this au of Kim would defer, besides just mentally, from canon Kim. Like in canon Kim doesn't make that many decisions himself, and pushes you/Harry to do the talking/make the decision. Even when Harry makes a bad decision, Kim doesn't step in, and really only give his insights if you ask him about it.

I'm reminded of the scene where you can choose to go into the apartment that Mr Evrart gives you, and Kim lists both the pros and cons of doing either, before stating that it's ultimately your (Harry's) decision.

This actually led me to get a sub read on Kim (I didn't get the authority check because I thought asking Kim to give me a secret would be too personal/mean). Like, I kinda envisioned Kim as someone who needed/wanted someone to lead him and make the decisions (because Dom used to do that for him, and he feels so lost without him?).

But! That's not to say I don't vibe with your Dom!Kim headcanon/au, like, I can have multiple/contradictory thoughts about a character. I just wanted to share my thoughts on how I see Kim as someone who doesn't really make decisions.

Which could be taken in a sub way, or, following your au, maybe Kim is so hyper critical of how he acts in a controlling matter that he's trying to course correct. So he keeps saying that it's ultimately Harry's decision, and letting him take the led, as a way to combat his controlling Dom thoughts.

Also, I do wonder how a play through would go down if Harry was able to pick up Kim having this internal thoughts (probably through an Empathy, Inland Empire, Esprit De Corps build), and being like "actually, I would like Kim to make all my decisions for me" (Harry would probably need to have pretty low Authority and Physical Instrument, lol)

And because he's, well, Harry, he would absolutely be like "hey Kim, you know how you want to control my actions, why don't we do that? I'm kind of a mess here, and could use the help".

Though I still bet Kim would be like Absolutely Not, purely because out of principle (even though he really wants to), and because he doesn't actually know how much Harry is aware of BDSM, the life style, or if he's just asking because he's so much of a wreck and that he trusts Kim. Though I do think it's funny if the skills try to like, help you convince Kim you can be a good sub by telling Harry if Kim is displeased by a choice (like Visual Calculus, Empathy, and maybe Conceptualization and Inland Empire could help).

Though I do wonder how this version of Kim (with a Harry who seems to make it one of his goals to get Kim to Dom him/accept him as a sub) would react to Jean.

Like, Kim in the original game didn't seem to have much of an opinion on Jean. Maybe some respect for being a fellow cop, maybe some hostility for not being there during the shot out. But in this au/verison of this au, maybe Kim gets a little pissed off at Jean for scolding Harry at the end of the game?

Because at this point, maybe Kim has begun to dom Harry a little bit (justifying to himself that he's only doing it to further move along the case), and having someone else scold Harry gets his dom brain going because only *he* is allowed to scold Harry. He's the one whose supposed to publish Harry if he messes up, who does Jean think he is? Abandoning Harry and then coming back to scold him? That's not how this works!

Anyway, I also have a drabble idea after Kim and Harry find Harry's crashed Kineema, and Harry feeling guilty about it, and asking for a punishment from Kim, and this being the moment Kim steps more into the dom role. But! This ask is already getting WAY too long! So I'll just stop now, lol. Anyway, I would love to hear more of your thoughts!

(For anyone joining us/organizational purposes: OG Dom!Kim post and the first ask)

My dear lovely anon: I adore talking about ideas that's why i throw them into the world in the faint hope I get to talk about the more so you really made my day here! <3

(also never apologize for multiple headcanons/interpretations I think that's honestly the beauty of fandom that all characters exist in this sort of schrödinger's cat/multiverse sphere where as long as it's consistent with characterization it's valid)

And yes! In my mind the constant checking in and deferrals are basically two-fold: One Kim has a very dear love of Order and Structure and Rules Governing Interaction, especially in a professional setting - in this case Harry, no matter what, is the lead on this case and therefore gets to make the decision.

Second in this sort of AU version of him where he struggles with his urges, he'd be extra conscientious about not infringing on someone's agency in a way he's not been invited to. That's what the Structure is for: an outside hierarchy imposed on him, so he's not feeling resentful of someone aside from him exercising authority.

