#can't believe i'm actually using an art of mine to promote it!!!!!!

[ghostofashina]

of cold nights and first times

Wolf felt the hit of alcohol both in his stomach and in his head. "It tastes funny." “You get used to it after a while,” Emma assured, also drinking from her glass, without showing any kind of reaction.

EMMA/WOLF — SAKE DRINKING — FLUFF — 3,072 WORDS.

For the first time, Wolf decides to drink sake with Emma and Sekijo. Finally.

READ ON AO3.

[flowersforthemachines]

Shameless Self Promo Saturday

thank you @pixiedurango @skullypettibone and @corvus-frugilegus for tagging me <3

The idea: We make a post and show off, what cool stuff we created over the past week. Art, Screenshots, writing (anything from a questionnaire about your OC to the 100K epos...) anything we do is worth to be seen and to be promoted. And by tagging people, commenting, and reblogging, we share the love and boost ourselves, and other's confidence. No matter what form you choose, whether you reblog your initial post, or create a new one with teasers, you decide!

"What did I even do this week?" I asked myself looking through my OG post tag and Woah I Kinda Did A Lot.

First of all, there is the shining light of my life, my Grey Warden Bellara fic Bellara's Diary: On Darkspawn Corruption. I actually finished this fic over a month ago, and I was sooo excited to share it for Bellara week, you have no idea. This is currently the #1 favourite work of mine, everything else will have to move aside, at least for now <3

I also published Athim, a short oneshot about Bellara talking to the Archive before saying her goodbyes. That was a personally important piece since I (as an individual) consider keeping the archive the right choice TM, so I was curious how well I could execute the opposite scenario. And I'm rather proud of how it came out :')

Then, I posted a WIP from my piece about Viago & Ghilasara, Second Opinion. And the fic itself is coming out tomorrow! Maybe it has a target audience of like 5 people, but I'm still so very excited to share it <3

Besides that, I also made some DAVG-themed tumblr dividers. I actually saw someone I don't know personally use one of those dividers in their post and almost teared up.... Can't believe people like them enough to put them on their blogs...

Ahem. Someone (💙💙) inspired me to finally give a try to adding feathers to Ghilasara's custom armour. It's very much a WIP and I'm thinking of redoing that from scratch, but I did post a bit about my latest attempt along with a small silly headcanon here ^_^

And last, but not least, there was this ask about Spite's role in the Lucanisara divorce that ended up as a pretty long write-up. It's probably in the top-2 favourite asks I got on this blog (the other one was about whether Ghilasara would ever hook up with Illario).

throwing tags to @thewardenisonthecase and @mythals-whore <3

[princess-ibri]

Why don't you do one of your disney verse stories with princess Ivy from Sofia the First and her sister after all if you've arleady done one with the witch shuriki from Elena of Avalor which i really like by the way why not do one with the princess with power white, black after all you don't believe.

Look, I usually try to be very polite and give people the benefit of the doubt but this is getting annoying. I'd talk to you in private but your conversation seems to have disappeared from my DMs and since ignoring your many previous asks doesnt seem to have deterred you either I'll do it here.

Please stop asking me for Princess Ivy stuff. I've explained before that I'm not that interested in her, and after the last ask you sent where you said you'd "waited long enough" for me to do a backstory on her I have no interest at all in ever doing one.

I do these things for fun. I'm not getting paid, I'm not beholden to anybody to do anything. If I answer an ask its because I feel like it, if I do a backstory or any art it's because I'm actually interested in it, if I dont answer an ask it's because I don't have an obligation to if I find the contents demanding or uninteresting or simply using my blog to promote their own ideas with no real interest or tie in to my works here.

This is something that sadly seems to be happening more frequently. Guys, I dont mind seeing your own stuff or answering questions on topics, but like, use your own blogs to promote your original ideas, not mine, its only polite.

If all you really want is someone to echo back exactly the take on a character or headcanon you have, that's not what I'm here for. I can't mind read what you want me to say and I'm not going to just randomly add in things you think I should to a project I'm doing for fun and don't expect anyone else to be beholden to head canon wise.

It feels like most of the asks I get aren't from anyone actually interested in the stories I've been crafting here or even people interested in discussing Disney stuff as an actual discussion of two people who enjoy Disney characters and history but people who just want a random person to echo chamber them for a hot sec so they can feel good about their own thoughts and never interact more than that.

