#can we play with them like dolls

[linkcharacter]

thanks for being one of the few mouthwashing artists who is like.. normal about jimmy, is the only way i can describe it. for treating his character just as seriously as all the other tulpar members, not being afraid to analyze/explore his character and relationships with the others; for not outright refusing to draw him etc. i feel like a lot of people think that including him in fanart/analysis is equal to excusing his actions and it really sucks to see that, so it's always refreshing to see someone give him as much thought and appreciation as any other well written character.

Thank you, but it makes me wonder how cooked this fandom is, if I'm getting praise for treating the central protagonist and main character of the story as just A Character In The Story. And he isn't even my favorite. I understand the aversion to Jimmy obviously, but a lot of people act so immature about him.

[skipppppy]

I am going to get so much mileage out of this feature

[non-newtonian-id]

this is complete insanity on my part because i thought about PIDW!Shang Qinghua a little too much but

he and PIDW!Mu Qingfang were in love. to me.

they never actual got together before og!sqh died but there was mutual pining happening

trust, i spoke to airplane himself (<- guy being delusional about two double fictional characters (characters that are fictional within a factional setting))

[thebadchoicemachine]

Hey. Psst. Check out @ask-scouts-family if you wanna bother my tf2 OCs. (Scout’s brothers and Ma)

[dismas-n-dismay]

WOAH, Voice designs and HCs be upon you underneath the cut!! (and doodles and wips of the other voices + TLQ!)

Okay so, left to right we have:

Hero, Hunted, Stubborn (who I’ve renamed Perseverant/Hunter) and Smitten!

Hero is mostly simple and if I gave him colors he’d be based off a peahen specifically! I hc TLQ and all the voices are being trans (either non-binary or non-binary trans masc)

Some of the voices wear clothing but it’s typically very minimal, as Hero is the closest to being “Human” or similar to a person- as I HC him to represent TLQ’s want of not being seen as a monster but a simple common folk and thinking that being a hero will grant them that and allow them to live amongst people - he wears a tunic and has the most regular and minimal bird like features

He has a small rounded snub beak and clawed hands and feet!! He’s among the shorter of the voices when visualized (this is also because TLQ imagines his large height is frightening and would prefer to be a normal height around others for their comfort (he doesn’t really have a lot of his own thoughts, he wishes he had a community and that’s how all the Voices split off)

Hero doesn’t have any wings, and only has slight feathers here and there though his tail feathers are quite long and curl at the ends, making they slightly fluffy. A lot of Hero’s design is to calm and placate others, he’s as cute a monster as most people could tolerate living amongst them without plotting to kill him at night.

Hero, like a good chunk of most of the voices, is bipedal! Choosing to walk upright as he’s not very comfortable walking on all fours (it hurts his back and he doesn’t like the dirt on his hands too much).

Out of all the voices, Hero most resembles that of TLQ in bass design, if only because he has the least unique features possible that would differentiate him from them.

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Smitten my SON AND BABY!!

Both Hunter and Hunted are reflections of one another. Hunted is primarily quadrupedal both by choice and because of the ease it gives him when hunting! He’ll stand bipedally if needed of course like to grab something or open doors but otherwise he’ll run, stand, and sit on all fours.

He has long, feathered ears to listen out for both prey and predators and small wings that make him temporarily flight able but are better suited for gliding and such! His tail feathers are much shorter and similar to a feather duster to keep him from dragging and lagging behind too much when running or escaping.

Hunted wears a little cloak around his body for warmth that resembles an old brown tattered blanket that’s been wore with love <3

Due to being quadrupedal he’s technically one of the shortest voices but when Bipedal he’s Much taller than Hero so it doesn’t count (he also shares the same height with Hunter/Stubborn)

Neither Hunted nor Hunter have real beaks or mouths with which to speak! They simply have muzzle like faces and the words come out though they have been seen or shown to have some form of mouths when it’s time to consume food- otherwise the other voices aren’t quite sure How they eat all the prey they catch.

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Hunter/Stubborn is a mirrored shard of Hunted! His feathers are much messier and mussed due to frequent attacks and harm being done to him- in addition to that his wings have also been Shattered and ripped to shreds. He can no longer fly or glide and is in a constant state of survival and anger.

He is Very mad and Will survive no matter the cost. He sports many cuts, bites, scars and wounds that have yet to heal or have healed improperly and his cloak is tattered not due to being well worn but because of the cost of survival. Safe to say wearing clothing doesn’t exactly bode well when running from predators- he has lost many chunks of skin and flesh for the sake of keeping his one comfort in the world.

All of this has led to Hunter being on the offense- better to Attack than Be Attacked, kill or be killed. He tends to spiral, goading himself into believing he likes the pain he inflicts upon others who aim to harm him when in reality he simple wants a chance to stop what he perceives to be a future threat and attack. He needs a hug and is very sad (he will bite you.)

Hunter is similar to a cat who gets touched a lot without his permission and acts as such, he very much prefers it when people ask.