And normally that's not a problem for him, but Harry, because of his absolute level of fuck-up (and being pretty much his type overall) is crossing all his wires and fucking up his Very Carefully Created Systems, so he's like EXTRA deliberate in letting Harry call the shots in a way he probably wouldn't normally, course-correct as you say

Therefore he would probably absolute fucking FREAK OUT if Harry would be like "the city told me, you'd like to make decisions for me", because he'd be like FUCK I'VE TRIED SO HARD TO NOT BE OBVIOUS WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ME and like double-down on fully suppressing any indication of his thoughts (making them perversely worse probably).

Not necessarily because of a SSC reason/Harry's amnesia and therefore unclear relationship to the scene (bc fucked up version of Kim here, he'd probably get a weird thrill out of being able to be the only one to show him/teach him about this) and more because the loss of control implied by being able to be read so easily by someone who - let's be clear here - is dealing with a lot of stuff and therefore should not be able to pick up Kim's internal struggle.

Jeaaaann oh Jean yes what an interesting thought.

Ok so Jean and Kim even in game have an interesting dynamic imo even though it is so heavily impacted by player choice, because no matter what you've done if Kim is there he defends Harry.

But he defends Harry in this really interesting way, because (at least in Good Cop runs) it's almost a conversation at cross-purpose, because they clearly aren't even talking about the same person.

That conversation to me reads weirdly aimless and strange, because Jean is talking to Kim about Harry the way he's clearly used to talking about him to people that also know him well - as commiseration.

Very "have a load of this guy" and "the things we have to deal with". Not getting into whether that's fair or not (I already know fandom is very divided on that point lol), it is very clear that this is almost rote to him and what is also rote is the way the other side responds: with equal levels of annoyance and pain and trash-talking.

Kim breaks this script.

To Jean, Kim is also someone who spent an extended amount of time with Harry so he expects the other side of his rote conversation to happen the way it always does, but Kim - someone he clearly respects both as an officer as well as his intellect and character - keeps refusing to engage, simply because he doesn't seem to have met the same Harry and that fully throws him for a loop.

In that entire conversation he keeps backtracking, apologizing, amending his aggressiveness at the slightest push-back from Kim.

So I think (to finally come back to your question sorry) that yes Kim absolutely would be annoyed - (idt that during the course of the actual investigation he'd ever let himself indulge in much, but he's certainly started smaller behaviour when it doesn't seem to concern the case - make Harry sleep, eat, dress warmly etc., so there is that kind of possessiveness about him for sure.) even angry at Jean for just coming in and sort of staking a claim on which behaviours Harry should even be scolded for.

But i don't think he'd lash out or anything, because really this is about control - both of the situation and of Harry's responses. And just by responding naturally - by pointing out how well Harry had solved the comprehensive, complicated mystery, how he had taken care of himself, how he'd comported himself quite well, how he'd been kind and capable - he's not just taking control of the conversation, keeping Jean always on the back-foot, deprived of his trusty protocol, but also control of Harry.

Because when at first his attention was fixed on this person who he only somewhat remembers and his (justified?) anger, simply by saying the truth, Kim manages to get him to focus on him, to accept his version of reality, of himself and his character - despite the fact that realistically, Jean's version of himself is probably more correct (simply by virtue of him actually knowing him).

Harry wants to believe that this person Kim is talking about is who he really is and to have someone who he respects say these things he desperately wants to be true, they start to become reality.

And isn't that the ultimate rush for Kim, a dopamine push the likes he's never experienced - to not just have someone accept his rules and judgement and decisions, but to have them accept his reality over their own.

[2030kamenriders]

Trick or Treat! I hope you've had a great Halloween!

Thank you! I'll admit it's a bit rough, but I'm doing my best 👍🏼

Take your pick!

Gaim-themed fruit gummies

Chocolate wafers the size of Gaia Memory USBs

A pencil with a fun pattern and one of those giant fun-shaped erasers (these erasers look and smell like pumpkins)

Deneb's watermelon-flavoured candies

Sparkly stickers with stained-glass-themed patterns

[all-seeing-ifer]

ms. cordelia chase for character opinion !!