In conclusion, I will draw what I want to draw and I'll do it when I want to do it. This blog is ultimately for me, the artist and writer, to have fun with. Unless you're wanting to commission me to do something I don't have any obligation to draw anything for anyone, and even then I still reserve the right to say no if I want to.

Sorry about the rant to everyone who has been wonderful and supportive and actually interested. Thank you for being a positive motivator and good tumblr neighbors.

[mangotarot]

Community-building Tag Game

Tagged by: @teaboot (thanks so much!)

Name: Call me Mango!

Pronouns: he/him

Where do you call home?

Pacific Northwest Baybeeeeee

Favorite animal: I'm gonna do this one by category

- Bugs: Moths, Atlas Moth most favorite

- Rodents: rats!! Cute fur beans

- Dogs: I love Pitties

- Cats: Orange tabby, and tortoise shells

- large mammal: Bear

- birds: hummingbirds (roufus specific, love em all tho)

- pet fish: goldfish

- not pet fish: coelacanth

- amphibians: axolotl!! Love the banana boys and wild type best, so cute and fun

Cereal of choice:

I like like cinnamon life, Lucky charms, and froot loops most.

Are you a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner?

Bit of it all, actually. I usually follow these steps:

- watch it done

- guided steps

- try on my own

- repeat as necessary

First pet:

My dad's black lab/chow mix! He helped me learn to walk haha.

Favorite scent:

This is incredibly specific but the smell of my dog's forehead. You know that thing about parents loving the smell of their baby's head, a sense of calm and dopamine releases, and everything is right with the world because of that one scent? I get that when I set my head against my dog's and I smell her head.

Do you believe in astrology?

Yes and no. Do I think there's some cool coincidences about it? Hell yeah. Do I believe that this kind of magic can be powerful? Absolutely. Will I base my beliefs about relationships, compatibility with other humans, be it romantic or platonic, on what arbitrary star they were born under? Fuck no.

How many playlists do you have on Spotify/Apple Music?

None I hate Spotify and Apple products. Got a boatload on YouTube tho.

Sharpies or highlighters?

Sharpies, all the way. I don't care for highlighters, they hurt my eyes and I spend more time thinking "God this sucks to read" than actually reading it.

A song that makes you cry:

I don't cry at songs. The last song that made me cry tho was Clare De Lune, back in 2009. I heard it playing somewhere in the woods, while it was raining, and I don't know who or what was playing it because I only heard it echoing through the trees. I was going through some shit, and it was so beautiful, it gave me peace for a second and it felt like I'd been seen for the first time in years.

A song that makes you happy:

- Our Love by Curtis Harding

- I Think I Like When It Rains by WILLIS

- Almost (Sweet Music) by Hozier

- Boys by Lizzo

- I Am Steve by Hey Steve

And finally, do you write/draw/create? if so, use this as an opportunity to shamelessly (😉) promote yourself!

I do it all! My degree is in art, actually. Lately I've done most of my work when I can't sleep, but I try to do something creative every single day.

Nominations (sorry I'm anxious to tag non-mutuals so its all mutuals, you super dont have to if you dont want to btw): @kiibsterarts @peaceful-roadkill @edubenart @ anyone who'd like to!! Tag me if you see mine and do this, I'd love to see it!

[colormedepressedstudios]

When I think about the things I want to do with my life, my brain only says one word before it gets overwhelmed and freezes and sadness consumes me.

Unattainable.

I'm naturally a pretty intuitive person, so having this incredibly negative thought makes me start thinking...

Are the dreams too big?

Am I nothing more than mediocre? Or hell, less than mediocre?

Have I dreamt up a fantasy that really isn't feasible?

Is it too late for me to accomplish anything fulfilling?

How do you know when it's time to just give it up and give in? When do I stop trying to make the life I have fantasized my whole life and just live like the average American? Work multiple jobs that I hate, go home every day, be burdened by finances, get married and have a kid(s) with someone I really only tolerate, and pretend that everything is okay all while I'm crushed and completely dead on the inside.

Does true happiness actually exist or does everyone end up giving in to the "American Dream" and settle for a life they wouldn't actually choose if they had the choice?

I mean, this can't be the purpose of life right? There has to be some purpose, right? Is there? No matter how insignificant we are, I just can't imagine that this is it. Is this all we get or am I doing this all wrong?