Both he and Hunted represent TLQ and the ways they cope/react to their trauma. Hunter tries to turn it around to being something they enjoy, masking the pain as scars of battles won and survived while Hunted simply wants to live in safety and comfort without the fear of being hunted or perceived either negatively or positively. Together they’re two sides of the same coin and tend to comfort each other.

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Smitten is very big, very fluffy, and yes is he indeed fat <3 Within his heart all the love is stored because as we all know skinny bitches have no hearts and the ones they do have are cold <3 /ref /J

Seriously though Smitten is a Big Boy with a Big personality and we love that! His eyes are mostly obscured as he’s blinded by love! So while he can see enough to move around in a space he can’t really see things for how they are.

Similar to male birds in real life, Smitten has Many colors! He actually has some of the most out of the voices as well as some of the largest plume (chest fluff) and tail feathers! He’s big and flashy for a reason man.

Smitten has the most symbols with symbolic meaning than the rest of the voices have mostly to symbolize his love! He has a big heart patch on his chest, arms, legs, hands, and cheeks! He’s a lover, not so much of a fighter unless he has to but he’s not perfect! It’s why his ears and arms don’t have identically colored markings!

Smitten has a much rounder and full beak that makes up his face, similar to Opportunist! (See wip above) His eyes are usually closed to give him a dreamy expression and so his mouth is Much more expressive! He talks with his hands and often flaps his arms which ends up making really big gusts of air as he has the most feathered “wings” out of every Voice.

I can’t remember but I’m fairly sure that when I was creating him I based him off of a bleeding heart dove and a pigeon- basically he’s baby, argue with the wall <3

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The Long Quiet…the Biggest Boy.

Now, despite having visualizations, all the voices are Still just Voices. For TLQ it’s just an easier way to envision all the noise in their head without going insane from everyone talking, it’s easier if they have a point from which they’re coming!

So the voices each have their own little designs and looks that are based off of TLQ! This is based off of my own OSDD! Specifically OSDD 1a, so most of the Voices are literally just alternate looks/forms of TLQ rather than being entirely different. I imagine for TLQ he actually wishes that they looked more like the voices and has quite a lot of trouble actually envisioning Themselves, which is why we seldom see them and their full body in game.

Safe to say they have Major dysphoria and are definitely trans but their attitude is like “We ain’t got time for allat” (they need therapy).

While TLQ wants to appear as Normal to other people as they imagine hero would be, they actually wish they had a bit more of Smitten’s build. Being less sharp edges and intimidation would be a lot easier for meeting new people, especially when ur a soft floofy bird and not a Large Bird Monster.

TLQ coos more than they actually Speak. The Princess just understands them and what they mean, miraculously, so communication is never a problem. If they actually tried to talk though it would be something more similar to The Cold with long and odd pauses in between words, while also being slightly garbled as they aren’t really Huge on talking considering most of their conversations are in their head. When pet TLQ actually does a bit of a rumbly purr! They don’t get pet much and Love physical affection.

And, lastly, to end my super long hc post-

TLQ always fixes up their plume, crest, and face feathers before meeting the Princess with the hopes of making a good first impression (and having her think they’re cute) they try very hard pls be nice to them (and no they don’t smile, they don’t have enough teeth for it to look pleasant)

[slocumjoe]

Anyway do you ever think about how piper is given weight in the main plot only to be shoved into a ditch to make way for Nick Valentine Synth Detective, who has large presence in the main plot + a personal quest + a whole ass DLC

[fromtheseventhhell]

I also find it funny that fandom will only accept Lyanna being her non-conforming, wild self in the context of saying that Arya isn't meant to be pretty; Any other day we get back-to-back posts about how Lyanna is actually super traditionally feminine cause she sniffled at a song once, so she's actually more like Sansa. Instead of constantly speaking on Arya and Lyanna, how about you guys reflect on why your standards of beauty for women are attached to how well they perform feminity within the patriarchy?

[lemongogo]

why do i love the conflict more than anything else . the misery . the incompatibility that spreads like oil slick . wanting so desperately for resolution that never comes . hmmm

[moonchild-in-blue]

Oh mother, tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your lives in sin and misery In the house of The Rising Sun

[huni-bii]

Literally my mental state when a mutual suggests shipping our ocs together vs later on when the conversation inevitably ends

[runawaycarouselhorse]

@otesunki just doing the autistic thing and organizing and stacking my dolls.

P.S. I like that you made Lillie's PokeDoll snore, fff. That's not a combination I would have thought of and I love seeing things used in unintended ways.

[remyfire]

I've had a lot of really lovely experiences in this fandom, but I do think one of my favorites has been the amount of people who used to dislike or be ambivalent toward Beje, but who are now quite fond of him just because they've enjoyed spending a lot of time with me. Every time someone tells me that, I know I've got to be doing something right, at least

[britneyshakespeare]

i love bratz as dolls but i fuckin hate mga as a brand. fuckin idiots

[darabeatha]

/ I've noticed that at this point I'm not even writing on any blog anymore, I just come and yell about some blorbo and leave. Rinse and repeat my lieges

[stone-stars]

i have so many wildly specific legendary heroes headcanons

[whiterunguard]

Things are in store. Things are going to happen.