CORDY CHASE MY GIRL OF ALL TIIIIIIME

flaps my hands i love her soooooo much!!!! i think most people who know me are aware of my bias for high school mean girl characters with hearts of gold who have fun redemption arcs, especially when they're allowed to be like. genuinely quite awful before their change of heart (i say this with love and affection and her being my favourite buffyverse character. but like she would call me a slur and mean it. i cannot deny this). and I love her character development (pre. The Horrors) and how she ends up flourishing into the heart of the team in ats while still keeping this very acerbic streak to her. i always love when the heart of the team is some bitchy little guy who gets on everyone's nerves this is why eiffel wolf 359 is another of my favourite guys.

she's funny she's stubborn she cares so so so much about people and most importantly. she does not experience attraction normally. i know this. and i also know that she has no idea this is the case. i know i've written fic where she does but realistically in canon she is going about her day like "yeah it's fine it's normal for sex to always feel bad. no one actually enjoys it they're just pretending". realistically considering the time period there is probably also some internalised misogyny rattling around in there making it even more complicated. it's ok i can save her

sorry for turning this into another ace cordy manifesto. anyway. that's my favourite girl in the world she's only dead if you believe she is. AND ALSO SHE HAS AN INSANE DEGREE OF AUTISM. ok that's all

[valeriapryanikova]

Hey! I saw your Edge of Sleep pixel art (the one with the whale) and it’s so cool! Is it okay if I use it as my computer wallpaper? I just wanted to ask first because I just found you from this piece specifically and idk what your boundaries are with regards to art usage.

thank you! and yes you can use my art as a wallpaper :D

[okayohay]

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the cancellations

After much time to process, here are my thoughts.

1. Shit happens.

2. For them to cancel everything for months down the road, it’s something big and I’m sure it was tough. I cannot live in a state of anger over it. I just hope they are sincerely all good.

3. I got my refunds for all shows quickly.

4. Everyone is bitching about Van. It’s his fault, he’s an addict, he’s not said anything, blah blah. Guys…other than Dave Grohl coming clean about cheating on his wife when was the last time the singer announced major news? Sure - the singer gives a statement but management is responsible for posting it, IT’S WHAT MANAGEMENT COMPANIES DO. It’s why they are hired. And we know there is no mgmt so….lets chill. Christ it’s Van we’re also talking about, he probably doesn’t even know the password for the main account. 🤣

5. In truth, no one owes us anything. Everyone complaining about how much time, money and energy they’ve invested in this band..you got your money back for tickets and if you don’t want to support them anymore, then walk away. You look kind of stupid complaining about supporting something that was your choice to like in the first place.

6. I’ll still be here as I’ve been since 2014. I’m not a fair weather CATB fan. Here for the long haul and I look forward to the future.

[pain-isnt--needed]

You fasted for two weeks? Did you gain weight back after breaking your fast?

This is very much not what was asked but I'm just going to use this as a quick PSA for the love of god don't fast for two weeks I'm begging you. Honestly a horrific experience, wouldn't recommend it to anyone, especially not if you have preexisting health conditions. I fainted a shit ton, my lips were always blue, I tried to take a hot bath at home point and then almost fainted in the bath tub, the brain fog was insane. But even if we ignore all the health issues even from an ed point of view this is not very productive behaviour. It will slow down your metabolism immensely and if you're prone to binging this will inevitably end in a binge episode. If you fast, which I already don't recommend, don't go over 24h, always, always, always make sure you drink enough and don't exercise. Don't stop taking your meds or your vitamins and please if you feel dizzy or light headed break your fast.

[captainimprobable]

Huntlow: "I've got my suit, we have a full tank of gas, and you look beautiful."

(Hope things get easier soon.)