I'm not totally naive. I don't actually believe that life can be like a fairytale and everyone gets to do the things they want all the time and they find that one person they love to do it all with. I understand that life never goes exactly as planned/envisioned and compromises are necessary. I understand in all aspects of life you have to do stuff you don't want to do. Compromises I'm good with, surprises make the ride more exciting, and bad decisions help us learn, but completely changing the big plan/dream? That I am not even remotely okay with.

How do I push through these thoughts and past the negative word that causes me to freeze? How do I make a clear, thought out plan when I keep hearing that word being repeated over and over and over again? How do I stop the suffering?

........................................................................................

I know I talk about "the life I've always wanted" a lot and never really go in to detail about it. The life I'm talking about is a life full of music and art.

I want to work in the music industry because music was (and always will be) my first true love. Most people I've met within the industry are people I want to spend my life with. I want to learn everything there is to know. The ins and outs of it all.

I want to play in a band again, play shows again, and tour. Touring (whether with my band or not) has been the number one thing on my life's list since I was old enough to know what touring is. I want to have a house that bands can stop at while on tour and have a bed, a shower, food to eat.

I want to be the one on the stage when I'm not supporting my friends and the scene around me. I think I've allowed my personal circumstances to take over for so long and beat me into the "typical" life that I'm miserable in. I have consistently put other peoples' wants, needs, and dreams ahead of mine for too many years, which has lead me to where I am now; and I've been doing that for so long that now I don't even know where to start on my own.

I think I want to work in music promotions. It's something I've always enjoyed doing; whether for my own band or my friends bands. I used to always want to be a talent scout, but from my understanding those are pretty obsolete at this point due to all the social media platforms we have now.

I want to help people with their mental health through music and art. I want to help the under-served again but on a much larger scale. I want to bring awareness and help those who struggle with mental health and addiction. I want to be surrounded by like-minded people that understand the way I see the world. I want to make a difference it people's lives.

I want to paint. I want to have the mental capacity to paint every single day again. I want to tap into those deep feelings and let them pour out to my canvas. I want to paint and heal and connect through art.

[acerstella]

On music and American media

Tl;Dr - American media discrimination sucks and it makes me angry and sad.

This is probably the 4th or 5th article I've read in the last week that boils down to "Wow, they're amazing...especially because they're not American"

*sputters*

Why do we need a qualifier there? Because Americans think they're the absolute best and if it's not what fits in their specific niche, they're not going to care. The niche in this case, is that the song is completely in English and reminds them of American/British boy bands.

Don't get me wrong; Butter is an absolute delight and I'll probably have it playing on my music player til I die. Whatever accolades BTS gets for the piece is well-deserved and bravo to them for making such an all-round pop song that almost anyone could dig. But I've got at least 20 other songs of theirs on my listen-til-I-die playlist and aside from Dynamite, they aren't in English. This is also nothing compared to the 60-70 other artists I listen to that are not in English and multiple songs I listen to from them.

I really don't wonder so much as secretly seethe as I know it's sadly true. Had this song been at least half or fully in Korean, only their fans would be talking about it, certainly not most American media. It wouldn’t have mattered if it broke every YouTube record, did crazy good outside the US, or became part of some widely released movie soundtrack. American media does not promote those that do not cater to their supposed wants, especially "foreigners."

Actually come to think of it, they don't even promote domestic acts if they don't fit either. Case in point, Backstreet Boys didn't find American media welcome to them either at the start. They built their fan base in Europe years before the US finally gave them any airplay and even then, they weren't considered a US success until much later. American media often has to be "convinced" that things are worth their time (read: money).

Perhaps I'm a bit jaded about this. I'm saddened because American youth have been given far more tools to experience our multicultural world (far more than millennial me) and yet, due to the influence of the US media, this is either ignored or shoved away because it's "other."

Bless my parents for not restricting my what little access I had to the outside media world. I know of some parents at the time that would have mocked or threatened them if they blasted Japanese pop songs, watched subtitled / imported TV shows and spent many days researching the rest of the world while the super bowl was on or some other All-American event. Mine, while rolling their eyes occasionally at my fervent excitement about all things outside our borders, encouraged me to explore and try the new. Thanks to their moderate support, I enjoy my pop-influenced music in multiple languages without a second thought. It's art and just because you don't recognize the words, doesn't mean you can't recognize the intent, the heart of a piece.

I felt the same way during the Grammys, knowing ahead of time due to only the biggest categories getting TV time, that BTS hadn't won. I still stuck around to watch the performance but I felt the gnaw then, questioning if Dynamite hadn't been in English, would the academy even have given it a second glance? Possibly not. Not that they're an exceptional pulse on good music, as much like the Oscar's, they're a few generations behind and thus slow to recognize anything decent. But they're respected as authorities so on and on we go.

It made me think back to other artists. Celine Dion didn't make it big in the US until she began singing in English. Same with Enrique Iglesias, same with Ricky Martin, Shakira and others even though these artists already had large followings in their native countries and among speakers of their native language. The common thread was obvious and disheartening.

While understanding that radio stations have to cater to their audiences and tailor their playlists, I believe doing the first purge of anything not English (although on occasion something Spanish will slip through) robs the listeners of experiencing the greater diversity of the music world as whole. In fact, it's not even just non-English songs this applies to but even English that's not American in origin. Country music, possibly one of the more American genres out there, discriminates by generally not playing country artists from Canada and Australia until they're endorsed / promoted by an American artist!

This may be why younger people have walked away from broadcast radio and the like. They can cultivate their own playlists and with the wide open internet, they can cast a large net to find their own loves. I whole heartedly hope these international fans find what they crave that they can't find at home, like I did (and still do) and embrace it.

But I'd also like the American mainstream media to get their collective fingers out of their ears and quit treating the rest of the world with such xenophobic tendencies. We're not the best. We’ve never been, in terms of being better than anyone else. We're one country out of a couple hundred. Our cultural bias needs to be abandoned before the world abandons us.

[gammaprimesmw]

All My Worthwhile SMW Hacks - Now on GBATemp

For those who have perhaps wondered where the SMW in my screen name comes from, it comes from my long history in the Super Mario World ROM hacking scene. It's something I originally discovered all the way back in 2006. Back then, I quickly fell in love with the ability to change levels. I could make the most annoying levels of the game a bit more bearable. (Looking at you, Tubular!) Before long, I had joined Acmlm's Board and attempted to pass a collection of blatant level edits off as my first SMW hack, only to be shot down rather quickly. I briefly quit, only to start again. This time, I tried to make my own levels, only to eventually break something in my ROM. I almost gave up yet again before finally producing my first passable (at the time) hack late that year. I intended to follow that up with another hack called Super Mario Bros. 5, but ended up burning out sometime in the following summer. I then left hacking behind until late 2010. That's when what I consider my real SMW hacking journey began.

By late 2010, a lot had changed about the scene. New utilities now existed, and new custom assets could be inserted that the average user wouldn't dare to mess with in 2006. Custom music, blocks, and sprites could be inserted whether or not one knew 65c816 Assembly. Meanwhile, I was getting better at pixel art, allowing me to make my own graphics from scratch. Before long, I had decided to resurrect Super Mario Bros. 5, recreating the whole thing practically from scratch. The result would be Super Mario Bros. 5 Roborn. It wasn't easy to pull the hack off, even with new skills and tools. I'd suffer from bouts of Hacker's Block, which is like a writer's block or artist's block, but it affects the ability to create new levels. I'd also run into technical problems and the inability to find the right resources to do everything I really wanted to do. Learning to make my own custom music helped somewhat, but I would still be dependent on the ASM people to either code what I needed or fix bugs involving whatever custom code had already been inserted. Sadly, requests for custom bosses were seldom, if ever, fulfilled. This fact would eventually kill a sequel to SMB5R known as Mecha-Bowser's Revenge. I wanted custom bosses that didn't exist and lacked the patience to learn the necessary ASM skills to make them myself. After canceling that hack and honing my level design skills a bit, partially thanks to a great tutorial written by AxemJinx. I entered my first Vanilla Level Design Contest in late February of 2012. While my level didn't win or even place in the top 5, it didn't place at the bottom either. A very critical hack reviewer called XKeeper, who I remember being one of the people to lambaste my earliest attempts at SMW hacking, gave the level a 4/5 when he played it during a Twitch stream. The time was fast approaching to try for another full-length hack. I tried my best to manage my ambition with this one. I'd keep the story simple. Bowser kidnapped the Princess (again). Koopalings would be the World bosses, and the existing bosses and boss templates made custom Koopalings feasible. I decided to draw all the foregrounds and backgrounds for this project. Only one thing really posed a threat to this project: Hacker's Block. It would get so bad sometimes that I'd question the morality of ROM hacking, believing the blocks came from God/my conscience trying to stop me from promoting the "sin" of downloading ROMs. Thankfully, friends like imamelia would reassure me that it wasn't. The hack was finished just as 2012 came to a close. This is the oldest hack that I felt worthy of going on GBATemp.