Willow could tell that something was very wrong, because Hunter had been quiet for at least three minutes straight. She loved her boyfriend with everything she had, but, more importantly, she knew him. And after three years of dating, she was quite aware of the fact that Hunter liked to talk. The topic of conversation varied greatly; depending on the hour it could be anything from a one sided debate on the mechanics of the Cosmic Frontier ships to a rant about how gorgeous his girlfriend was. (Willow was rather partial to the second, but she was happy to listen to anything he had to say, really.) So when Hunter went quiet in the living room, she exited the bathroom mildly concerned that he'd passed out at the computer where she'd left him. "Hunter?" she asked as she walked across the room. Hunter didn't respond, but he did turn his chair around to slowly face her with a look of great shame on his face. "I'm so sorry Willow," he said, nervously biting his thumbnail, "I, uh, I kind of fucked up." Willow smiled reassuringly and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "I'm sure it's not as bad as you're making it seem, babe."

In addition to being a certified yapper, Hunter also happened to be extremely hard on himself. Hunter flinched. "No, it's actually bad this time," he assured her. "You know those plane tickets we got? The ones for Tuesday?" "The tickets to get to Connecticut?" "Yeah..." Willow started to feel a great sense of unease in the pit of her stomach. "What happened?"

Hunter took a deep breath and then finally blurted it out: "We don't actually have tickets for Tuesday. I'm so sorry." Willow blinked at him, not quite certain she was hearing this right. "What...what do you mean?" "I mean, I just got an email confirming our tickets to Connecticut....for Friday. And yes, before you ask, I looked up literally every single airline in existence for seats on any plane for Tuesday. Or Wednesday, or Thursday, or even Monday." Willow closed her eyes and backed up a few feet until she was sitting on the couch. "Shit. How...?"

Hunter stood up, dawdling in the middle of the room like he wasn't sure whether he was allowed to join Willow on the couch or not. "It's my fault. I was distracted when I bought the tickets back in May, and I must have clicked the wrong day, and now-" "-And now we're going to miss our best friends' wedding," Willow finished.

"I'm so sorry, I feel awful, I didn't do it on purpose, I-"

"I know," Willow said gently, "I don't blame you. It's just...what are we gonna do? Not being there is not an option." "Yeah, I know, which is why I got a kind of....crazy idea." There was suddenly a mischievous glint in Hunter's eye, and in spite of herself and in spite of the situation, Willow found herself smiling. Whatever Hunter was going to say next was sure to be at best helpful and at least entertaining. Hunter smiled back at her, and Willow was not surprised to feel the butterflies in her stomach. Even after all these years, she still felt them all the time. "What if we drove there?" Willow let that sit in the air for a second before saying "As in, road trip across the country? In four days?" "I mean, we've done crazier things, and besides, this is Luz and Amity. I know you'd do anything for them, and I sure as hell would too. So..."

"Hmmm. When would we leave?" Hunter's grin got even bigger. "I was thinking...maybe now?" "Now???" Hunter shrugged. "Why not? I've got my suit, we have a full tank of gas, and you look beautiful." Willow giggled. "What does me looking beautiful have to do with anything?" "Nothing, really, but I've only told you like two times today, which definitely wasn't enough." God, Willow loved this man. "Okay." "Okay?" Willow stood up and stretched before walking over to her boyfriend and giving him a kiss. "Let's do this," she said, "Think you can handle being stuck in a car with me for four days?" Hunter snorted. "As if being stuck with you for four days isn't, like, the best thing that could ever possibly happen to me? Come on, Willow, you know me better than that." Willow laughed again and got on her tiptoes to ruffle Hunter's hair. "I love you," she said, as if he didn't know, as if she could ever, in any universe, pretend she was anything other than deeply in love with him. "I love you too," he said, "Now let's get our butts to Connecticut." ~ (I CANNOT THANK YOU FOR THIS ENOUGH ANON! This is the first time I've been able to write in MONTHS, ty ty ty!!! <3)

[parkersloths]

I love your art so much!!! What brushes do you use?

Hi thank youuuu!!!!

Okay so I really only use one brush, at 75% opacity..

This is what it looks like basically

Bottom left is what it looks like if I just tap the screen, and the rest is a few different ways I use it to paint. It's always the same brush and same opacity but just different sizes and ways to layer

And as a bonus here it is in some snippets of unfinished/might-never-be-finished works

[bitsandbobsandstuff]

Omg not only do you have a southern gothic vibe but it’s also a vampire Bucky😍 I would love to here about it

Ahhh thanks for asking! So I am absolutely obsessed with all things dark and creepy and I saw this photo awhile back and the whole idea spiralled…basically we have Dark Bucky deep in the Louisiana bayou in an old mansion, discovering the Reader who looks an awful lot like his dead wife. Kind of southern gothic meets Dracula…

Hoping to share around Halloween! 🎃 👻

[seeminglydark]

Would Caro ever grow their hair out long as an adult? Understandable if it bring up BAD PTSD FEELINGS AND FEARS, was just curious. Related: Would Johnny ever grow his hair out long?

HM im going to say probably not in caros case. I think they would get past the PTSD of it a few years after their brittney spears moment, it was always about not having control over it and less about the hair itself i think (which is why im comparing it to that analogy,) but these days Caro is fairly low maintenance about their appearance and hair like they used to have requires a LOT of work and upkeep. The only thing they bother with these days is skin care and drawing in their eyebrows. They want to be out the door, driving with the top down, or stuffing their head and shorter hair into a motorcycle helmet and not worrying about fixing it up afterward haha! on the opposite end of the spectrum, while ive yet to draw caro middle aged, in my head they have thinning hair/pattern baldness and absolutely rock it.

As for John. ok i actually sketched it a bit for the Human Version of him in werewolf AU, johns hair is thick and wavy bordering on curly, and i just. he looked too much like Mr Universe. And it made me laugh. its not bad, but it REALLY didnt fit his character specifically.

I'm very hair-centric with my character designs, and while i love a cute metalhead or long haired boy, hell im married to a long hair boy, and at some point Avery (character in Seemingly Dark) will be the long haired boy in my stories, to me, john without his trademark pomp or hawk just doesnt feel like john.

[karmacomesaround]

[ravelqueen]

I LOVE your Dom!Kim ideas, and it actually reminded me of the scene where you talk with Joyce about the Pale. Kim is insistent that Harry doesn't learn more about the Pale, and actually steps away when you talk with Joyce about it.

I like to imagine Kim is very privately angry at Harry for putting his health at risk and learning more about the Pale (even when he told Harry to stop), but he knows that he can't demand Harry to just stop learning about it, nor would he rational or reasonable for him to get so angry about Harry going against his advice and learning more about the Pale. But he just can't help but get angry so he has to step away.

I like to think he's proud of Harry in a dom way when he returns and Harry is fine. Sorta like in a way doms are when their subs tough out a difficult scene.

ahhh omg thank you sweet anon! The image of it did not leave me alone so I'm glad at least it's resonating!

And Yes! Being adamant about Harry not learning about The Pale fits right into "I know better and should be making your decisions" sort of mindset this version of Kim would have hhh - I like to think that in this instance the Authority check is more of a reality check aka YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN JFC KIM KEEP YOURSELF TOGETHER

Well I think in the version of Kim where he's yk ... functional and not also deeply fucked up he'd be totally proud of how well Harry managed to process it!

However, since my brain worm liked to latch onto the version of dom!kim that is Deeply Not Ok Actually he'd probably just have to get over his instinctive rage by calming himself down with the fact that despite Harry going explicitly against what he said it's not like he hurt himself with it so I guess that's mitigating circumstances.

Followed by long staring across the ocean about how he's an absolute monster and in fact Harry is a human being with agency and what the fuck is wrong with him actually

[2030kamenriders]

Trick or treat!! 🎃

Oh, what a surprise!

Here, I have an assortment. Take your pick:

Gaim-themed fruit gummies

chocolate wafers the size of Gaia Memory USBs

A pencil with a fun pattern and one of those giant fun-shaped erasers (these erasers look and smell like pumpkins)

Deneb's watermelon-flavoured candies

Sparkly stickers with stained-glass-themed patterns

[all-seeing-ifer]

oklahoma silhouette shot painting 👀

thanks for asking aki!! i've been working on this painting of one of the oklahoma promo photos on and off for the past couple months in an attempt to get back on my digital painting grindset. not. a huge amount of progress has been made but here's what it looks like atm (along with the original promo photo for reference):

i need to get back into working on it tbh. i do love working on paintings of oklahoma promo photos there's so many incredible ones out there!