It was game on from there. I'd produce several more hacks. Each one would receive mostly positive reviews. The most frequent complaint I'd receive would be that my hacks all felt the same. I was, and still will be should I return to hacking, a traditionalist hacker. I tried to make my hacks feel like official Mario games. I eschewed the typical ROM hacking practice of making something significantly harder than the base game. I'm the first person to test the levels, and I'm not the greatest at video games. Lost Levels-tier difficulty curves aren't my thing, and Kaizo definitely isn't my thing. The latter fact suited me just fine. Up until about 2015, Kaizo hacks were banned on SMWCentral. That would start changing that year. A little thing called Janked Up Mario Party (AKA JUMP) was released, and it began changing the very culture of SMWC. Kaizo hacks were now permitted, thanks to them being popular with Twitch streamers. I kept going for several more years, even as popular opinion began turning against my "safe, homogenized" hacks, and Streamer Kaizo hacks began taking over the hack database. Let's Plays and streams of my hacks became more and more sparse, and my overall motivation to hack slowly dwindled through 2019. I burned out so back early last year that, for a couple weeks, I became thoroughly convinced that ROM hacking was a sin, regardless of what people like imamelia said. That conviction would bring me to tears every time I thought about everything I had created. I was still proud of it. These hacks were still available. I could've very easily asked a staffer on SMWC to take them all down, along with all the other resources I created. Being seen as crazy, and the fact that I could never truly erase what I'd done, ultimately held me back. Eventually, I gave into temptation, popping into a friend's stream while he was streaming a hack called Return to Dinosaur Land. That night, I also had a chat with Daizo Dee Von, and he finally convinced me that I was wrong about the whole "ROM hacking is a sin" thing. I salvaged some levels from the canceled Chocolate Collection I was working on since late 2019, threw in a few contest entry levels, and built a few new levels to create a much smaller collection hack simply called "Ten." I could've been done there. That could've been my send-off to the world of SMW hacking. Then COVID-19 happened, inspiring me to start another project inspired by the various conspiracy theories surrounding the pandemic. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough inspiration and motivation to see said hack through, and it was canceled. I decided then that I was pretty much done with hacking. I'd been doing it for a decade straight. That was probably the real reason I was burning out, rather than some divine intervention. I was burned out, and SMWC's culture was no longer one that really supported my style of hacks. I was no longer the one whose hacks could generate hype in large swaths of the community. I was now known as someone who just put out a string of very similar hacks. I even wondered if a sufficiently-trained AI algorithm could make hacks like mine. Maybe that thought can go two ways. I could see it as meaning I'm more like a machine than a person when it comes to designing levels, or the hypothetical AI could be seen as passing the ROM hacking equivalent of a Turing Test.

Anyway, here are the rest of the hacks. You will need a Super NES emulator and a Super Mario World ROM to play these. I can't tell you where to get the latter, but I can recommend using snes9x as your emulator of choice.

KAMEK'S ISLAND (2013)

MARIO & LUIGI: KOLA KINGDOM QUEST (2014-2015)

SUPER MARIO WORLD: BOWSER'S CATACLYSMIC TRAP (2014-2015)

SUPER MARIO LAND 3: TATANGA'S RETURN (2015-2016)

MARIO IS MISSING DONE RIGHT (2016)

SUPER MARIO BROS: THE EARLY YEARS (2016-2017)

SUPER LUIGI LAND (2017-2019)

SHORT BUT SWEET This is a collection of 4 mini-hacks I made during this time. These were usually side projects I did to keep my skills sharp and still do some hacking without burning myself out on the larger projects. Often, these would incorporate levels I had made for various hacking contests. One of them, Oiram's Invasion, is actually a contest entry itself, created for the 2013 12 Days Before Christmas contest. It's my highest-ranking contest entry on the site, having made it all the way to 3rd Place.

[connorandersons-blog]

"Wait… you were invited to what?" Connor asked, trying to process exactly what Markus had told him.

"Well, I wasn't given genitals for nothing, and Carl taught a few classes. I don't mind, it's actually kind of funny to think about now."

"You mean to tell me, there will be 32 paintings of you–"

"Naked, yes. But they are donating half of the money to us, so really, I don't mind."

"I can't believe this is happening. Why did you never tell me?"

"I never thought about it. They were just students doing what all art students did. I wasn't uncomfortable and it made some of them more comfortable knowing I'm an android."

"Markus, you don't know what kind of people they are. They could all hate us!"

"Oh I doubt that. They were all very polite and treated as they would any other model. I could just stand there longer."

"I still can't believe this. And you want me to come?"

"Yeah, but only if you want. I can understand how that could make you uncomfortable."

"No, it's fine. What style is it in?"

"Carl was a guest teacher and asked them to draw or paint in their favorite style, so it's a wide range."

"Huh. Is anyone coming?"

"No, North would just laugh her ass off, and both Simon and Josh said they'd be busy. I know it's supposed to be fairly popular, I mean, the world gets to see me nude."

"Paintings of you nude."

"Still, people are curious."

"Is that the only reason you're asking me to go with? Because it would be busy?"

"No! No, I wanted to spend more time with you. We're both so busy and I thought we could go together. Make a whole day of it, I guess. Only if you want to! I know you're busy not just here but with the whole being a detective thing."

"Ok."

"Ok?"

"Yeah, I'd like that."

"Wonderful! Oh, how is the detective thing going? Is the Lieutenant doing alright? And his dog… Sumo, right? How's he?"

"Work is going well. Hank wants me promoted to sergeant, but Fowler doesn't want to cause unrest since it would seem unfair to the humans."

"That's bullshit, you deserve that promotion, you work hard!"

"Thank you. I don't mind never getting promoted, I'm happy as is. Hank is doing well, and I've managed to find a suitable diet that keeps him happy. Sumo is his adorable self, I've taught him a few extra tricks."

"That's amazing Connor! Teaching a dog new tricks."

"I can't tell if you mean Hank or Sumo."

"Connor!"

"What? Hey, in my defense Hank would find that funny. He wouldn't show it, but he'd be laughing on the inside."

"I'm sure. Anyway, the gallery is on the 20th, and it's a tux kind of event. I get a free ticket so you'll be my plus one and can get in free too. Do you have a suit?"

"Can I wear my Cyberlife uniform or one of my normal outfits for work?"

"I thought you burned that old thing! But no, neither of those will do. You can borrow one of mine or we can get you your own if you want."

"I'm not sure I have enough money for that. I've been saving up to find a place to stay, and trying to pay Hank back for all the components he's had to get."

"Oh, I was already planning on paying for it for you. Carl is always telling me to spoil myself a little, and he adores you so I don't think he'd mind."

"Markus… I don't want to just take your money. I'm sure one of my outfits would work, or I could just rent a tux."

"No, you're getting one. If it helps, you are repaying me by going with me so I'm not alone and bombarded with people."

"You know everyone there is gonna want you to take your clothes off so they can see if the paintings are accurate."

"Does that everyone include you?"

"Markus!"

"Sorry! Sorry, that was too easy. I will be stared at all night, but the artists will at least get some recognition and media attention. That should help their careers."

"It should. Is it just for viewing?"

"No, there are copies for sale and most are going to sell the originals in a bid. We get half of that too. So some lucky people get to hang a nude painting of me in their home."

"I do not want to think about what some might do to that image."

"Oh rA9, yeah I didn't really think of that."

"Sorry, but it'll happen. I just hope if it's the original they don't get it dirty. You know! Maybe we should buy one of each copy and decorate a hallway with it. Like those old houses that have the portraits of the family members."

"If you do that I may self-destruct."

"Aww, come on Markus! I would hate not being able to see your dick everyday. Would you really deprive me and Jericho of this?"

"Jericho? Yes. You? Well… you could also see my dick everyday if you like."

"Markus!"

Idk have this. I woke up at like 1am wrote this and fell back asleep.

Guys!!! I have a legit reason why Markus could have genitals without it seemingly like Carl/Markus was intended or that Kamski is a creep!

Carl is an artist, we sees that he can paint humans, but dude, references are the bomb.

Nude paintings. They aren't sexual and it makes even more since cause Markus is an android. He wouldn't get tired of standing in one pose for hours. We all know Carl would make sure he was comfortable anyway, but it makes sense!

So now you can give Markus genitals with a very valid reason!